Vocabulary in Context
La Playa means what in English? pg. 1
What is beach?
Find a simple sentence (independent clause).
Sentence should include one subject and one predicate.
The author of Summer on Wheels is...
Who is Gary Soto?
The main characters of Summer on Wheels are...
Who are Hector and Mando?
Would the exposition of a story be found at the beginning, middle, or end of the text?
What is the beginning?
"Estos gatitos" means what in English?
What is "these cats"?
Find a compound sentence.
Sentence should include two independent clauses joined by a comma and a fanboy.
The genre of Summer on Wheels...
What is Children's Fiction?
Hector and Mando are headed to ...
Where is Santa Monica?
Based on the back of the book, what is the setting of Summer on Wheels?
Where is California?
"Familia" means what in English?
What is "family"?
Find a complex sentence.
Sentence should include an independent clause and a dependent clause.
The glossary begins on this page.
What is page 157?
What are bikes?
The rising action, climax, and falling action occur in the beginning, middle, or end of the story?
What is middle?
"Mi tia" means what in English?
What is "my aunt"?
Find a complex-compound sentence.
Sentence should include two independent clauses and a dependent clause.
Another book written by this author is...
What is Crazy Weekend, Local News, Baseball in April and Other Stories, or Living Up the Street?
On their journey, Hector and Mando stay with ...
Who are their relatives or family?
Does the resolution occur at the beginning, middle, or end of a story?
What is the end?
"Chones" means what in English?
What is "underwear"?
These are used to begin a dependent clause.
What is a marker word or a subordinating conjunction?
Find an example of figurative language.
Read it aloud and name which type it is.
Summer on Wheels takes place in which season?
What is summer?
Without a _____, you cannot have a story.
What is a conflict?