Nouns/Pronouns
Bad Boy
My Achilles Meal
Vocab
100

What is a noun

Person, Place or thing 

100

What did the main character like to do but felt like he had to hide? 

Read Books

100

In “My Achilles’ Meal,” why is the author spending the day away from her family?

Her family was at a funeral 
100

What does the word bloated mean?

Super full, swollen. 

200

What is a possessive noun.. how do we know?

Show's ownership of something.. 's or s' represents it.

Ex. Mr. Meier's dog 

200

Why does the author feel like he can't like dancing, poetry and reading? 

Because thats what "girls like" 

200

In “My Achilles’ Meal,” what food does the author eat a lot of?

French Fries 
200

glutton (GLUH tuhn) n. one who greedily consumes too much

What type of word is the word glutton?

Noun

300

What type of pronoun is I, You, He, She, It, We , They

Subjective 

300

What is the message the author is trying to tell us about growing up in the story Bad Boy?

Don't hide who what you like and who you are. Be yourself 

Or some people will tease you for what you like, but don't let that stop you from liking what you like to do. 

300

In “My Achilles’ Meal,” how does getting unlimited access to her favorite food make the author feel?

Excited/ Happy and Sick 

300

What is a central idea of a story?

The main point the article is talking about and the message the author is trying to tell us.

400

List the nouns and pronouns in the following sentence. Also identify what kind of noun and pronoun it is"

I went to Utah with my dog

Nouns: Utah - Proper  Dog- common

Pronouns - I - Subjective   My- Possessive

400

What does the boy like at the start of the story ? 

Sports

400

What was the message about growing up in the story ?

Don't eat so much and sometimes you need to keep things to yourself as its not the right moment to share

400

Which of the following best illustrates the meaning of concoctions?

  • A)Ted plays games that he designed.

  • B )Ted eats a variety of his favorite foods

  • C )Ted discusses some topics that interest him.

  • D )Ted invents recipes by stirring new things together.

D. Ted invents recipes by stirring new things together 


500

What is a Proper, Common and Possessive noun? Give an example of each of them 

What is a Subjective, Objective and Possessive Pronoun and give an example of each of them 

Dog.  Utah    Meier's 


I, you he, she , it , we , they 

Me, you , him, her, it , us, them

my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our , ours, their, theirs 

500

Where in New York does the story take place? How old is the character in the story? 

Harlem , NY and Elementary school 

500

According to “My Achilles’ Meal,” why did Tavoos most likely feed the author so much food?

  • A.) Cooking is Tavoos’s favorite thing to do.

  • B.) In Tavoos’s culture, a host is expected to offer guests food.

  • C. Tavoos felt sorry for Firoozeh and wanted to make her feel better.

B In Tavoos’s culture, a host is expected to offer guests food.

500

What does Bamboozled mean 

You are extremely confused or you have been tricked