The Tiger Rising Review
Making Predictions
Hamburger Paragraphs
Fat Questions and Skinny Questions
Root Of The Week Review
100

What two main characters are introduced in the early chapters of The Tiger Rising who form an unlikely friendship?

Who are Rob and Sistine?

100

Using clues from the story to guess what will happen next

What is making a prediction?

100

The sentence that acts as the "top bun" of your paragraph

What is the Topic Sentence?

100

Is the question "What color shirt is the main character wearing?" a Fat question or a Skinny question?

What is a Skinny question?

100

What is the meaning of the Greek root Bio?

What is Life?

200

In our character analysis activity, what did Rob’s "emotional suitcase" represent?

What are the sad feelings, memories, and grief (like his mother's death) that he keeps locked up inside?

200

What is the term for the specific details, quotes, or events in a story that prove why your prediction makes sense?

What is Text Evidence?

200

According to our slides, the MINIMUM number of sentences in a good paragraph.

What is 8 sentences?

200

What is a Skinny question?

What is, Skinny questions often are easy to answer and the answers are only 1-2 words. 

200

What is the meaning of the Greek roots Graph / Gram?

What is To Write, Draw, or Record?

300

What physical symptom does Rob experience on his legs that symbolizes his suppressed sadness.

What is a rash

300

True or False: If your prediction turns out to be wrong, your guess was incorrect and invalid.

What is False? (Good predictions are based on evidence at the time, even if the author takes the story in an unexpected direction.)

300

Words like First, Next, and Also that help connect your sentences

What are transition words?

300

What Is a fat question?

What is, Fat questions are more “teacher like” - they require you to really think and wonder about what’s happening in the story

300

What is the meaning of the Greek root "Tele"?

What is "far or Distant"

400

What was Willie May's pet birds name?

What is Cricket

400

What are some examples of "Future Words" that we use when making a prediction?

What Is, "will", "is going to", "might", or "might not"

400

The two sentence layers found between the top bun and bottom bun

What are Detail and Explaining sentences?

400

Is This a fat question or a skinny question: How many siblings does the character have?

What is, Skinny Question

400

What is the meaning of the Greek root "Auto"?

What is "Self"

500

Why did Sistine move to Kentucky, and how does she feel about her new home?

What is because her parents divorced / her dad left, and she hates Kentucky and wants to return to Philadelphia?

500

Give me an example of how we use predictions in the everyday world? 

What Is, Grocery Store/texting/weather/clothing store

500

In the hamburger paragraph model, what role do the "Condiments" play?

What are Transition Words

500

Explain the main difference between a "Skinny" question and a "Fat" question.

What is: A skinny question can be answered in 1-2 words and usually can be found in the text, a fat question is more teacher like and requires deeper thinking to answer

500

Create a sentence using the word Automatic in the correct way...

What is....