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Understanding and Responding to Texts: Unit Review

A1.1 A1.2 A2.1 A2.2 A2.3 A2.4 A2.5 A2.6 A2.7 A3.1 A3.2 A3.3 C1.1 C1.2 C1.3 C1.4 C1.5 C1.6 C1.7 C2.1 C2.2 C2.3 C2.4 C2.5 C2.6 C2.7 C3.1 C3.2 C3.3 C3.4 C3.5 C3.6 C3.7 C3.8About 40 minutes
Learning goals
  • I can use reading strategies before, during and after reading.
  • I can analyze texts: main ideas, inferences, style, devices and perspectives.
  • I can learn from texts by First Nations, Métis and Inuit creators.
  • I can research safely and check my sources.

Words to know

genre
A family of texts that share characteristics.
inference
A conclusion from text clues plus what I know.
metaphor
A comparison that says one thing is another.
assonance
Repeated vowel sounds in words close together.
perspective
What someone thinks or feels about a topic.
reliable
Able to be trusted.

Let's review!

In this unit you became a stronger reader, listener and viewer. You learned about genres and purposes, text patterns and features, visuals and media, predicting, fix-up strategies, connections, main ideas and summaries, inferences, style, metaphors and assonance, point of view and perspectives, First Nations, Métis and Inuit texts, and smart, safe research.

This review has a few questions from every lesson. Try each one, then press Show answer to check. If a part feels tricky, go back to that lesson for more practice.

Before readingSet a purposeOpen your brain boxMake a predictionDuring readingDoes it make sense?Use fix-up strategiesVisualize and inferAfter readingMain idea, summaryMake connectionsCompare texts
The reading strategies from this unit, sorted by when you use them: before, during and after reading.
Comparing two things?Repeating sounds?SIMILEuses like or aslike a mirrorMETAPHORsays it ISis a mirrorASSONANCEvowel soundsgo slow, cold roadCONSONANCEconsonant soundspitter-patter
A quick sorting chart for the four word-magic devices: two that compare and two that repeat sounds.

Text Forms, Genres and Why We Read

1

Is a biography literary or informational? What is it about?

2

A talking moose teaches a lesson about sharing. What genre is this most likely?

3

You are reading a how-to text to make a bird feeder. What is your purpose, and how should you read?

How Texts Are Organized: Patterns, Headings and the Index

1

The road was icy, so the bus was late. Name the cause, the effect and the signal word.

2

Where is an index, and how is it ordered?

3

Why do news stories use order of importance?

Images, Graphics and Design: Reading Visuals and Media

1

What does a caption do?

2

A cereal ad shows a cartoon bear and says The best breakfast ever! Who is the audience and what is the purpose?

3

Which graphic shows the parts of a plant and where they are?

Before and During Reading: What I Know and What I Predict

1

What do K, W and L stand for?

2

Name the three kinds of clues for making predictions.

3

Finish: At first I thought ___, but now I think ___ because ___. What is this sentence for?

Does It Make Sense? Fix-Up Strategies and Word Clues

1

Use context clues: The tiny kitten was timid. It hid under the bed whenever anyone came near. What does timid mean?

2

Lena and Ty made a snow fort. It was huge. What does It stand for?

3

Name three fix-up strategies.

Making Connections and Sharing My Thoughts and Feelings

1

This reminds me of a news story about a new ramp at our library. What kind of connection is this?

2

What is accessibility? Give an example.

3

Give a response to Everyone Plays using I think ___ because ___.

Main Idea, Supporting Details, Sequence and Comparing

1

What is the difference between the main idea and a supporting detail?

2

Name the parts of the summary frame for stories.

3

In a Venn diagram, where do you write what two texts have in common?

Reading Between the Lines: Stated and Implied Information

1

Ana put on sunscreen, packed a towel and grabbed her pail and shovel. Where is she going? What clues helped?

2

Is The feeder was empty stated or implied in The Empty Feeder?

3

Name two thinking skills that help you understand texts.

A Writer's Style: Voice, Word Choice, Patterns and Sentences

1

Name the four elements of style.

2

Make it stronger: The bird went up.

3

How do short sentences make a story feel?

Word Magic: Metaphors and Assonance

1

Simile or metaphor? The snowflakes were tiny dancers.

2

What vowel sound repeats in The rain made a lake on the lane?

3

Explain the metaphor The lake is a mirror.

Who Is Telling? Point of View and Perspectives

1

I ran to the window. First or third person?

2

What is an implicit perspective? How can you find it?

3

Retell this in first person from the squirrel's point of view: The squirrel ate the seeds.

Learning from First Nations, Métis and Inuit Texts

1

What do the two rows of the Two Row Wampum stand for?

2

Name the Three Sisters and one theme they show.

3

How does Two Voices, One Song connect the past to today?

Smart Researcher, Safe Digital Citizen

1

Name two things to check to decide if a source is reliable.

2

Why should you write down your sources?

3

Name one thing you must ask permission for online.

Just for fun

Why do good readers make great detectives?

They always read between the lines!

How to use this review

  • Do the review over two short sittings if your child gets tired. Each section matches one lesson.
  • Encourage your child to read the questions independently, and read aloud together any longer texts.
  • For open questions (connections, opinions, predictions, metaphors), there is no single right answer. Look for a clear idea with a reason or evidence from the text.
  • After each answer, ask "How do you know?" or "Which clue told you?"
  • Note which section had mistakes, then revisit that lesson's examples and practice.
Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

Which text is literary?

2.

Because the power went out, we lit candles. What is the cause?

3.

What is the main purpose of most ads?

4.

Which shows a reader adjusting a prediction?

5.

Hints around a new word that help you understand it are called...

6.

Which is the main idea of Snow Is a Warm Blanket?

7.

Tom's lip trembled, and a tear rolled down his cheek. What can you infer?

8.

The stars were diamonds in the sky. This is a...

9.

What does the Two Row Wampum teach?

10.

Which source is most reliable?

For parents and teachers

Use this review to find what to practise:

  • Mixed up genres or literary/informational texts → revisit Text Forms, Genres and Why We Read.
  • Confused cause and effect, or couldn't use an index → revisit How Texts Are Organized.
  • Missed the creator, audience or purpose of a media text → revisit Images, Graphics and Design.
  • Predictions with no reasons, or never adjusted → revisit Before and During Reading.
  • Couldn't figure out new words or pronouns → revisit Does It Make Sense?
  • Weak connections or opinions without reasons → revisit Making Connections and Sharing My Thoughts.
  • Main idea too narrow or summaries too long → revisit Main Idea, Supporting Details, Sequence and Comparing.
  • Guessed without clues, or mixed up stated and implied → revisit Reading Between the Lines.
  • Couldn't explain voice or word choice → revisit A Writer's Style.
  • Confused metaphors and similes, or assonance and consonance → revisit Word Magic: Metaphors and Assonance.
  • Mixed up first and third person, or missed implicit perspectives → revisit Who Is Telling?
  • Unsure about the First Nations, Métis and Inuit texts → revisit Learning from First Nations, Métis and Inuit Texts, and read one of the recommended books together.
  • Unsure about reliable sources, ads or online safety → revisit Smart Researcher, Safe Digital Citizen.

Keep reading together every day, even now that your child reads independently. Talking about books ("What do you think? How do you know?") is the best comprehension practice there is.