AHA Moments
Vocab in context
Themes & Life Lessons
Skills & Strategies
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Whats an aha moment you had when we went over this unit?

Instead of  texting we should speak with our words because our phones can't do everything for us.

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Social media plays a _______ role in the lives of adolescents. 

Crucial

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Jake was on his phone the whole school year and he failed because of it what could he have done to prevent him from failing 

1.cheat

2.text more

3.pay attention

4.skip class

3. pay attention

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Emily and Mark were working on an essay and they needed to provide evidence but they were too lazy and Mark from across the hall told them to read a passage but instead of reading it they  just copied the passage: What skill would have helped them with passing?

1.proof reading

2.cite evidence 

3. annotate

4.re-reading

1. proof reading

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What is the introduction of an argument essay?

A claim

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What is a AHA Moment?

A moment of sudden realization or insight

200

Adolescents can be _________ when they abuse technology/social media

Negligent

200

What is the author's main purpose in "The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain"?

to inform or explain

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What text structure was "The Debt We Owe To The Adolescent Brain"?

1.Descriptive

2.Problem and solution

3.Compare and contrast 

4.Cause and Effect

1.Descriptive

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What does the root word VENT mean?

1.to turn

2.to change

3.to make

4.to come

4.to turn


300

How do AHA moments help the reader understand?


AHA moments help reader identify something about the conflict of the story

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Our phones cause our focus to drift into the endless _____ of social media

oblivion 

300

What's the theme in "The Bronx Masquerade"?

The coming of age 

300

What strategies can be made in a argumentative essay?

1.See both sides of the argument

2.Only believe your opinion

3.Not trying to see the other side of the agurment

4.Doing neither

1.See both sides of the argument

300

what does the root word RUPT mean?

1. to fix

2.to leave

3. to break

4.to fly

3. to break

400

Which may be a beginning to a AHA moment?

1.Because I saw...

2.Suddenly I realized...

3.After I looked at her...

4.When she went...

2.Suddenly I realized

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Technology can break people up badly resulting in a huge ____

fiasco

400

Identify the theme

Ms.Vera went to a sewing class and got fustrated when she couldnt do it right the first few days.She started going to that class more often.Eventually she gets the hang of it.

Practice makes perfect

400

Whats a strategy that helps us restate,answer,cite and explain our answer based on the question?

1. r.a.c.e strategy

2. summarizing

3. predicting

4. planning 

1.r.a.c.e strategy

400

What does the root word PRE mean?

1.never

2.again

3.before

4.after

3.before

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What can you learn from an AHA moment?

You can start to see the plot progress and if the character learned a life lesson then you probably learned the theme too

500

Most of the funny conversations on Instagram are nine times out of ten very _________.

reciprocal

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Which life lesson is BEST for "The Bronx Masquerade"?

1.Be like other people to be their friend

2.be who others want you to be

3.being your actual self without being someone people are making you be

4.be yourself around only some people

3.being your actual self without being someone people are making you be

500

What is the something that we do to prevent plagiarism?

1.cite 

2.define

3.explain

4.argue

1.cite

500

What does the root word FECT mean?

1.before

2.after

3. back

4.to make

4.to make