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Informational Text passages
Game Code: 1317237
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Review of informational text reading skills and strategies
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Describe main idea.
The main topic or subject of a passage or story.
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What are supporting details?
Details in a passage that support the main idea.
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What are some signal words in a problem and solution text structure?
due to, the solution is, the problem, to solve this,
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Explain what a descriptive text is like.
It would describe a topic or subject using details and examples.
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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.
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What are some cause and effect signal words?
Because, since, therefore, this led to, a reason why, consequently
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How would you describe compare and contrast?
To compare and contrast is to identify characteristics that are the same or different.
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Explain how a sequence is structured in a passage.
It follows an order, a timeline.
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What does the vocabulary word inquire mean?
To ask about, to dig deeper
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What does the vocabulary word elaborate mean?
To add to the meaning, to explain in depth
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What does it mean to analyze?
To study something with intent & purpose.
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What does the vocabulary word classify mean?
To put in categories, to organize
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What does the vocabulary word investigate mean?
To study, to look for clues to solve a problem
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I feel sick because I ate too much junk food. What is the cause?
ate too much junk food
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I feel sick because I ate too much junk food. What is the effect?
feel sick
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Name some strategies you learned about conducting a close read.
Number the paragraphs, highlight important words or phrases, write questions you have
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