Experiencing Nature Text Set
What was President Theodore Roosevelt's nickname?
Teddy
What did Mali grow in her garden?
Tomatoes
What is it called when the author includes the opposite opinion of their claim in their writing?
Counterpoint
What is the name of the plan delegates voted on at the convention?
The Virginia Plan
Read this sentence, putting emphasis on the word "not" -
Mrs. Taylor does not like when students talk while she is teaching.
Mrs. Taylor does NOT like when students talk while she is teaching.
Primary sources provide firsthand information and are directly from that time period. Secondary sources retell information from a primary source.
What did the main character in One Hen do when the first bank he went to refused to give him a loan?
He went to the bank's headquarters and asked to see the bank president.
What is one benefit of an e-book?
What is one drawback of an e-book?
Benefit: better for the environment, convenient, interactive features
Drawback: easy to damage, expensive, battery recharge
What is one way the colonists reacted to the taxes imposed by the British?
Protested, wove their own cloth, threw tea into the harbor
What is an example of a way you can prosper at school?
Listen in class, participate, complete your classwork and your homework
What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
Autobiography - story someone writes about their own life
Biography - story written about someone's life
How do blind people read?
Braille
True or False? Students with the highest grades used the most media in school.
False. It was students who used a moderate amount of media that got the highest grades. Even light media users got better grades that heavy media users.
What is the difference between equal and proportional representation?
Equal representation - each state gets the same number of votes
Proportional representation - the number of votes is based on state population
What word means "to mention as proof or support"?
Cite
What was Henry David Thoreau known for?
Writing a book of his experiences living by Walden Pond
What is the main character's name in One Hen?
Kojo
What is a drawback of high-speed trains?
When did the US declare independence from Great Britain? (Month, date, year)
July 4, 1776
What is a profit?
The amount of money left after all the costs of running a business have been paid
What national park did President Theodore Roosevelt visit with John Muir?
Sequoia National Park
Who invented the way that blind people read?
Louis Braille
What does commute mean and what is the most common way people commute?
How a person gets to work.
By car, truck, or van
What is the name of one of the two African American women poets we read about?
Lucy Terry Prince
Phyllis Wheatley
Use these two words in a sentence together (make sure I can tell that you know what the word means):
committees and proposal
A sentence that shows committees are groups of people who do certain work and proposal is a plan or suggestion