The Sand Castle
Verb Tenses/un- prefix
Science Fiction
Vocabulary
Plot/Flashback
100

The Main Character

Masha

100

The meaning of the prefix un-

*clue* Use your notes :)

Not

****BONUS FOR 200 POINTS- WRITE ONE WORD WITH THE PREFIX UN- ****

EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN.

100

What is typically the setting of science fiction? *Can be more than one answer.

The future, futuristic society, another planet, or an imaginary place

100

Used up; emptied of energy

What is drained?

100

Time shifts to give more information.

Flashback?

200

The grandmother and grandchildren built and decorated this.

A Sand Castle

*BONUS FOR 500* What verb tense of the story did they build the sandcastle in? 

200

I looked.

What verb tense is that?

Past tense

200

The conflict almost always deals with this in science fiction.

Science or technology

200

Sad, hopeless, abandoned, and lonely

What is forlorn?

200

When the conflict gets the most intense in plot.

Climax

300

They had to wear this when they went to the beach now.

Protective gear/hazmat like suits/hazard gear.

300

What verb tense is the following sentence?
"I will look."

Future tense meaning it WILL be done in the future.

300

Characters in science fiction are normally this.

Human, or inhuman. Sometimes robots.

300

Dangerous or hostile

What is hostile?

300

When the conflict ends...usually. *not all the time, but most of the time*

Resolution.

*Bonus extra 100- what was the resolution of "The Sand Castle"*

400

The narrator used this vocabulary term when describing the ocean water. 

Hostile

adj. unfriendly, aggressive, or relating to an enemy.

400

The meaning of the word unprotected.

What is not kept safe?

400

The structure of science fiction follows this.

What is a plot?

400

Burned with extreme heat

What is scorched?

400

When conflict begins and develops.

Rising action

500

This is how the grandchildren felt when Masha took them to the beach.

FIND TEXT EVIDENCE to support your answer. EX: Page 80, paragraph 3. 

Reluctant/negative/sadness/hatred 

500

This indicates when an action happens, is happening, or has happened.

Verb Tense

500

Mrs. Helcl's favorite SCI-FI book (which is now a movie)

Project Hail Mary

*BONUS 300* HOW DO WE KNOW THIS STORY IS WITHIN THE SCI-FI GENRE?

500

Difficult to carry or wear because of the heaviness and bulk.

What is cumbersome?

500

When characters and situations are introduced.

Exposition