PSSA
how do you start your sentence when giving proof from the text to support your answer?
In the text it states....
Whats a noun?
A person, place, thing or animal.
What illness does Mama have?
Valley Fever
What is immigration?
When people come from one country to live in another country.
What do most fables end with?
A lesson or moral
What is a synonym?
different words wit the same meaning.
Whats a verb?
An action word
How has Esperanza changed throughout the story?
She was once rich and now is poor and is beginning to understand how to live her new life.
Why do people immigrate?
to escape war, maybe they are poor, maybe they are forced out of their country, maybe they can't practice the religion that they choose.
In the book the fortune teller, how did the young man become a fortune teller?
He pretended because the cloth merchant's wife thought the old man had turned young.
What is a hyperbole?
an exaggerated statement.
Whats a pronoun?
it takes the place of a noun.
What new thing is Esperanza doing to help Mama?
She is working
Why were some people sent back to their own country at Ellis Island?
sickness, bad papers, no papers
What are some of Anansi's character traits?
sly, untrustworthy, selfish, sneaky
What is a simile?
comparing using like or as
What is an adjective?
a describing word
Where is Abuelita?
Mexico
What was Ellis Island?
A place where people immigrated into the United States.
How many kids does mrs Renfer have and what are their names?
Three- Marley, Tyler, Jordan
What is personification?
when an animal or character in a story acts like or has characteristics of a human being.
Name the verbs and nouns in the sentence.
Nyla jumped over the brown fence.
Nyla, jumped, fence
Why is Esperanza crocheting Abuelita's blanket now?
To help make Mama feel better.
Where is Ellis Island?
New York
Finish the rhyme....
Peter piper picked a pack of pickled peppers
How many pickled peppers, did Peter Piper pick?