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The subject and verb of a sentence must agree in number.*
One of the simple verb tenses is future tense.
Verbs in future tense tell about what will happen. The word will is used to show future tense with both singular and plural subjects.
Focus on how close observation can explain how and why things in the world change
• Why do water hyacinths float on top of the water?
Examples:
People will eat roots.
A badger will dig a den under a tree.
Use diagrams, photographs, or other text features to help reader comprehension.
• Compare and contrast growing plants using hydroponics and growing
plants in soil.
Distinguish between literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.
Questions to ask yourself:
• Is this information easy for a reader to understand?
• Would an illustration, photograph, or diagram help a reader understand this information better?
• Is this information something that is important for a reader to see?
Let's examine the text features, such as photographs and labels, illustrations, headings, boldface type, glossary and index.
Go to page 58 in the Reader’s and Writer’s Journal Lesson 8 for practice.
• How much wind can a palm tree withstand?
• What is the purpose of pencil roots and knee roots?
1. Identify facts and details that would be best expressed in an illustration.
2. Draw an illustration that aids comprehension.
Words can have literal and nonliteral meanings.
The literal meaning is the dictionary definition of a word.
A nonliteral meaning exaggerates or alters the real meaning of a word.
Writers sometimes use illustrations and other text features in informative/explanatory writing to aid reader comprehension.
actually break a leg
goodluck, do your best, good wishes
The author uses an illustration illustration of a grapevine on page 11 to help readers understand
how a taproot system looks underground.
Finished? Write a response to the prompt from your Reader's Writer's Journal in your Readygen notebook.
The author uses a photograph on p. 8 to help readers understand where root hairs are located on a real root.
Illustrations aid comprehension by helping readers visualize the information and also give your more facts, definitions, and details.
What were the most important ideas in At the Root of It ?
Are roots the most important parts of
plants?