Vocabulary
What does inquisitive mean?
Curious
Where does the story, "A Window Into History," take place?
Grandma J's House
What is setting? (2 things)
WHERE and WHEN the story takes place.
What is a pronoun?
What is a prefix and what does it do?
A word part added to the beginning of a word that changes its meaning.
What does the word astounded mean?
Amazed.
What is the main problem in the story?
The city council wants to tear down Grandma J.'s house in order to build a playground.
What is a homograph?
A word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning. Sometimes it is pronounced differently.
What type of pronoun is this?
She wanted to run for 8 miles.
Subject Pronoun (She)
Choose the word that shows the prefix meaning “not.”
A) replay
B) unfair
C) subway
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word perplexed?
Confused
What did the boys find when looking for a baseball?
A hidden room.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things.
Identify the pronoun type:
Mrs. Smith called him after school.
Object pronoun (him)
What does the prefix “re-” mean?
Again
Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word concealed?
Visible
Why was Grandma J.'s house made an historic monument?
It was thought to be a stop on the Underground Railroad.
What tells the actors where to go on stage and how to show an action/emotion?
Stage Directions
Identify the pronoun type: The student who won the contest was so excited.
Relative
Which word is spelled correctly?
A) ampl
B) ample
C) ampul
D) ampel
B) Ample
Which vocab word means, "to explain the meaning of something?"
Interpret
What message does the author want to give the reader?
Money isn't everything.
What is an adage/proverb?
An adage or proverb is a short, well-known saying that gives advice or teaches a lesson.
Identify the pronoun type: He helped himself to a piece of cake.
Reflexive Pronoun
Two of these words are spelled correctly. Which ones?
A) tunnel
B) tunnle
C) golden
D) goldan
A) tunnel and C) golden