STAAR Vocabulary in Context

Every fiction story will have a conflict, or problem.

• the people in the story.

• The end of the story.

• The problem in the story

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

When reading a paragraph or writing, you want to concentrate on finding what it is about, or the main idea.

• A short description with the main points

• What the writing or paragraph is mostly about.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to learn.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The caption near the picture helps you understand what is going on in the picture.

• Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture.

• The reason an author writes; persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe.

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The phrase Peter Piper packed a peck of pickled peppers repeats the "p" sound at the beginning of each word and is an example of alliteration.

• A comparison of two things using like or as.

• The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• When and where the story takes place.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The stove was as hot as fire, is an example of a simile.

• A comparison of two things using "like" or "as".

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to learn.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The author's purpose of the book Harry Potter was to entertain his readers.

• The reason an author writes; persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to earn.

• A short description with the main points.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The audience loved the theater company's version of the drama Romeo and Juliet.

• The people in the story or play.

• The ending of a story or how the problem is solved.

• A type of writing meant to be performed in front of an audience.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

I made an inference using my scheme and the information from the text.

• When a reader uses clues from the text and what they already know to make a guess.

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.

• Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

I have to write a short summary of the book I read.

• The perspective a story is written from; first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient.

• A short description with the main points.

• The ending of a story or how the problem is solved.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The theme of a good book can teach you a lesson.

• A comparison of two things NOT using like or as.

• When and where the story takes place.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to learn.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D