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Lesson 13

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  • In week 1, we learned about what reading strategies?
    Topic, main idea, and supporting details
  • What do cause and effect transition words help us to explain?
    Explain the reasons for and/or the results of a situation
  • What is main idea?
    What the author is saying about the topic. The main idea of a paragraph can usually be expressed in one sentence
  • Which of the following is a pattern of organization? A) Listing B) Time order C) Comparison D) All of the above E) None of the above
    D
  • How do you find the topic?
    Look for repeated words
  • What are the two active reading techniques?
    Annotation and prediction
  • What is a prediction?
    Use existing information to guess what you will read next in the passage
  • What is a topic
    It is what a paragraph or passage is about.
  • Specific examples, reasons, or facts that support the main idea are called...
    supporting details
  • What does it mean to annotate?
    Write notes in the margins next to the passage as you read. Highlight or underline key words
  • What is the difference between contrast and compare?
    Contrast is used to show how two or more things are different. Compare is to show similarities
  • How do you find supporting details?
    Look for transition words
  • How do transition words help us?
    They identify the pattern of organization of a passage and show the relationship between ideas.
  • What is the topic sentence?
    The sentence that has the topic in it.
  • List any 5 transition words
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  • What are the 5 WH questions?
    What, where, why, who, when, and how
  • True or false: Authors usually only use one pattern of organization in their writings.
    False. They often use 2 or more