Main Idea
Getting a diagnosis, recovering and returning to school.
What is the main idea of Small Steps?
Peg feels _____ upon learning about her diagnosis.
What is panicked?
Peg went back to school after seven months.
What is the conclusion?
Peg had a new friend at the hospital.
Who is Tommy?
A true story.
What is nonfiction?
Missing her home in Puerto Rico.
What is the main idea of How to Eat a Quava?
Beverly is _____ to walk around the earth.
What is determined?
Peg had to play the accordian for O.T.
What is the 4th thing that happened?
Peg no longer cared about these things.
What are hair cuts, baasketball, and school uniforms?
A piece of nonfiction writing told in first person by someone who was involved in the events.
What is a personal narrative?
Not all lies are bad, some can protect people.
What is the main idea of A Good Lie?
Condoleeza's father turned into a ____ when she was born.
What is a feminist?
Peg noticed her leg muscles jumping and twitching.
What is the introduction to Polio?
The drink that helped lower Peg's temperature.
What is a choclate milk shake?
A way to compare two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Sometimes events can change the way we veiw the world.
What is the main idea of Condoleeza Rice?
A guava is _____ and _____ on the outside.
What is green and prickly?
Peg got her spinal tap and diagnosis.
What is the 2nd thing that happened?
Peg named her wheelchair.
Who is Silver?
Told from the narrator's point of view.
What is first person?
Even though it is round, you can't walk around the earth.
What is the main idea of The Girl from Yamhill?
Lily told a good lie to ______ the narrator.
What is protect?
Peg went to a special hospital.
What is the 3rd thing that happened?
At the beginning, Peg really wanted to attend.
What is Homecoming?
A made-up story.
What is fiction?