PSSA+Prep


 * **Root Word Study** Practice pulling words apart to aid in your understanding. || [|Root Words] ||
 * ** Inference **

Define and/or apply how the meaning of words or phrases changes when using context clues given in explanatory sentences or through the use of examples within text. || # [|Drawing Conclusions]- Choose the correct word to complete the sentence after you read the story. || # [|Awesome Analogies] - Jeopardy game for one or two players. Identify, interpret, and/or describe examples of personification in text. || # [|Figure of Speech] Choose the figure of speech type used. Identify and describe the point of view of the narrator as first person or third person point of view. || # [|Point of View Quiz] - Read each group of sentences. Decide if it is written in first person or third person point of view. || Identify, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze connections between texts. || # [|Captions Help Tell the Story]– look at three pictures and choose which caption fits best. || Identify and/or interpret statements of fact and opinion in nonfiction and fiction text. || # [|Fact vs. Opinion]play the game by determining whether statements are fact or opinion. > . || 2. [|Guide to Grammar] ||
 * 1) [|Drawing Inferences] - Use your critical reading skills
 * 2) [|How are They Selling It?] - What kind of persuasive writing did they use to sell their product?
 * 3) [|What are They Selling] - Evaluate the advertisements. ||
 * ** Analogy Practice **
 * 1) Field Trip - unscramble synonyms
 * 2) [|Analogy Challenge] - race against time to try to complete the analogies
 * 3) [|Analogy Lesson] from Diana Dell
 * 4) [|Analogy Quiz] type the word to complete the analogy
 * 5) Analogy quiz 1 - Quia quiz posted by Diana Dell
 * 6) Analogy quiz 2 - Quia quiz postedby Diana Dell
 * 7) [|Awesome Analogies] - in the format of a Jeopardy game for one or two players - posted at Quia
 * 8) **Discovery School Analogy Quizzes**
 * 9) [|AnalogyQuiz8]
 * 10) [|AnalogyQuiz9]
 * 11) [|AnalogyQuiz10]
 * 12) [|Fact Monster] Analogy of the Day
 * 13) [|Synonym Challenge] - Race against time to try to identify the correct synonyms ||
 * **Interpreting and Analyzing of Fiction/Nonfiction Text** ||
 * __**Skill and Anchor**__ || __**Internet Resources**__ ||
 * **Figurative Language**
 * 1) [|Figurative Lang. Test] ||
 * **Point of View**
 * **Text Connections**
 * **Fact-Opinion**
 * 1) [|Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion]- indicate if the statements are fact, opinion, or a blend of both by clicking on a button. ||
 * =PSSA Informational Activity= || =Try this quiz about the [|PSSA] = ||
 * =Homophones Review= || =Homophones [|Test] = ||
 * =Idiom Review= || # =[|Idioms] =
 * =Frequently Confused Words= || # =How is it [|used?] =
 * 1) =To expect or [|not expect?] that is the question = ||
 * =Grammar Review= || =1. [|Grammar]=
 * =Main Idea= || [|Main Idea] ||
 * =Drawing Inferences= || 2. [|Riddles] ||
 * =Vocabulary Builder= || 1. [|Build your vocabulary!]

2.. Try this [|Visual Dictionary] || = = More Fun Games to play!