What are supporting details?
Details in a passage that support the main idea.
Explain what a descriptive text is like.
It would describe a topic or subject using details and examples.
Describe how a cause and effect passage might be structured.
It would identify a cause, an event, and what would happen because of this event, the effects.
What are some cause and effect signal words?
Because, since, therefore, this led to, a reason why, consequently
Explain how a sequence is structured in a passage.
It follows an order, a timeline.
What does the vocabulary word elaborate mean?
To add to the meaning, to explain in depth
What does the vocabulary word classify mean?
To put in categories, to organize
What does the vocabulary word investigate mean?
To study, to look for clues to solve a problem
I feel sick because I ate too much junk food. What is the cause?
ate too much junk food
I feel sick because I ate too much junk food. What is the effect?
feel sick
Name some strategies you learned about conducting a close read.
Number the paragraphs, highlight important words or phrases, write questions you have
