"Two Kinds"
"A Simple Act"
"An Invisible Thread"
Vocabulary
Conventions
100
This is what the mother in "Two Kinds" hopes for her daughter.
What is a special talent/to be a prodigy.
100
In "A Simple Act," this is how Laura and Maurice first meet.
Maurice is begging on the street.
100
Describe Maurice and Laura at the beginning of "An Invisible Thread."
Maurice is a grown man, and Laura is celebrating her 50th birthday.
100
to express regret or sorrow
What is LAMENTED?
100
Name the possessive noun in this sentence. After washing the dog's water bowl, the baby climbed in and splashed the water onto the floor.
What is DOG'S
200
This explains why the daughter in "Two Kinds" develops a negative attitude toward her mother's quizzes.
What is seeing that she is letting her mother down?
200
A "connection between two people" is referred to as ________________ in "A Simple Act."
The "invisible thread"
200
This is what Maurice asked Laura for when they first met.
What is food.
200
fighting noisily over small matters
What is SQUABBLING
200
Name the adverb in the following sentence. Annie always eats her pancakes with peanut butter and honey.
What is ALWAYS
300
What the daughter realizes when she becomes angry at her reflection in the mirror?
What is that she has the power to decide for herself who she will be.
300
This is the only other person who seems to care about Maurice.
Who is Maurice's teacher.
300
Name two things Laura did for Maurice on the day they first met.
She bought him a meal and played games with him.
300
to be destroyed or completely upset
What is DEVASTATED
300
Name the adjective in this sentence and the word it modifies. The hollow tree was narrowly missed by the fire in the woods.
What is HOLLOW, modifying TREE
400
These are the main reasons the daughter plays badly at the talent show.
She hasn't had the best teacher (he's deaf), and she didn't try very hard to learn her selected piece of music.
400
This is what happens after Laura's friend suggests she write a book about her experiences with Maurice.
Laura eventually writes a best seller.
400
This is who benefited the most from the relationship that formed between Maurice and Laura
Both Maurice and Laura benefited enormously from the relationship.
400
to join together or form a relationship
What is CONNECTS
400
Where should a comma be added in this sentences to separate coordinate adjectives? When Jema chose a light pink pair of boots, her mom wondered if she had considered the rough unmanageable terrain on which she'd be walking.
rough, unmanageable terrain
500
"Accepting oneself can be more important than success" is an example of a ____________ of the story "Two Kinds."
What is a theme.
500
Name three things that Maurice's time with Laura clearly add to his life.
What are hope, security and new experiences.
500
This is the main effect Maurice believes Laura has had on him.
She completely changed the direction of his life because he was "going down the wrong road."
500
to affect someone in an important way
What is INFLUENCE
500
Which words in this sentence are cumulative adjectives? When Jema chose a light pink pair of boots, her mom wondered if she had considered the rough unmanageable terrain on which she'd be walking.
light pink
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