Text Structures
What is cause and effect?
Explains why something happened or the results of something that happened.
What is Dialogue?
A conversation or the actual words spoken by an individual to another written with quotation marks.
What is the name of the dog William becomes friends with?
Khamba
What does it mean to make an inference?
To make an educated guess.
What object were William and Geffory tinkering with to understand electricity?
A radio.
What is Chronological/Sequential?
Relates a sequence of events or steps in a process in the order they happened.
"Let them, I thought. It was time"
What type of author's method is this?
Inner thoughts.
How many sisters does William have?
6
Extreme or very serious.
What chapter does William discover science?
Chapter 3
What is problem and solution?
Describes a problem that needs to be solved and explores one or more solutions
What is an Anecdote?
A short or interesting story.
The price of fertilizer was too expensive for farmers, then flooding and drought ruined the crops
What does famine mean?
Lack of food, Starvation, and or extreme hunger.
What country in Africa does William live in?
He lives in Malawi.
What is an example of compare and contrast?
Answers will vary
What is description?
What language do they speak in Malawi?
Chichewa.
What is a simile?
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as".
What does William want to become when he is older?
A scientist.
What is an example of problem/solution in our book?
William's village is suffering from lack of food and water. Willaim solves the critical problem by building a windmill.
In what chapter is an anecdote used?
Chapter 2 when William and Khamba go hunting/trapping for birds
What is the name of the light source William discovers on the bicycle?
Dynamo
What is a drought?
A long period of time without rain.
What happened to the emergency Maize in Chapter 5?