Nonfiction Comprehension
When a person decides to get a dog, he or she has many kinds to choose from. As a rule, short-haired dogs are best for cities. Beagles, Boston Terriers, and Dachshunds make good city pets. Great Danes are short-haired, too. However, they are too big for city living. It is hard in a city to give them all the exercise they need. Setters, Springer Spaniels, and Collies are especially good as country dogs.
What is the main idea?
Some dogs are better than others for city life.
What is the genre of The Circuit?
Autobiography
What is the historical background of The Grapes of Wrath?
The novel is set during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl where land workers lost their jobs and were forced to leave their homes and move westward. Farmers suffered because of drought and they were in debt because of economic turmoil.
Some animals rely on their smell sense.
rely on?
depend
Dad went to work, and mom went to the party.
What type of sentence is this?
compound sentence
On Tuesday, scientists announced that they had identified the fossil remains of the smallest dinosaur ever to roam North America. The bones were discovered 30 years ago in Colorado.
What is the author's purpose?
The author's purpose is to inform us about the fossil of the smallest dinosaur.
Who is narrating The Circuit?
Panchito (Fransico Jimenez)
What is the genre of The Grapes of Wrath?
State two elements of this genre.
Historical Fiction:
Real, historical Setting
Real/Fictional Characters
Real/Historical Conflict
Some apps detect your location.
detect?
locate
find
Sleeping helps us grow.
The structure of "sleeping" is:
gerund
The middle school soccer team had practiced and played hard all season long. The coach called all members for practice. Then, the day of the big game arrived. Finally, the team played their best, and they won the championship by one goal!
What is the text structure?
Sequence Structure
Describe the relationship between Mr. Lema and Panchito.
Mr. Lema is a kind and helpful teacher. He supports Panchito by teaching him vocabulary, spending time with him and offering to teach him music.
What some ideas the author tries to emphasize through repeated phrases/structures?
The author repeats words such as bitterness to emphasize the hardships that the land workers faced and to create a tone of empathy.
If you want money, you must toil for it.
Toil?
work hard
strive
If it ------------------, we won't go swimming.
Complete the sentence.
rains
The following signal words indicate which text structure:
because of, since, as a result of
cause/effect
How did migrant workers live during the 1930s to 1950s?
Migrant workers were on constant moving to make a living. They suffered from discrimination and work exploitation. Their kids were deprived from proper education and social life.
Why are the characters selling their farming tools?
2 reasons
They can't take them on the long trip.
They are no longer useful and worthy.
Parents nurture their kids to be happy and healthy.
nurture?
care
protect
raise
I --------------------- here for 5 years.
Complete the sentence.
have worked
have lived
My house, when I was growing up, was a square box with small windows and yellow chipped paint. I wore clothing that my cousins had grown out of, or that my mother bought at discount stores. I had a few toys, but nothing shiny or electronic. I never went on vacations except to Cincinnati, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania one time.
Make inferences about the narrator.
He is very poor.
Explain the title's meaning.
The title symbolizes the constant cycle of moving that the narrator went through.
Can’t sell a hand plow any more. Fifty cents for the weight of the metal. Disks and tractors, that’s the stuff now.
Explain the quote.
It is set during a time when farming equipment is not worth much.
Rick spent his whole salary on the extravagant engagement ring.
extravagant?
not wise
wasteful
unreasonable
She dropped the baby's toys.
The structure of baby's is:
possessive noun