Because having a good vocabulary makes us better readers, writers and listeners.
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Name 4 verbs.
Examples: run, skip, draw, eat, play, fly
200
How many points of view are there? And what are they?
There are 3 points of view.
They are:
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
200
What is the best way to get ideas of things to invent?
Do things and look for problems
200
Tell one example of how the theme of irresponsibility is shown in the Wind in the Willows.
Example: Toad keeps driving recklessly and crashes many cars.
300
What is another way of saying, "Mrs. Richetta THOUGHT the 3rd graders had a VERY GOOD vocabulary?"
Mrs. Richetta was impressed by the 3rd graders vocabulary!
300
Fix up this sentence.
the girls dog ran to ms. wilson (5)
The girl's dog ran to Ms. Wilson.
300
What point of view is this sentence written in?
Toad escaped from his home and got into more trouble.
Third person point of view.
300
If you are an inventor and you have just come up with a great idea for an invention, what is the first thing you should get before you start sharing that idea with others?
A patent and/or a patent attorney
300
What was Toad possessed by?
Motorcars
400
What's another way of saying the girl RAN out of the room when she saw the spider?
The girl BOLTED out of the room when she saw the spider.
400
Fix up this sentence:
Tyra said how are you feeling today (5)
Tyra said, "How are you feeling today?"
400
What is a setting? Name one of the settings for Wind in The Willows.
A setting is where and when a story takes place.
Example:
Mole's home in the spring
Badger's home in the winter
The courthouse
The jail
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What is the 2 step process in inventing.
Finding a need then meeting that need.
400
Put these events in the order that they happened.
Badger had decided that the hour has come to talk to Toad.
Mole was doing some spring cleaning at his home and became restless.
Rat went into the Wild Wood to look for Mole.
1. Mole was doing some spring cleaning at his home and became restless.
2. Rat went into the Wild Wood to look for Mole
3. Badger had decided that the hour has come to talk to Toad.
500
Give the definition for the word DEJECTED.
Use it in a sentence.
DEJECTED means feeling sad or lonely.
The boy felt dejected when he wasn't picked for the football team.
500
Fix up this sentence.
tashia has a blue and yellow shirt and tashia wears it everyday (5)
Tashia has a blue and yellow shirt. She wears it everyday.
500
Describe "the hour" that came in the Wind in The Willows.
The hour that came was when Badger decided it was time to have a heart to heart talk with Toad about his irresponsible behavior.
500
Name one invention and tell why it was invented. What was the need and how was it met?
Answers vary.
500
What point of view and from who's perspective is this part of the story told?
Point of view - 3rd person point of view
Perspective - Toad's