Vocabulary
Proceeding in small stages
What is gradual?
Claim + 3 reasons
What is thesis?
An interview
What is a primary source?
Onomatopoeia
What figurative language uses words that make sounds?
Discuss the change in Maurice from the first few sentences of the chapter to the end of the chapter. Use text evidence.
What is in the beginning of chapter 3 Maurice wakes up in his closet, hungry. He goes out to beg for money. After many hours. Laura shows up and takes him to McDonalds. She also invites him to dinner next week. By the end of the day, Maurice’s stomach was full and he slept well?
Present in great quantity
What is abundant?
Justifier
What is at the end of a paragraph?
A first hand account about a person or event. The source also is from the time period of the topic.
What is definition of primary source?
A condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
What is proverb?
Describe Maurice's relationship with Grandma Rose. How is Grandma Rose someone Maurice can trust?
What is in chapter 4 describes Maurice’s relationship of trust with his grandmother. Maurice is closer with Grandma Rose than anyone else in the family. Grandma Rose protected him from the Child Welfare agents and tried to teach him life lessons. As you can see, Maurice trusts Grandma Rose (p. 37)?
A condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
What is proverb?
A topic, an opinion or assertion, and general supporting examples.
What is the three main components of a thesis statement?
A book documenting Columbus voyages
What is a secondary source?
The attitude or emotional characteristics presented in the text
What is the tone of the piece
Chapters 15 and 16 discuss the theme of Trust. Describe how Maurice begins to trust in Chapter 15 and how his trust is broken in Chapter 16.
What is in chapter 15, Maurice builds up trust by celebrating Christmas with Laura's family. However, in chapter 16, when the man asks Maurice to borrow his bike, “Maurice felt the instinct to trust” (p.151). Maurice’s trust is shattered when the man does not bring his bike back. Maurice realizes that his trust was misplaced?
The disadvantage that results from losing something
What is deprivation?
The supporting details come from where writing a summary
What is the text?
A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s to the 1890’s”.
What is secondary source?
Idiom
What figurative language is used for popular sayings?
How did Laura impact Maurice's attitude about school?
What is in chapter 10 and 11, Laura impacts Maurice's attitude about school by making him brown bag lunches and buying him an alarm clock he could wear. Laura says, “I could get you an alarm clock...In return, you have to promise that you will do your best to try to get to class…” (p.103). Laura and Maurice make a deal to help Maurice stay in school?
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
What is calamity?
7 types of hooks
What is interesting questions hook, strong statement hook, fact hook, metaphor/simile hook, story hook, description hook, and question hook?
An ancient Egyptian mummy you saw at a museum.
What is primary source?
Correct: aliens at school
What is Aliens and School
What is "The Invisible Thread?" Is it the connection between Maurice and Laura, or is it the path in life that each person is pulled towards? Explain your answer
What is the meaning of the phrase, “An Invisible Thread” is the connection between Laura and Maurice. “An Invisible Thread connects though who are detained to meet…” (p. 195). Throughout the story, we see how Laura and Maurice are drawn to each other time after time. For example, when Maurice is hungry, he looks for Laura, Laura makes an effort to include Maurice in her family, and Maurice thinks of Laura when he picks up the gun?