Vocab
What does the word loan mean?
A loan is borrowed money.
The setting of the story.
Where is in large city in Ghana
In your own words, describe what characters are in a story.
Characters are people or other beings in a narrative (story).
Which of the following words has a short o sound?
Rough
Ship
Notch
The word with the short o sound is: notch.
What does risk mean?
Risk is the chance of loss or harm.
Kojo's good idea at the beginning of the story.
What is to buy a hen.
In your own words, describe how rereading a text can help you.
When readers do not understand what they have read, reading the text again (rereading) can help them to figure out anything that was unclear.
Which of the following words has a short a sound?
Scan
Nick
Lame
The word with the short a sound is: scan.
Define the word savings.
Savings is money set aside for the future.
How does Kojo convince the bank president in Accra to give him a loan?
He tells him how he has built his flock from one brown hen.
What is realistic fiction?
Realistic fiction is a genre of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.
Which of the following words has a short i sound?
Tense
Laugh
Click
The word with the short i sound is: click.
What are wages?
Wages are payments received for work done.
The longtime dream Kojo spends his savings on.
What is school expenses?
Which of the following is a feature of realistic fiction?
- Talking dogs
- Tells about everyday events that could happen in real life
- The setting is an imaginary universe
One feature of realistic fiction is: tells about everyday events that could happen in real life.
Which of the following words has a short e sound?
Damp
Bread
Blond
The word with the short e sound is: bread.
Define the word profit.
Profit is the amount of money left after all business costs have been paid.
Which text evidence best tells the author's message?
It all started with a good idea and a small loan that made it come true.
In your own words, what is the setting in a story?
The setting in a story is the place, type of surroundings, or time where/when a story takes place.
What are context clues?
Context clues are words and phrases in a sentence that help you determine (find out) the meanings of unknown words.
What happens when something is scarce?
When something is scarce, it is difficult to get or find.
Read the dictionary entry below:
- noun: money borrowed
- verb: to lend
Which vocabulary word is defined here?
Loan
What are the three parts of a sequence in a story?
A sequence in a story includes the beginning, middle, and end.
Use context clues to determine what the word brimming means in the sentence below:
"Not really," Kyle said as he bit into a huge turkey sandwich, brimming with lettuce and dripping with sliced tomatoes. Besides his sandwich, Kyle had an apple, two carrots, and a box of raisins.
Brimming means to be full to the point of overflowing.
What happens when you prosper?
When you prosper, you do well and become successful.
How does Kojo continue the cycle of helping people get what they need?
By lending Adika money to buy a mechanical grain mill.
In your own words, describe what sequence is when reading or writing a story.
Sequence is the order in which the plot events happen in a story.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word accumulate in the text below:
That night, Carlos looked at the box of rice. He mulled over ways to accumulate even more food. Suddenly, an idea came to him. "I've got it!" he shouted. "My social studies class could organize a food drive and get the whole school involved!"
Accumulate means to gather together or acquire an increasing number/quantity, gather, build up.