Academic Language

If a question ask, "what is the central message?", what are you being asked to find?

• A direct comparison of two things.​

• The lesson or message of the text​

• To make an educated guess that is supported by the text.​

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

What other terms mean, the lesson or message,?

• central idea

• theme

• central message

• main idea

In a story where a child saves money to buy a bicycle, what is the central message?

• Bicycles are expensive.

• Saving money is a good habit.

• Children like bicycles.

• Money is valuable.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

What is the statement asking you to do?: Tell why dogs and cats are not same.

• Describe the differences between two or more things.

• Describe the same between two or more things.

• contrasting two or more things

• comparing two or more things

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RI.3.4

Which of the following statements contrasts mammals and reptiles?

• Mammals are warm blooded while reptiles are cold blooded.

• Humans are mammals

• Mammals and reptiles can live in the same habitat.

• A tiger is a mammal.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.9

When asked to "include in a summary", what are you being asked to do?

• Only include information from the text

• Explain what the author thinks

• Include only most important details.

• Copy sentences word for word from the text.

• State the reader's opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

What is a summary?

• Retells the main events of the story in a shorter version.

• Tells the people in the story.

• Tells where the story takes place.

• Tells us the theme of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2