Reading Passages
True or False- Fear comes from the heart.
False- it comes from the limbic system in the brain.
anger, hate, disgust, and fear are all examples of this vocabulary word.
emotion
the "proof" from the text that a person uses with an answer or in writing is called ______________
text evidence
What must you do to a simple verb, like love to make it past tense?
add -d or -ed, loved
What was the name or nickname of the pilot who landed a plane safely in the Hudson River?
Sully
Give an example of a job title that requires the person to practice calmness during dangerous or stressful situations, so that they will not panic.
possible answers: pilots, police, firefighters, soldiers
this vocabulary word means to be extremely tired
exhausted
A sentence that states what the text is all about is called _________________.
main or central idea
two simple sentences combined with a comma and a conjunction is called a __________
compound sentence
In the video, "The Beautiful Balance Between Courage and Fear" Yar Khan conquered her fear of heights by riding horseback in what popular U.S landmark?
The Grand Canyon
a hormone chemical that helps the body react to stressful or dangerous situations is called _________________
adrenaline
the vocabulary word used to describe Sully's calm, which also means "planned"
deliberate
to put text in your own words is to ________________
paraphrase
Name all the coordinating conjunctions, aka FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What floral name was given to a character and also in the title of the last reading passage of this unit?
Sunflower
This phrase (2 words) is used to describe the automatic response humans and animals reaction, in which they defend themselves or run.
"fight or flight"
based on facts or reasons and not on emotions is this vocabulary word
rational
A Venn Diagram is a graphic organizer that is often used when someone wants to ________________ two people or objects.
compare/contrast
When you cite evidence and make a direct quotation, you must use this punctuation around the text that you copy.
What was the river in which the pilot, Sully made an emergency landing?
Hudson River in NY.
What was the author's main message in the War of the Worlds?
Hope
to shake for a moment because of fear or cold is to _____________
shudder
When you read something, and have to write a short paragraph with only the most important points of the reading without the useless details, this is called a ______________________
summary
Name one subordinating conjunction (ON A WHITE BUS)
once, although, while, when, if, though, even though, because, until, since, so that
Arachnophobia is the fear of _______________.
spiders