Culture
Name three (3) things that make up "CULTURE."
There are many answers: Music, Language, Food, Clothing, Where someone lives, Beliefs, Religion
Compare means to tell how two or more things are ________________________.
Similar
What is the "THEME" of a story?
a) The lesson in a story that applies to the character.
b) The hidden message in the story that can be applied outside of a story.
c) The main idea of a story.
d) The events of a story.
b) The hidden message in the story that can be applied outside of a story.
What is the main idea of a text?
What the text is mainly/mostly about.
The first person to be pulled over for speeding was going _________________.
A) 8 MPH
B) 12 MPH
C) 50 MPH
D) 100 MPH
A. 8 MPH
Walt Arnold was going 4x the times the speed limit in his 19th Century Benz. The speed limit was just 2 MPH - He was fined 47 pounds (English money) for going 8 MPH.
How many languages are there in the world?
a) about 1,000
b) about 5, 000
c) about 7,000
d) about 307
c) about 7,000
Contrast means to tell how two or more things are ____________________.
different
"Tim hated his old baseball glove. He wanted to play with a new glove, but he didn't have any money, so he decided to steal it. But when Tim got caught stealing the glove, his parents said he couldn't play baseball all summer."
What is a THEME in this passage?
Don't take the easy way out.
Why are details so important in a text?
They help support and let the reader better understand the main idea.
The hottest spot on the planet ever recorded is in ___________________.
A) Libya
B) Antarctica
C) Australia
D) Inside a blanket factory
A) Libya
El Azizia was 136 degress Fahrenheit in 1922.
Which culture is considered to be one of the oldest in the world?
a) Japanese Culture
b) Chinese Culture
c) American Culture
d) Indian Culture
b) Chinese Culture
Compare and Contrast the following (give two of each):
A basketball and an apple.
ex: Compare: They are both round. You can throw them.
Contrast: Basketballs are larger. You can bounce a basketball. You can eat an apple.
"A donkey and a fox decided to team up to find food together. They were travelling in the forest when they crossed paths with a lion. They were both scared. But the fox hoped to save himself. He approached the lion and offered to help him get the donkey, if the lion would let him escape unharmed.
The lion agreed. So the fox and the donkey walked on, with the lion trailing behind them. The fox led the donkey to a hidden pit, left by some long‐ago hunter as a trap for wild animals, and the donkey fell in. As soon as the donkey was in the pit, the lion came out of hiding and ate the fox. Then he ate the donkey."
What is the theme of this story?
Betraying a friend also hurts you.
"The rain began early in the morning. It fell as hard drops, one after another. The sky was full of dark purple clouds. Thunder began as a soft rumble and became louder and louder. Lightning crashed every few minutes, making the sky a brilliant white."
What is the main idea?
A. The farms needed the rain.
B. The thunder hurt the people’s ears.
C. Lightning made the sky bright.
D. The storm was very strong.
D. The storm was very strong.
The "Gruen transfer" is the _________________________________________.
A) Feeling you get when someone gives you money.
B) Feeling of getting lost inside a mall.
C) Feeling of getting a bad report from the the doctor.
D) Feeling of stress you feel when you have to move from one place to another.
B) Feeling of getting lost inside a mall.
In Mexico, they celebrate New Years Eve by eating 12 _____________ at the stroke of midnight.
a) pinto beans
b) tacos
c) tortillas
d) grapes
d) grapes
What is the name of the diagram we use to compare and contrast things? (Hint: It has the two circles that overlap).
Venn Diagram
It was a beautiful spring day. The grasshopper was flitting about, enjoying himself, when he crossed paths with an ant. The ant was working very hard, carrying bits of food deep down into his anthill. “Why are you working so hard?” The grasshopper said. “I want to have plenty to eat,” the ant replied. The grasshopper laughed. “Plenty to eat!” he cried. “Why there is food everywhere that you look!” “That’s true,” the ant said. “There is enough food for today. But there will come a day when it won’t be true.” The grasshopper hopped away, not wanting to bother with the morose little ant.
Soon spring gave way to summer, summer to fall, and fall to winter. When the fields were covered with snow, the ant sat far down in his anthill, safe and warm, his stomach full, confident that he had enough to eat to see him through the winter. The grasshopper, who had not made any preparations for winter, shivered, and went from one friend to another begging for food and feeling very foolish indeed."
What is the theme of this story.
Be prepared.
"Spots was a large grey and white cat. Spots lived in a barn on a farm. Spots liked living in the barn. It was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. There were many mice for Spots to chase. Best of all, Spots had a soft place to sleep in the corner of the barn."
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What is the main idea?
A. The barn was dirty.
B. Spots was grey and white.
C. The barn was a good place for Spots to live.
D. Spots often slept outside when it rained.
C. The barn was a good place for Spots to live.
What is the only animal that blushes?
A human (yes, we are considered animals!)
It took _____________ years to build the Taj Mahal in India.
22 years
Compare and Contrast the following (2 items for each):
JIM:
On my birthday, I went on a horseback trail ride with friends. We rode for an hour, then stopped for a picnic lunch. We had cake, and I opened a few small presents they had brought with them."
Evelyn:
"On my birthday I had a party! Six friends came over, and we played games. Then we had cake and ice cream, and I opened presents. I had one HUGE present, from my parents. It was a bicycle."
Compare: It is telling about what they did on their birthdays. They both had cake. They both opened presents.
Contrast: Jim went horseback riding and Evelyn had a party. Jim got some small presents and Evelyn had a HUGE present. Jim had a picnic lunch, Evelyn and her friends played games.
"A fly bit a bald man on the head. The man tried to shoo the fly away. But the fly landed on the man’s head and bit him again. This made the man furious. He slapped his head to squash the fly, but the fly few away just before the man delivered a stinging slap to his own head. The fly landed on the man’s head a third time and laughed at him. “You would hurt yourself just to get back at me?” he taunted. The man was so enraged that he tried to hit the fly with a rock. Instead he knocked himself, senseless, to the ground."
Revenge hurts the avenger.
"James and his sister, Anna, went to the carnival on Saturday. They rode the merry-go-round, the roller coaster and the Ferris wheel. James ate popcorn and a hot dog. Anna drank lemonade and ate an apple. They saw many exciting shows. They were tired when they went home"
What is the main idea?
A. James and Anna were hungry.
B. James and Anna did many things at the carnival.
C. The merry-go-round was broken.
D. The carnival was on Saturday.
B. James and Anna did many things at the carnival.
When you fly, you lose a percentage of ____________________________. They come back when you land.
A) Body weight
B) Taste buds
C) Feeling in your legs
D) Hearing
B) Taste buds
This might explain why airplane food gets such a bad reputation. The elevation in an airplane can have a detrimental effect on our ability to taste things. According to a 2010 study conducted by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, the dryness experienced at a high elevation as well as low pressure reduces the sensitivity of a person's taste buds to sweet and salty foods by about 30 percent. Add that dry cabin air affects our ability to smell, and our ability to taste is reduced further.