Aha!
What is the mood at the beginning of the story?
Fearful/terrified (scared is acceptable too)
What is the author's purpose for writing this piece?
What was the "contagious" act that spread throughout the plane, thus contributing to the change in mood from fearful to comforting?
Everyone choosing to stay calm - each person reaching out to hold someone else's hand.
What should you do after receiving your test (and putting your name on it)?
Preview the whole test - passages, questions and answer choices
Milk and Cookies
What is an example of a memory moment from the story?
Where she remembers her friend telling her about their father dying peacefully so as not to alarm his family members about death and dying.
Which is the correct definition for the word reap in paragraph 1?
Some think kindness is something completely selfless that we do out of love and care, while others believe it is just a tool that we cunningly use to become more popular and reap the benefits.
1. To cut or gather; 2. to harvest a crop; 3. to receive or benefit as a result of your actions
Definition 3
What is one common theme that is suggested in both passages?
Kindness can have a powerful effect on people.
As you begin to read a passage, what should you first box or highlight?
The title!
What is the tradition for children who are naughty on Christmas?
They get coal in their stocking.
"Now we began a roller-coaster ride through the thunderclouds" includes which type of figurative language?
metaphor
What is the purpose of including the picture on the first page of the passage?
To emphasize that acts of kindness such as volunteering make people feel good.
What is one thing that is suggested in the article that is not discussed in the story?
Being kind boosts our mood.
or Showing kindness can increase your happiness
What strategy that we have learned for both fiction and NF should you use while reading a passage?
Highlight and annotate for signposts
What is the game that is a common tradition to play during Hannukah?
Why might the author include the detail about the glamorous woman and her "southern drawl, her indiscriminate use of perfume"?
To give us a visual of someone who probably in other situation would not have reached out or formed a connection with our main character.
Which detail from the passage best supports our first essential question about forming and shaping our identity?
Being kind makes us feel like we are a better person.
What idea does the section titled, "Making Connections," in the article share with Aha Moment?
Showing kindness to others can help develop strong connections between people, especially under difficult circumstances.
True or False: You should stop reading once you have come across the answer choice that you think is best.
False - you should read ALL answer choices
What is the largest Christmas gift ever given? Hint: it has something to do with the United States.
The Statue of Liberty was gifted to US from France as a Christmas gift in 1886.
What is the main theme of the story?
The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.
What is the main idea of this selection?
Research shows that there are 5 main reasons why being kind makes us feel good and that by practicing kindness we can increase our overall sense of happiness.
A key theory about how we understand other people in neuroscience suggests that seeing someone else show an emotion automatically activates the same areas of the brain as if we experienced that emotion for ourselves.
What event in the story is best proves the theory stated above?
When the main character notices how everyone stopped panicking and remained calm during the plane event. The comfort and soothing acts had a contagious effect throughout the plane.
What should you do next to the answer choices to better help you determine the correct answer?
Justify why it is or isn't that answer choice!
Name all 8 of Santa's reindeer. Hint: this excludes Rudolph.
Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Donder Blitzen