Vocabulary
Boredom
a state of feeling that something is dull or uninteresting
Who are the main characters in the book "How Mother Nature Got Her Job?"
Sam, Rae, Demeter Dunn
(Will also take: the boy, girl, & mother nature)
What book did we read first: "School Days according to Humphrey" or "How Mother Nature got her Job"
How Mother Nature got her Job
What is the action verb in this sentence:
The car stopped in front of the old house across the road.
stopped
What is a convertible?
a car with a removable roof.
Shifted
To change one's position
move
In "School Days according to Humphrey", what is the room number he is in?
Room 26
What is sequencing?
The order of events in a story.
What is the action verb in this sentence:
The woman waved.
waved
In ch. 1 of School Days according to Humphrey, what did Humphrey write over the summer?
a poem
Whizzed
To fly or rush past with such a sound
(will also take hearing sound when running past someone)
In School Days according to Humphrey, how did Humphrey feel on the first day of school and why?
Confused because there were new people in the classroom.
(will also take upset bc there were new people in the classroom)
In "How Mother Nature Got Her Job" what happened first: A women drove by in a pink convertible and arrived to Demeter's house OR Sam told us he was in the country for the summer.
Sam told us he was in the country for the summer
What is the action verb in this sentence:
Mrs. Brisbane came bustling into the classroom, carrying a stack of papers.
(hint: there are 2)
bustling & carrying
In "How Mother Nature Got Her Job", what happened last?:
Demeter Dunn found the Mother Nature Alert Box OR Demeter Dunn made the world turn into pink plaid
Demeter Dunn turned the world into pink plaid.
Environmental
Describing things that surround anything that involve person, animal, plant, and affects growth.
How did Demeter feel when she found out she was Mother Nature?
confused, mad, upset
In "School Days according to Humphrey" does Humphrey mention Og at the beginning, middle, or end of chapter 1?
beginning
What is the action verb in this sentence:
The students all giggled and whispered and turned in their seats to look at us.
(hint: there are 3 in this sentence)
giggled, whispered, turned
Where do you go if you want to find where a page or chapter starts?
Table of Contents
Kimonos
A long, Japanese garment that has wide sleeves and a broad sash
(will also take "traditional Japanese clothing")
In the book, "How Mother Nature Got Her Job", where did the 3 characters go after the Desert in Arizona?
Alaska
Does Mrs. Brisbane introduce Humphrey and Og to the class in chapter 1 or chapter 2?
You tell me a sentence with an action verb in it.
student tells teacher
You tell me a sentence with an action verb in it?