Copper Sun
Expert Readers
Fiction
Olson
Misc.
100
The protagonist of Copper Sun.
Who is Amari?
100
What expert readers always do.
What is reread?
100
A fiction story can be broken down into these main parts or sections.
What are the beginning, the middle and the end?
100
The principal of Olson.
Who is Dr. Emerson?
100
The number of school days next week.
What is two?
200
Mr. Derby's indentured servant.
Who is Polly?
200
An expert reading strategy using mind movies.
What is visualizing?
200
Two things we usually learn in the beginning of a fiction story.
What are the characters and the setting?
200
The assistant principal at Olson.
Who is Ms. Kimble?
200
The best readers in the whole city and probably the whole state.
Who are Olson students?
300
Mrs. Derby's body guard.
Who is Noah?
300
Making an educated guess about what will happen next in a story.
What is predicting?
300
Another name for the beginning of a fiction story.
What is the exposition?
300
The full name of our school.
What is Floyd B. Olson Middle School?
300
The two traits that almost all successful people have in common.
What are a growth mindset and a large vocabulary?
400
Tidbit's dog
Who is Hushpuppy?
400
Three important things to remember when summarizing.
What are keep is short, tell the main points, and use your own words.
400
Things that make up or happen in the middle of a fiction story.
What are the rising action, the conflict and the climax?
400
The secretary in the main office at Olson.
Who is Ms. Harris?
400
The astronomical event that happened last Monday (biggest one since 1948).
What is the "super moon?"
500
The author of Copper Sun.
Who is Sharon Drapper?
500
What you should do when you come to an unfamiliar word.
What is sound out each letter, break it down into word parts and use context clues?
500
The two most common types of narration or points of view in a fiction story.
What are first and third person?
500
The number of students at Olson.
What is 278?
500
The year that Minnesota set the record for the longest growing season (days between the last frost of spring and the first frost in fall).
What is 2016?
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