Definitions
What is the lesson learned in a story?
theme
Piece of cake
easy
During what time of day does this story take place?
a. afternoon
b. morning
c. evening
d. midnight
morning
What is this story mainly about?
a. the way Daniel and his family make breakfast
b. Daniel’s difficult behavior
c. a troublemaking cat named Oatmeal
d. a morning incident that Daniel and his family experience
a morning incident that Daniel and his family experience
What is the sequence of important events in the story?
summary
raining cats and dogs
raining really hard
Why does Daniel’s father think it was Daniel who made the big mess in the kitchen?
a. Daniel has a history of making messes in the house.
b. Daniel always makes a mess when he cooks with flour.
c. Daniel was angry with his father and wanted to make him mad.
d. Daniel never cleaned up after himself.
Daniel has a history of making messes in the house.
Who is the main character of this story?
Daniel
What is an educated guess?
inference
hit the nail on the head
got it exactly right
Daniel's father appears very stressed throughout the story. What evidence from the passage supports this inference?
a. He thinks Daniel is responsible for the mess in the kitchen.
b. He was eating burned toast with honey while mopping up the mess.
c. He huffs his way out the door and honks the horn impatiently waiting for Miranda.
d. He wishes Daniel and Miranda a good day at school.
He huffs his way out the door and honks the horn impatiently waiting for Miranda.
Why could Daniel "just not stop smiling" at the end of the story?
Answer may vary, but could be that he was glad to see Miranda and Oatmeal finally get in trouble.
Or Daniel could feel happy about Oatmeal causing his father distress since Daniel was often blamed for Oatmeal's messes.
What is the term for the words that a character is speaking in a story?
dialogue
under the weather
sick
Why is Daniel's father upset at the beginning of the story?
a. Daniel and Miranda had gotten into a fight.
b. There was a bad mess in the kitchen.
c. Daniel and Miranda were running late for school.
d. He was out of clean shirts.
There was a bad mess in the kitchen.
What character trait about Daniel would be important to include in a summary?
a. He is short
b. He is younger than Miranda
c. He often gets blamed for trouble
He often gets blamed for trouble
What punctuation marks must be included with dialogue?
quotation marks
sitting on pins and needles
anxious; nervous
Why did Daniel think that Oatmeal made the big mess in the kitchen?
a. He saw Oatmeal make the mess.
b. Oatmeal was easy to blame.
c. Oatmeal was always causing problems like attacking objects and howling to get attention.
d. He didn't think that Oatmeal made the mess.
Oatmeal was always causing problems like attacking objects and howling to get attention.
What event would be important to include at the end of the summary?
a. When I got outside, Dad was already waiting in the driveway.
b. And then I saw Oatmeal squeeze his way out of her bag, despite her struggle to keep him contained.
c. "Here, take 10 bucks." Dad tossed his wallet into my lap.
d. "What did you bring for lunch?" "Oatmeal." "That's gross, weirdo." Who eats oatmeal for lunch, I thought.
And then I saw Oatmeal squeeze his way out of her bag, despite her struggle to keep him contained.