Vocabulary
"Eraser and School Clock
TPCASTT
Text Connections
Misc.
100
The definition of "glossy" as used in paragraph 1 of "Lunchtime with Lisa"
What is "shiny and smooth"?
100
What is the reason the poet mentions the speaker's eraser at the beginning of the poem?
What is " to convey the speaker's struggle to solve the problems on his math test".
100
An example of onomatopoeia in the poem "Eraser and School Clock"
What is "tick"? Line 23.
100
The genre of the poem and the genre of the selection.
What is poetry (fiction) and fiction.
100
The main strategy for reading non-fiction.
What is look for facts?
200
The definition for the word "drawn" as used in paragraph 2 of "Lunchtime with Lisa"
What is " to induce (someone) to reveal or do something"?
200
The reason for the italicized lines (shift) in the poem "Eraser and School Clock"?
What is "to distinguish the speaker’s daydream from the rest of the poem."?
200
Two examples of personification from the poem "Eraser and Clock".
What are "The watch, It's poor heart torn out" and "The clock racing my answers" line 68-69.
200
The purpose for the poem and the selection.
What is entertainment?
200
The elements of the plot line.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
300
The definition of the word "contemplate" as used in paragraph 2 of "Lunchtime with Lisa".
What is "look thoughtfully for a long time at"?
300
What lines 63 through 69 tell the reader.
What is "that the speaker enjoyed his daydream even though it interfered with his ability to complete the test on time."
300
An example of repetition in "Eraser and School Clock".
What are lines 19-20 of "Eraser and Clock"?
300
One way that the selection and poem are the same and one way they are different.
What is the setting? Both poems take place at school. What is solving a problem for homework (mystery) in "Lunchtime with Lisa" and taking a test in "Eraser and School Clock".
300
What GPS stands for and why it is important to use it.
What is genre, purpose, and strategy? What is a good way to to decide the strategies that you need to use while reading?
400
The definition of the word "contemplate" as used in paragraph 2 of "Lunchtime with Lisa".
What is "to look at thoughtfully for a long time "?
400
The line that indicates that the speaker does not think he is doing well on his test.
What is "Which is a mess of numbers,"?
400
The poet's tone or attitude.
What is conflicted, procrastinating, resigned?
400
The contrast between the way the character in "Lunchtime with Lisa" completes her assignment and the way the character in "Eraser and School Clock" completes his.
What is "Lisa is persistant and and dedicated to solving her problem; while the student in "Eraser and School Clock" is daydreaming and off task.
400
What the letters of TPCASTT stand for.
What are title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shift, title, theme?
500
The definition of "mesmerized" as used in paragraph 6 of "Lunchtime with Lisa".
What is to "hold the attention of (someone) to the exclusion of all else or so as to transfix them"?
500
The statement which best describes the contrast between the speaker’s experiences in the two settings of the poem?
What is "The speaker feels unsuccessful in the classroom but confident on the playground."
500
A metaphor from "Eraser and School Clock".
What is " To his lasso of Hose and sprinkler,"? line 50-51.
500
The theme of the poem and the theme selection.
What are "Sometimes it pays to look beyond the obvious" ("Lunchtime with Lisa", and "If you daydream during a test, you may run out of time" ("Eraser and School Clock")
500
What the dream in "Eraser and School Clock" reveals to the reader.
What is "what the speaker would like to be doing rather than taking a math test"?
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