Setting
Eden Prairie Minnesota
What is a theme in a story?
The theme of a story is the main message or lesson the author wants to share.
What is "wear & tear"?
The damage or deterioration that happens to something over time as it is used. For example, a bike getting rusty or a couch getting worn out.
What is a context clue?
A context clue is a hint or detail in the text that helps readers figure out the meaning of something—like a word, idea, or situation—without it being directly stated.
Cause: Lawn Boy’s grandmother gives him a riding lawn mower.
What is the effect?
He starts a lawn mowing business
What season of the year is it?
SUMMER!
Lawn Boy learns that even something as small as mowing lawns can teach big lessons: what are the lessons?
Money and/or Responsibility
The amount of money that comes into and goes out of a business. It's like the company's money river, showing how much money is flowing in from sales and flowing out to pay bills.
When Lawn Boy says, “Unlike the calm beginning, now my schedule was chaotic,” what does chaotic mean?
Disorganized or crazy
Effect: Lawn Boy’s business becomes too big for him to handle alone.
What is the cause?
he gets more and more customers
When is Lawn Boy given his lawn mower?
On his birthday
Give an example of a theme or lesson from Lawn Boy that isn't responsibility or money
Hard work can lead to success.
Unexpected things can turn into great opportunities.
You can learn and grow from unexpected experiences
What is "product demand?"
How much people want or need a product. If a lot of people want a new toy, the product demand for that toy is high.
Lawn Boy said, “Arnold talked about stocks and investments like I should already know this stuff, but I was totally lost.
What can you infer from the sentence what the word "investments" means?
What is "ways to make money grow or earn more money"?
The narrator’s first lawn mowing job creates a dust cloud, causing…
The next door neighbor to notice him and hire him to mow his lawn
Lawn Boy mentions this holiday as a reference point for how much he's grown since last year
Christmas
A big lesson Lawn Boy learns is that real wealth isn’t just about money—it’s also about this.
growth, learning, or relationships?
What is capitalism?
A system where people and businesses own things and make decisions about what to make, sell, and buy. The goal is to earn money and create wealth.
*Teachers Discretion on answer*
In Lawn Boy, he says, “The business just exploded—boomed overnight.”
What does the word exploded most likely mean in this sentence?
Grew really fast
The narrator’s success with mowing leads neighbors to…
trust him to mow their lawns instead of a new company.
What is "flat production capacity?"
When a factory or company is making as much of a product as it can, and it can't make any more because it's reached its limit.
*Teachers Discretion* on correct answer.