Reading Online Resources Flashcards
Know which primary sources make sense for a given type of story
Be able to distinguish fact from opinion
Make sure you can discern the difference between the styles of stories given an example. (Ex: is the story Narrative/Persuasive/Technical/Expository)
Summarizing sentences…be able to choose which is the best fit for a given story.
Understand what you can logically conclude from a story
Inference and what can be concluded from a given example
Identifying the author’s intent and purpose
Identify whether the writing is persuasive, informative, entertaining, or expressive
Be able to identify text structure as problem/solution, sequencing, cause/effect, or description.
Follow a set of directions to get to a specific end point. This can be on a map or drawing/turning shapes. (Read these very carefully)
Identify information based on a label, recipe, or set of directions
Decipher the meaning of a word based on its context in the sentence (mine were not as easy as the examples, so really think about this style of question.)
Finding information is a table of contents, ad, index….etc. (familiarize yourself/think about where you would look for information in each of these)
Deciphering which product is more economical given a set of options. (These take time…and require both reading and basic math skills.)
Gleaning information out of a telephone book. (sounds easy, but let me caution you to really look at the info. there are often similar answers and headings are very important.)
