1. Vocabulary Words
English Language Arts

2. Week of August 19
Clustering- webbing or making connections in writing. For example:
Allusion- something well known in literature of history. Example: My kitten’s name is Curious George because he gets into everything.
Hyperbole- extreme exaggeration. Example: The movie was so good, I can watch it a million times over.
Flashback-occur when the writer moves the reader from the present to an event or memory from the past.

3. Week of August 26
Personification- gives human traits to nonhuman things. Example: The trees waved when I walked by.
Metaphor-says that something is something else. Example: Her smile is a neon sign.
Simile-compares two unlike things using like or as. Example: The boy is tall as a tree.

4. Week of September 3rd
Fragment- a sentence that is NOT complete. Example: When the boy crossed the street.
Noun- a person, place, thing, or idea. Example: house, dog, Michael, love
Subject- it’s who or what the sentence is about. It’s the main NOUN in the sentence doing the action. Example: The mailman was late delivering the mail.
Predicate- known as a verb. It’s the part that says something about the subject. Example: Mrs. Carter is the principal at FSMS.

5. Week of September 9th
Homonyms-words that have the same sound, but DIFFERENT meaning and spelling. Examples: ant/aunt, bee/be, there/their/they’re, ate/eight
Synonyms- words that have similar meaning. Example: car/automobile, small/little, talk/speak
Antonyms- words that have opposite meaning. Example: long/short, fat/skinny, even/odd
Homographs- have the same spelling, but DIFFERENT meanings and sounds.
Examples: live/live, read/read, bow/bow, lead/lead

6. Week of October 14th
Cause and effect- set of events that starts with a cause and the effect that follows.
Compare and contrast- showing similarities and differences.
Chronological order-presents details in order in which they happen.
Spatial order- presents details according to their location.
Logical order- groups related ideas together.

7. Week of October 21st
Alliteration- is the repetition of an initial consonant sound. Example: "a peck of pickled peppers."
Imagery- is vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses . Example: (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).
Accept – to receive or take what is offered. Example: I accepted his apology when he stepped on my foot.
Except- to exclude or to object. Example: I love skittles except for the orange flavor.

8. Week of November 4th
Transition Words- helps connect ideas within and between paragraphs. For example: first, also, furthermore, however, since, conclusion.
Topic sentence-a sentence in a paragraph that expresses the main idea or point of the whole paragraph
Supporting Details- are details that expand on, explain, or prove a paragraph’s idea.
Narrative- used to tell a story or a sequence of events.

9. Week of November 11th Principal- head of a school
Principle- a rule of conduct
Stationary- in a fixed position
Stationery- writing paper
Threw- to tossed; hurled
Through- in one side and out the opposite side.