AUNTY MISERY
What was described as gnarled? (bonus if you can define the word too)
The old woman and the pear tree grew gnarled; in knots/twisted, as time went by between visitor 1 and visitor 2.
When Nolan noticed the Arsenic problem, which stage of The Scientific Method is that?
1 = stating the problem.
If we saw connections between data or story plot points what can we call this?
correlations
Tia Miseria
Aunty Misery
What is the purpose of this selection?
Informative, to teach the reader the steps of scientific method.
What about Aunty Misery earns her the wish from the Sorcerer?
Her warm hospitality to him.
True or False:
Nolan Kamataki was a college student at the time of the science competition?
FALSE
The Top Young Scientist of the Year was for students in grades 5-8th.
(Just like most of MPOLY!) :P
Keyword?
"Her behavior was warm and inviting, the cottage was so welcoming the boy visited regularly."
Hospitality.
It was so exciting when Ms. Laura's essay was _________. (proven true)
Verified
When we draw a conclusion what do we need to do?
*Bonus* What does disprove mean?
What is the key parallel episode in this folktale?
A traveler visits Aunty Misery.
(Sorcerer and Death)
the ____________ between arsenic levels in soil and the levels found on students in the area was high.
*bonus if you can define missing word*
correlation (showing connection or relation between two things, statements or situations.)
"I was caught in the rain and forgot my umbrella, so I thought bad thoughts about the weather gods."
What keyword could we use to shorten the the second half of the sentence.
"I was caught in the rain and forgot my umbrella, so CURSED the weather gods."
It was [certain to happen] that Miss Laura was named as the PEAK students favorite teacher this year.
(what single words could we replaced the [words] with?)
Inevitable :P
True or False, was the topic in the scientific method looking at the following: Do people with faster reflected determine a person's success at playing sports?
True.
Why might Aunty Misery by so named?
It is a nickname given by the children because she will not share her delicious pears with them!
The topic of Nolan's science project was discovered how?
In a newspaper he read (Foreshadowing that his story would also end up in a Newspaper... The article you are reading for MT!)
"The pirate laughed and told their captive, X marks the spot you fool!"
What formal keyword does "x marks the spot" mean?
Indicates
What is and what can winning a scholarship do for Nolan?
a Scholarship is a special type of money given to help a student progress their studies, and for Nolan it gives him more choices to go to college.
From our test in classes, what did we learn when we changed between fastest and closest ordering.
Depending on the phrases used it can show that reaction time does not mean best reflexes.
Which people blame Aunty Misery for trapping Death? and why?
Doctors = no one seeks their help.
Priests = no one dies, so no funerals or religious services are needed.
Older people = they are tired of life and want the peace of death, which they cannot get.
In the story, what links DISCOMBOBULATED and PERMUTATIONS?
Those were the key words in the 2nd place scientists experiment and the relationship between the two was in his DRAWING CONCLUSIONS element of the scientific method.
What official name is used for the sentence or bullet point that presents the location and date of an article?
Dateline
What is a synonym for Research Question?
Hypothesis
Place these in the correct order:
a) repeating the experiment.
b) forming a hypothesis.
c) performing an experiment.
d) gathering information.
D, B, C, A.