Genres
Characters
Plot
Skills
Odds and Ends
100
This genre includes stories such as Stop the Sun and Ransom of Red Chief...
What is a short story?
100
The checkout boy is really not that interested in groceries. This is what he perfers to check out!
What is the girl with the orange bow in her hair?
100
This is the setting for where the girl from the story "Checkouts" first runs into her mysterious boy.
What is the grocery story?
100
These reading skills help a reader to decode unknown words in a story.
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
100
Bacon to Vietnam (My Dog Skip) to "Stop the Sun" to _____. Name this author.
Who is Gary Paulsen?
200
Almost all of our stories represent this large label of genre...
What is Fiction?
200
Charles is a snot. But Charles isn't really Charles. He's this dude.
Who is Laurie?
200
In training, Squeaky and her brother can be found running up and down here.
What is the sidewalks? (or streets)
200
When you remember another story or event that is somehow similar to the story you are reading you are doing this.
What is making connections?
200
This word means "agreeable to the taste". In "Ransom of Red Chief", Bill thought that the sand was definitely not this.
What is PALATABLE?
300
If a story is NOT made-up, it may be from this large genre of work...
What is Non-fiction?
300
Terry's father is ill. This illness is something that can be more frequently seen in veterans of war.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome?
300
Teachers are found in many of the stories we read. In this story, the teacher tries to help fill-in some missing information about history for our main character.
What is "Stop the Sun"?
300
In the story, "CHECKOUTS", each character had their motivation for wanting to see each other. The girl in the story wanted to go to the store for a reason other than to meet a new friend. This is why she wanted to go.
What is "because she liked to shop."?
300
The prefix "psych-" gets it's meaning from a part of the body. Keep that inner-dialogue quiet though! Name the part of the body it is associated with.
What is the Mind?
400
Even though Terry's father is made-believe, if this were a story about a REAL Terry, this story would be this genre.
What is AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
400
Squeaky runs fast. So fast that her close friends and school mates also sometimes call her this nickname.
What is Mercury?
400
He was rode like a horse and almost burned at the stake, but Bill should have known better! Red Chief did this the first time they met.
What is threw a rock at him?
400
This literary device was used by the author, O. Henry, in "The Ransom of Red Chief". An example is the letter that Mr. Dorset wrote back to Bill and Sam.
What is IRONY?
400
Both the words synonym and symbol have the same prefix--syn-. What else do does the meaning of these words have in common?
What is "they both mean similar to- or the same as"?
500
As you write about yourself in Language Arts, you are mimicing some of the ideas about Who You Are from other stories and poems we write. You are writing this genre.
What is Personal Essay?
500
This little boy can cause more mischeif than his is worth. He tormented Bill and Sam and he'd even give an 8th grader a run for his money.
Who is Red Chief?
500
Most of our stories for this unit include relationships. But this story features one other extra conflict- a conflict with TWO characters in the story. In addition to the title, also name the two characters the protagonist has to "deal" with.
What is 'Raymond's Run"? Gretchen and Raymond
500
This part of the story structure is evident in "Raymond's Run" when Squeaky notices her brother running along side.
What is the CLIMAX?
500
In "Raymond's Run", Squeaky's brother has a physical disability. Name this disability. (Give the scientific name)
What is HYDROCEPHALUS?
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