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Vocabulary
The Skin I'm In
Through the Tunnel
Reading Non Fiction
Reading Fiction
100
A car whose roof comes down.
What is a convertible?
100
Maleeka compares Ms. Saunders' facial scar to this.
What is a coffee stain?
100
The main character's first name.
What is Jerry?
100
When the author's purpose is to teach the reader something they didn't know before.
What is to inform?
100
When the author's purpose is to make the reader enjoy the experience of reading.
What is to entertain?
200
Someone who is trustworthy has this.
What is credibility?
200
It's what causes Maleeka's punishment to work in the school office.
What is a fist fight?
200
Jerry is nervous about doing this because he's concerned about how is mother will feel.
What is leave his mother alone on the beach?
200
When words are in bold or italic, they usually mean this.
What is an important word?
200
When a true story is fabricated to make the story more entertaining. It's a mixture of fiction and non fiction.
What is folklore?
300
To move restlessly or nervously.
What is fidgeting?
300
Momma's hobby.
What is investing in the stock market?
300
The pressure under water causes this to happen when Jerry holds his breath longer than he can handle.
What is a nose bleed?
300
These titles appear throughout many non fiction articles and they help the reader understand what they are about to read.
What is a subtitle or subheading?
300
When a story is fiction, but seems like it can really happen.
What is realistic fiction?
400
To sabotage or disobey.
What is undermine?
400
Char pressures Maleeka into doing this, which causes Maleeka to feel guilty towards the end of the book.
What is set Ms. Saunders' classroom on fire?
400
Jerry does this when the older French boys leave him alone.
What is cry?
400
When the author's purpose is to convince the reader of something?
What is to persuade.
400
EVERY story must have this in order for it to stay interesting (think about our first unit).
What is conflict?
500
Finish the following sentence: "The student had some great ___________ in class, which clearly showed she understood the subject."
What are insights?
500
The phrase that Maleeka uses at the end of the book, which can also mean "I'm happy with who I am."
What is "the skin I'm in."
500
The amount of seconds that Jerry must hold his breath in order to swim through the tunnel successfully.
What is 160 seconds?
500
These words underneath an image help the reader understand what the reader is looking at.
What is a caption?
500
Characters do these three things, just as real people do.
What is think, act, and feel?