Academic Vocabulary

What is central idea?

• The theme of a story

• Supporting details

• Text evidence

• It is the main idea, what the text is MOSTLY about.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the 1st step of the " 5 Step Process to Determine the Central Idea"?

• Underline the first and last sentences of the text/paragraphs

• Identify the topic

• Look for repeititon ( repeated words)

• Find the supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

What steps can you help you identify the main ( central ) idea of a passage?

• Repetition ( words that repeat)

• First and Last sentence of the passage or look at each paragraph

• Identifying the topic

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is theme?

• Theme is the main idea of a story

• Theme is the moral or lesson of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

What can help you identify the theme?

• Look for the main idea

• Ask yourself, what message about life does the author want you to know?

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Part B

Select the quotation from the story that most strongly suggests that the theme is Don't let pride keep you from asking for help.

• Nicole had been struggling with the math homework but didn't want to say so.

• "Well I'm tired, okay? It's not my fault you're bored'."

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

What is an antonym?

• A word that has a similar/same meaning

• A word that has the opposite meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

Which word is an antonym of real?

• imaginary

• truth

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word is an antonym of friend?

• enemy

• faithful

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a synonym?

• A word that has the same meaning

• A word that has the opposite meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.6.5C