Context Clues
The young girl is working day and night to knit scarves to send as gifts for the soldiers. What a selfless person she is!
A selfish person is______
A. is selfish
B. has no name
C. is too young to work
D. likes scarves
E. cares more about others than herself
E. cares more about others than herself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBvMob3YOE
Listen to this song. What is the Theme?
Overcome obstacles.
Explain the difference between an internal and external character trait.
External is how the character acts, it is on the inside.
Internal is how the character looks, it is on the outside.
Caroline, Alana, and Breonna decided to go trick-or-treating this year. The girls wanted to show off their home-made costumes. The girls were going to start trick-or-treat in their neighborhoods and collect as much candy as they could.
Why did the girls decide to go trick-or-treating?
They wanted to show off their home-made costumes.
"The sailors will have an easy day sailing because the sea is calm." What best defines the word "calm"?
3. without disturbance or motion
When determining a theme, the reader should first consider...
A. the illustrations
B. the subject or topic
C. the title
D. the length of the story
B. the subject or topic
What is the BEST charter trait to describe the Grinch in the beginning of the story?
A. Caring
B. Funny
C. Greedy
D. Smelly
C. Greedy
Jacobi is trying out for the middle school basketball team. Jacobi practiced 3 hours a week for two weeks. He practices as soon as he gets home for school and makes sure to practice in his new Jordan shoes.
How much did Jacobi practice over the two weeks?
6 hours.
“I was hovering in the air, way above the school,” what does the word hovering mean in the sentence?
floating
dreaming
walking
jumping
floating
When Dory says "Just Keep Swimming" what theme does the phrase represent?
A. Don't Drown
B. Keep trying to find Nemo no matter what.
C. Never give up.
D. Travel fast.
C. Never give up.
In the story, Tortoise and the Hare, the hare believes he will win the race and decides to take a nap. The tortoise never gives up and ends up winning the race. What character trait caused the Hare to lose?
A. Clever
B. Mean
C. Tired
D. Arrogant
D. Arrogant.
A vulture depends on its senses to find its food. A vulture can smell animals up to 25 miles aways. A unique attribute of the vulture is that they only like to eat animals that are dead. When most animals smell an animal that is living they would choose to hunt it and eat it, but not a vulture.
What happens when a vulture smells an animal that is living.
The vulture would not eat it.
An article in the newspaper says that the Harry Potter series is responsible for the DWINDLING number of wild owls in America. This is happening because the wild owls are being trapped and sold as pets to kids who are fans of the Harry Potter books. As you may already know, Harry has his own pet owl named Hedwig.
What does DWINDLING mean?
2. Becoming Less
What questions should you ask yourself when trying to determine the theme of a story?
What did the characters learn?
How did the characters grow or change?
What lesson does the author want the reader to learn?
What does the character trait curious mean?
Describe a character who may be curious?
Curious: eager to know or learn something.
A curious character may ask a lot of questions, want to learn something new, and seek out information.
Student Volunteers Needed!
On Saturday, December 12th, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M., Carverton Middle School will be holding a music festival in the school gymnasium. The special event will feature a variety of professional musicians and singers.
Interested students should speak with Ms. Braxton, the music teacher. Students who would like to help at the festival must have written permission from a parent or guardian.
My sister is a HYPOCHONDRIAC because she thinks she needs crutches for a bruised knee.
Based on the sentence above, what does HYPOCHONDRIAC mean?
1. person who overreacts to medical issues
Describe the characters in the video, using their thoughts, words, and actions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLocLH3e8jw
Captain America: Protective because...
Donkey: Impatient because...
Student Volunteers Needed!
On Saturday, December 12th, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M., Carverton Middle School will be holding a music festival in the school gymnasium. The special event will feature a variety of professional musicians and singers.
Interested students should speak with Ms. Braxton, the music teacher. Students who would like to help at the festival must have written permission from a parent or guardian.
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