Vocabulary
How are the meanings of calamity and tragedy related?
They are synonyms. A calamity is an extremely serious or tragic event that includes loss and lasting distress.
aunt Carly loves planning partys for friends. Her show us her pictures. (4)
Aunt Carly loves planning parties for friends. She showed us her pictures.
Define Idiom
An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words.
What was the genre of "Primer Lesson" and how can you tell?
How can you be certain that you have correctly identified an Author's point of view?
Include specific details and evidence from the text that supports your thinking
Why is peripheral vision important?
Peripheral vision is the ability to see around the outer edges, and is important so that you can have a complete picture of what is going on around you.
I see the aquarium, is it by the lake? Would you like to go with Billy and I. (6)
I see the aquarium. It is by the lake. Would you like to go with Billy and me?
Which of the following are homophones?
A. Sale/ Sail
B. Read/ Read
C. Heir/Hair
A. Sale/Sail. Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Sale involves a money exchange for goods or services, and to sail means to use the wins in a boat to move across a body of water.
What did Aminata and Kek have in common?
They both had to learn something new in order to adjust their environment.
What does it mean to summarize something that you've read?
Summaries use a reader's own words to restate important events in plot, without a lot of focus on specific details.
What kinds of things do benefactors contribute?
A benefactor is someone who gives to help others, so they contribute: money, time, donations of clothing or items.
Dont believe every thing you see on television. Trusts your instincts. (3)
Don't believe everything you see on television. Trust your instincts.
Free verse poetry is organized like a poem, but does not have any rhyme, meter, or specific pattern.
What kinds of different drama theaters are there? Choose one and give three specific details about them.
Modern American, Kabuki, Renaissance, etc.
How do read a drama differently than you read expository text?
What kinds of tools/skills do you need to summit a mountain?
Proper gear, training, mapping it out, etc.
The cost of the climb didn't enclude boots? So Pam brought his own. (5)
The cost of the climb didn't include boots, so Pam brought her own.
Give an example of an sentence that uses alliteration with the letter T
The sentence must include the "T" sounds repeated throughout.
Name daily challenges that Erik Weihenmayer has to overcome. What does he do to overcome them?
Hiking, teaching, chores, etc
Compare: both were ESL students who originally came from Africa, and both struggled with ways to fit into their new culture and schools. They also both used non-verbal communication to communicate their ideas (Mooing and Dance). They also both made friends at the end of the story.
Contrast: Kek was from a nomadic family fleeing for their safety from civil war, Aminata had lived in a National Park. Aminata was homesick and Kek was not at all. Kek was not at all embarrassed to be learning English and related that in his confidence, while Aminata was always very self-conscious.
What is an example of doing something with tenacity?
You would keep trying until you were successful, for example, if you failed your driving test, you would continue to practice and study the rules of the road until you passed, so that you could have the freedom and independence of driving!
my class are going to a muesium tomorrow? (4)
My class is going to a museum tomorrow.
Subject pronouns must agree with their verbs. Complete the following sentence with the correct pronoun: Mrs.Baker is our Language Arts teacher. On Fridays, ______often gives us our spelling test.
She is the correct pronoun because you add an s to a present-tense verb with a singular pronoung
Could the Dust Bowl have been prevented? Give specific examples from the text to support.
Yes, it could have been slowed down because it was started by humans.
Figurative Language make poetry more interesting. In the poem "Primer Lesson", the author says "They Wear long boots, hard boots, they walk off proud; they can't hear you calling_" when discussing proud words. What type of figurative language is that, and explain why?
It is personification because the author is giving the physical characteristics of wearing boots, walking, hearing to words, which are not alive.