Vocabulary
They tried to stay away from hills and woods to avoid attacks by cattle thieves.
wood / woo d/n. 1. The hard substance that makes up the stems and branches of trees and shrubs 2. The trunks of trees that have been cut and prepared for use as a building material 3. A collection of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc., usually smaller than a forest 4. v. to gather or take on wood
C. Definition 3
How would you describe the grandmother's approach to learning to write her name?
A. determined
B. discouraged
C. hesitant
D. mean
A. determined
What does "she was busy as a bee means"
A. she was flying
B. she stung someone
C. she was very busy
C. she was very busy
The beginning of a story is called the-
A. climax
B. rising action
C. falling action
D. exposition
D. exposition
Donald took out the griddle, the buttermilk and the blueberries. He was just about ready.
What inference can you make about what Donald is doing?
He is making pancakes
Which definition represents the meaning of tell as it is used in paragraph 4 of the letter?
1. to command or order
2. to say in detail
3. to decide or identify
4. to reveal to others
Definition 3
According to information in the letter, what helps Ling overcome her fear of heights?
She wears a harness connected to a rope controlled by a belayer
What does "the radio suddenly stopped singing and stared at me means"
A. the radio stopped talking
B. the radio was broken
C. the radio went silent
C. the radio went silent
The most exciting or intense part of the story is -
A. exposition
B. rising action
C. climax
D. resolution
C. climax
Paragraph 3 of the letter is mainly about
why Ling is not afraid while climbing the wall
Hercules is a liger, a cross between a tiger and a lion. He weighs 900 pounds. Back in 2002, his father, a lion, and his mother, a tiger, spotted each other at Antle’s South Carolina animal preserve. It was love at first roar.
spotted / spot-id/ v. 1. To stain or mark with spots. 2. To remove a spot or spots from (clothing), especially before dry cleaning 3. To sully, blemish 4. To detect or recognize; locate or identify by seeing
D. Definition 4
The poem describes how-
a chance occurrence changed the speaker's understanding of his grandmother
What is the meaning of he has a heart of stone?
A. his heart is a stone
B. his heart is shaped like a stone
C. he has no feelings
C. he has no feelings
The story begins to be resolved-
A. climax
B. falling action
C. rising action
D. plot
B. falling action
Which lines from the poem suggest that things that are normal to most people are strange to the grandmother?
because the
shapes of the numbers are foreign
like black coffee or 99 cent tacos
When you don’t listen to your internal clock, your body doesn’t get the rest it needs to function well. Think about the last time you stayed up late and got up early. You probably were groggy and didn’t feel very energetic.
groggy / ˈgrä-gē/ adj. 1. Staggering, as from exhaustion or blows 2. Dazed and weakened, as from lack of sleep 3. Drunk; intoxicated 4. Stunned or confused and slow to react
B. Definition 2
What do lines 1 through 12 tell the reader about the grandmother?
That she doesn't know how to read
Digging a piece of lead into white space.
She carves her crooked name until
her hand & arm are sore.
The poet uses a metaphor mainly to show that the grandmother
put a lot of effort into writing her name
The end of the story is called-
A. exposition
B. resolution
C. rising action
D. falling action
B. resolution
In lines 5 through 6 and 9, why does the speaker repeat the phrase " This from a woman who"?
To stress how surprised he was to learn that his grandmother could write
Find the meaning of tentative
done without confidence;hesitant
Lying in bed, wearing her warm & fuzzy pjs, Sue could barely sleep. She was so excited for the morning.
What can you infer on why Sue was excited?
It was christmas the next morning
The message in a story is called the-
theme
When and where a story takes place is called the-
Setting
Tim threw down his glove in disgust. He couldn’t believe what had just happened.
What can you infer just happened to Tim?
He lost the baseball game