Plot
In what state does Six Minutes take place?
Alaska
Who is the main character of this series?
Holiday
Identify word parts (affixes, root/stem words) in "distress."
"Stress"
The word "distress" means unhappiness or pain.
Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If not, can you correct it?
"The family finded Holiday in the water."
It is incorrect. The correct way to say this would be, "The family found Holiday in the water."
What makes the parents suspicious?
They are not sharing some things they know about Holiday with anyone, including Holiday.
When we first met Holiday, what was the main interesting thing about her?
She was found in the water without her memories.
How did Cyrus initially feel about adding Holiday as a family member?
He was initially suspicious and uncomfortable, especially since the Anders parents seemed to decide to adopt Holiday so quickly while refusing to answer his questions about her.
Identify word parts (affixes, root/stem words) in "magnification."
"Magnifi" = "Magnify"
"-tion" = makes the word a noun
Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If not, can you correct it?
"When Cyrus noticed that Holiday had a marking on her hand, the parents immediately denied it."
This is a correct sentence.
What is a "cliffhanger"?
It's when a story leaves off at a place that leaves you wanting to know more, what happens next, and is suspenseful.
What is the main question we are trying to answer in this show so far?
What memories did Holiday lose?
What was Holiday's past?
Who was Holiday before the Anders family found her?
Describe Cyrus as a character.
He likes science. He's curious, eventually cares about Holiday, is helpful, protective.
Identify the word parts (affixes, root/stem words) in "overprotective."
"Over" = too much, very
"Protect"
"-ive" = makes the word an adjective
Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If not, can you correct it?
"Holiday overheard her 'parents' talking about never wanting her to remember her memories before she was upstairs to get her hoverboard."
This is incorrect.
She cannot overhear her parents before she went upstairs. It has to be when or while she was upstairs.
"Holiday overheard her 'parents' talking about never wanting her to remember her memories while she was upstairs to get her hoverboard."
Why is this podcast called "Six Minutes?"
Each episode is about six minutes long.
Who are some people who might get in the way of Holiday trying to discover what she wants?
The parents (Monica and James Anders)
Describe Birdie as a character.
She's immature, energetic, imaginative. She gets left out of the 'grown-up' conversations a lot because she's young.
Identify word parts (affixes, root/stem words) in "generosity."
"generos" = "generous"
"-ity" = makes the word a noun
Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If not, can you correct it?
"Brynleigh was being rude unless Cyrus interrupted to try and get Holiday to her class."
This is incorrect.
Brynleigh didn't stop being rude because Cyrus interrupted her. That is what unless implies.
However, because she was being rude, Cyrus wanted to get Holiday out of there, so the sentence should be,
"Brynleigh was being rude so Cyrus interrupted to try and get Holiday to her class."
Or,
"Cyrus interrupted Brynleigh to try and get Holiday to her class because she was being rude."
Holiday likely is not her real name, based on how Badger reacted to Birdie when she said that was her name. It was the first word she said when the Anders family found her, so they decided to call her that.
What are some names or people we have heard about that might help us discover more about Holiday's past?
Badger
The Whittier Corporation (either answer counts)
What reasons do we have to believe Badger knows about Holiday's past? Think about evidence from the story so far.
He made a remark to Birdie about the name 'Holiday' that makes us think he might know Holiday's real name.
He checks in on Holiday and tells her that her 'real family' is looking for her.
He left her the hoverboard and doesn't seem surprised she was able to learn how to ride it fairly quickly.
What does the word part "bene" mean in "benefactor"? If you know Spanish, you might be able to figure it out.
"bene" = "good"
Is this sentence grammatically/structurally correct? If not, can you correct it?
"Holiday's life seemed to be going okay until she received a hoverboard on her birthday that took her to Badger and he told her everyone's been lying to her."
This is a correct sentence.
What do you think we will find out about Holiday's past? Give some evidence to back it up.
Answer can be anything reasonable. Some possible evidence:
Holiday's ability to ride the hoverboard/having a hoverboard.
Badger seems to have unusual abilities/can ride a hoverboard, too.
Cyrus has mentioned how the Whittier Corporation does research on brains and genes and evolution.
Mom is a doctor and Dad works for the government and are hiding things about Holiday.