Literal Heart
What is the job of the heart?
To pump blood.
What does it mean to have a “great heart” figuratively?
kind, brave, generous, caring, helpful, selfless, etc. (teacher discretion)
What is the job of your introduction paragraph in your Great Heart essay?
To introduce the topic and main idea (answer the essential question) and prepare the reader for the points the essay will make. (You can also accept “hook the reader and tell what my essay is about.”)
What is 6 x 7?
42
Show an area model solving 4 x 6
Draws a area model with the sides labeled properly and the product of 24.
Name two parts of the Circulatory System
Blood, arteries, veins, capillaries, chambers, valves, sinoatrial node.
Is this sentence literal or figurative: “My heart was a drum in my chest when I gave my speech.”
How do you know?
Figurative. The heart is being compared to a drum; it doesn’t actually turn into a drum.
Each body paragraph should have three important parts. Name at least two of them.
Answer (any two):
Topic sentence (main idea of the paragraph)
Text evidence (quote or detail from the text)
Explanation/commentary (how the evidence shows a great heart)
Concluding/transition sentence
What are ALL the factors of 18?
1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 18
Solve 23 x 5 with work shown.
Properly shows the work and the answer of 115. MENTAL MATH NOT ACCEPTED.
Explain how the heart and blood vessels work together as a system. Use the word “pump” in your answer.
The heart pumps blood into the blood vessels, which carry the blood all around the body and back to the heart.
Think of a person or character we read about who has a great heart. Name the person and give one specific example (text evidence) that shows it.
Acceptable answers include talking about Anne Frank, Clara Barton, Hellen Keller, Jack from Love that dog. MUST HAVE EVIDENCE
What does it mean to use text evidence in your writing? Give one sentence starter you can use to introduce evidence.
Meaning: Using information, details, or quotes from a text to support your ideas.
Starters: “In the text it says…,” “According to the article…,” “On page __, the author writes…,” etc.
Is 17 prime or composite? Explain how you know
Prime because it only has the factors 1 and 17
Show how to solve 13 x 14 (Mental Math not accepted)
Start at the heart. Describe the path blood takes to deliver oxygen to cells and then return to the heart. Name at least three steps.
Heart → arteries → body/cells → veins → back to heart.
(If they mention lungs/oxygen in a reasonable way, you can accept that as showing understanding.)
What was a theme for Love that Dog?
What is the bottom bun of the essay?
Conclusion Paragraph
I am a number between 20 and 30. My factors are 1, 5, and myself. What number am I, and am I prime or composite?
25, and it is composite (it has more than two factors).
A rectangle is 26 units long and 14 units wide. Use an area model or ratio table to find its area. (UNITS MUST BE PART OF THE ANSWER)
364 square units.