Vocabulary Review
Feeling accepted by others
What is belonging?
What Will and the two Allans were looking for during recess at the beginning of the story
What is a 4 leaf clover?
A playground with a defined hierarchy of students
What is Popularity?
War torn city under attack, gloomy, sorrowful, people on edge, dirty with debris, loud bombs shooting through the air
What is the setting of The Cello of Mr. O?
Don't worry your whole life, don't sweat the small stuff
What is the theme of Hakuna Matata?
Who you are, how you think and act, how you treat others
What is character?
What Will longed to have
What is popularity?
Inside a boy's house on a beautiful sunny day playing video games consumed with anger
What is The Present?
Quiet, determined, brave, musical
What are Mr. O's character traits?
Be there for your friends through thick and thin, the good and the bad times
What is the theme of You've Got a Friend in Me?
Some examples include:
happy, angry, jealous, energetic, hardworking, popular, moody, selfish, depressed, honest, loyal, curious
What are character traits?
Name of the most popular student in the school
Who is Sean Owens?
War torn city filled with debris on streets and people waiting in line for relief truck
What is The Cello of Mr. O?
Cello
Harmonica
What are the two instruments that Mr. O plays?
Don't be afraid to show your real you to anyone
Don't be afraid or ashamed
Forget about the past, move on
What is the theme of "Let it Go"?
Using story clues and background knowledge to discover what is not directly stated in the text
What is an inference?
"Boys I give you Tweety Bird"
What is what Will said to Mitch to gain popularity?
Alone in a tower, trapped inside, bored to death
What is Tangled?
This was used to first scare Mr. O, but then was used to get him back outside to play music
What is the paper bag?
Don't let others take you down
Don't let what others say or think about you make you sad\
Love your life
What is the theme of "Happy"?
Your own experiences that help you make inferences
What is background knowledge?
Popularity isn't everything
What is the theme of popularity?
District 12, controlling government, standing in a group, anticipating who will be selected to fight to the death
What is The Hunger Games?
The time Mr. O would play his cello in the middle of the deserted square
What is every day at 4 o'clock?
Even when faced with challenges, we can overcome and be happy
What is the theme of "The Present"?