Reading Unit 5 Skills Review

Compiled by Terry Sams

Comprehension Skill: Summarizing

●A summary give the main ideas of an article, or it tells what happened in a story.

●A summary is short , and it does NOT include unimportant details.

●A summary will help you recall and organize information.

●What is a Summary?

What are the differences among quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing?

Figurative Language – Simile and Metaphor

• Figurative language is a language that goes beyond the ordinary meanings of words. Similes and metaphors help make the images in the story richer and clearer.

• A simile uses words like or as to compare two things that are not alike.

Maggie hopped over the railroad ties like a jackrabbit.

• A metaphor also compares two things that are not alike but it does not use any words of comparison.

This Iowa is a bathtub of mud.

Research Skill - Graphs

Research Skill – Atlases, Maps

Possessives

Dad’sfriend’s girl’s girls’teacher’s

teachers’baby’sbabies’family’sfamilies’

Possessives

grandma’sgrandpa’sbrother’sbrothers’boy’s

boys’aunt’saunts’lady’sladies’

Prefixes dis-, un-, mis-, re-

• dislike• disappear• distrust• dishonest• disagree

incompleteindependentincorrectinvisibleinactive

Prefixes dis-, in-, mis-, re-

• misplace• misspell• misled• mistreat• misbehave

rebuildreusereactreplacerecall

Comprehension Skill Review –Graphic Sources

• Authors sometimes include graphic sources to explain the information included in their writing.

• Examples of graphic sources can be maps, photographs, and captions for the photographs.

• What are some of the graphic sources in the story of Alice?

Folk Tales

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

• Narrative Nonfiction tells about true events

• The events are told in the order in which they happen.

• What are some other stories we have read this year in this genre?

Comprehension Skill Review –Summarizing

• A summary is a short statement that tells the main ideas of a selection.

• A story summary should tell the goals of the characters, how they try to reach them, and whether they reach them or not.

• A summary of an article should tell the main idea, leaving out unnecessary details.

Tips on Summarizing

Vocabulary Skill:Multiple-Meaning Words

• Many words have more than one meaning. To decide which meaning of a word is being used, look for clues in the surrounding sentences or paragraph.

• Use context clues, experience, and word order to decide on the correct meaning of a multiple-meaning word.

Click on the title to practice this skill.

Genre: Expository Nonfiction• An expository writing is meant to inform the

reader.

• It gives factual information about the real world

and explains the nature of something. • These are examples of expository writing:

Tell what happened when . . . 

Write a report on . . . 

Explain how to . . . 

Describe how to  for . . .  Explain how to . . .

Comprehension Skill: Text Structure

Knowing how a piece of text is organized helps the reader to make better sense of the information. It can be organized by patterns such as sequencing, cause and effect, fact and opinion, compare and contrast, and main ideas and details.Nonfiction can also be written in chronological order, in order of importance, and by problem and solution. Can you tell how this week’s story is written?

Comprehension Skill Review –Graphic Sources

• Authors sometimes include graphic sources to explain the information included in their writing.

• Examples of graphic sources can be maps, photographs, tables, and captions for the photographs.

• What are some of the graphic sources in the story this week?

Language Skills Review

• Pronouns

• Conjunctions

• Prepositions

• Syllabication

Comprehension Skill: Generalizing

Sometimes as you read, you are given ideas about several things or people.

when you make a statement about all of them together, you are making a generalization.

A valid generalization is accurate.

A faulty generalization is not accurate.

Generalization

Generalization• Susanita and I did

everything together that summer

• Susanita was always ready for an adventure.

Supporting Fact• She was the one who

showed me how to take care of horses.

• She used to swim in the creek holding on to La Baya’s mane.