April Raintree
What is the name of April's social worker?
Mrs. Semple
How would you express 9/4 as a mixed fraction?
4 can fit into 9 twice, with a remainder of 1.
2 1/4
What is a summary?
A concise account of the main points of a text, usually written in paragraph form.
Name the capital of Manitoba.
Winnipeg!
(also known as 'Winterpeg')
Cockroaches can live up to ONE WEEK without this body part.
Their HEADS! Yuck!
Name the Metis leader that Cheryl likes to talk about, but April does not.
Louis Riel
Name one mental math strategy you could use to calculate 8 X 9.
8 x 10 = 80
80 - 8 = 72
What is a another, more commonly used word for 'idiom'?
An expression; a saying.
What does 'bias' mean when discussing history?
Bias occurs when one group has a limited perspective of history- namely, when they fail to acknowledge how another group may have had a different lived experience of what happened.
History is 'biased' when it only tells one side of the story.
What ancient culture worshipped cats as gods?
Ancient Egypt!
What is the last name of the kind French family that April was living with in chapter 2?
The Dions
Using your words, explain what a mixed fraction is.
It's a whole number plus a proper fraction.
Example: 2 1/2
Name a pair of homographs, and explain what makes them homographs.
tear (verb)- past tense of 'tore'
tear (noun)- liquid that is expelled from your eyes when you cry
What is Ottawa the capital of?
Canada!
Name both of Ms. Paton's cats.
Bai & Doja
What was Cheryl's punishment for calling the history books at school 'garbage' and 'lies'?
They cut her hair- badly.
What is the term for a 'fraction' whose numerator has a greater value than the denominator?
An improper fraction
What do metaphors and similes have in common?
They are both comparisons.
They are both figures of speech that compare unlike things that have a common quality.
Name all three Canadian territories.
Can you name their capitals, too?!
Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), Yukon (Whitehorse), Nunavut (Iqaluit)
Name one herb or plant that people sometimes forage and make into a tea.
Labrador, lavender, chamomile, peppermint... so many!
What year was it when April moved in with the Dions?
1955
Name a prime number, and explain what makes it so.
7 is a prime number, because its only factors are itself and 1.
What is the literary term for an exaggeration?
Hyperbole
On what coast will you find the city of Charlottetown- North, South, East, or West?
Charlottetown is on the East coast- bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
Charlottetown is the capital city of Prince Edward Island.
What is the only mammal on earth whose kidneys are so efficient that they can filter out the salt from saltwater and drink it for hydration?
CATS!
Cats.... are so amazing :)