Book Club Stories
How old is Brian in the Hatchet AND how old is Alvin in Alvin Ho?
Brian is thirteen and Alvin is 7
What is a narrative?
A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
Name at least 6 place values
Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands, Ten Thousands, Millions, Billions, Trillions
solve these equations mentally, NO WRITING
3x9
4x5
8x2
6x6
5x7
3x9 is 21
4x5 is 20
8x2 is 16
6x6 is 36
5x7 is 35
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What are the shapes on my tattoo?
They are dice!
D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, and D20
In Alvin Ho, was does PDK stand for and what are two things he put in his kit?
Personal Disaster Kit!
It contains
Whistle, Bandaids, Three Leaf Clover, Garlic, Dental Floss, Bandana, Escape Routes, Plans, a Mirror, A Scary Mask, and a Magnifying Glass
Name at least three details that are important when designing a character for a narrative. (name at least three)
Personality
Appearance
Backstories
Lifestyle
Culture
Motivation
CLASS JEOPARDY
Finish the sentences.
when we do math we....
Then we always, always, always...
when we do math we SHOW OUR WORK
Then we always, always, always CHECK OUR WORK
When we are doing multiplication, what are we doing?
You are taking equal groups of something and finding out how many you have all together.
What causes the tectonic plates of our planet to move around?
The layer of magma (underground lava) that makes up the space between the core and the crust. Its called the mantle.
Before the pilot had a heart attack in Hatchet, what did the pilot think was making him feel sick?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the difference between character traits and character feelings?
Feelings are fast expressions of emotions that come and go quickly. Traits are more permanent parts of the character's personality that are harder to change.
TRUE OR FALSE
When you add, multiply, and subtract numbers, you can rearrange the numbers in any order before you solve the problem
FALSE
Addition and Multiplication can be re arranged, Subtraction cannot. You have to solve it exact how its written
CLASS JEOPARDY
Explain and draw an example of how to do Box Method on your white board
In box method, you break apart the numbers into their place values, then arrange them in a rectangle and multiple all of the numbers by each other. Then you add those products together to get the final answer.
TRUE OR FALSE
Some bacteria on earth is bad for everyone and some bacteria on earth is good for everyone.
FALSE
All bacteria is just an organism just like us. Some of it is bad for humans or other animals and some is good for us.
Alvin's desk buddy Flea is a special girl who has two disabilities that Alvin actually thinks are cool. What are those two disabilities?
She wears an eye patch over one eye and one of her legs is longer than the other, so she walks with a limp.
What are important details to provide we designing a setting for a narrative? (name at least three)
Where the story takes place
When the story takes place
Culture were the story takes place
Laws where the story takes place
How long as the setting existed
Art, music, paint, color, what does the setting look like
What’s in the setting (buildings, vehicles, ruins)
Who lives there
Creatures who live there
Climate of the setting
History of the setting
Round these numbers to the nearest 100's
555
355
12
1911
9004
555 is 600
355 is 400
12 is 0
1911 is 1900
9004 is 9000
When using arrays, what are the two directions in the grouping of shapes called?
Across lines are called Rows and up-down lines are called columns.
CLASS JEOPARDY
Gollum calls the ring " my precious" but he also calls it something based on how he got it. How did he get the ring?
Gollum calls it his birthday present because he found it on his birthday a long, long, long time ago.
How did Brian know, for sure, that the pilot was having a heart attack?
Because the pilot was reacting the same way that Brian had seen an old man in front of a store back home act when he had a heart attack.
We have only talked about this a little bit, but can you tell me the difference between the Theme of a story and the main idea?
Theme is the lesson or concept or idea the author wants you to learn or understand from the story
Main Idea is what the story is about. The beginning, middle, and end.
Round numbers to the ten thousands
42
19,215
55,658
999
37,452
42 is 0
19,215 is 20,000
52,658 is 50,000
999 is 0
37,452 is 40,000
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
A serving of potato chips includes 28 chips. A bag contains 14 servings. If 249 chips have already been eaten, how many chips are left in the bag?
(28x14)-249=C
there are 143 chips left in the bag
What causes Tsunamis?
Earthquakes under the ocean that sends energy up into the water and creates the waves that can do a lot of damage.