For Advanced class

For Advanced class

A summary is a short and sweet retelling of a text. It only includes the most important details. Use the writing 

strategy of "Somebody Wanted But So Then" to help you write a short fiction summary!

Elias was assigned a big project in his social studies class. He wanted to do well on the project, but he knew it was a lot of work. He thought it would be boring, too. Elias had two weeks until the due date. Elias could have gone home and started the project. Instead, he put it off. He went skateboarding with

his friends at the park, and he played video games with his brother.

When his mom suggested he clean his room, Elias happily cleaned. He chose to do anything other than the project. Elias suddenly panicked as he remembered the due date. The project was due tomorrow! He hadn't even started.

He was too afraid to tell his mom. She would not be happy about this. Immediately, Elias began scrambling to figure out how he could get the project done on time. At school the next day, Elias turned in his finished product. Elias was not proud of the work he had completed. He believed it would have been much better if he spent more time on it. Elias wished that he had been more responsible.

Multiple Choice

Who is "Somebody" in this story?

• Elias

• His mom

• His brother

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Wanted- What did Elias want to do? ( Answer with a complete sentence)

Open Ended

But - But what did Elias think about that? ( write you own idea)

Open Ended

So- What did he decide to do instead of starting to work on his project?

Multiple Choice

Then- What happened to Elias in the end?

• He forgot to do the project.

• He handed in his unprepared project.

• He failed the exam.

• His mom got angry with him.

Multiple Choice

Elias wished that he _________

• had been more responsible.

• was more responsible.

• he is more responsible.

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How did Elias react when he suddenly remembered of his project? ( answer with 1 or 2 words)

Multiple Choice

Elias was happy that he could hand in his assignment on time.

• True

• False

Fill in the missing punctuation. Use some or all of the following:

Period . Exclamation mark !

Question mark ?

Apostrophe ‘

Comma , Quotation marks “ ”

Semi Colon ; Colon :

Jack and the Beanstalk

Folk Tale

Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Jack and a cow named Milky White And all they had to live on was the milk the cow gave every morning which they carried to the market and sold But one morning 

Milky White gave no milk and they didn’t know what to do

What shall we do What shall we do said the widow wringing her hands Cheer up mother Ill go and get work somewhere said Jack

Weve tried that before and nobody would take you said his mother We must sell Milky White and with the money start a shop All right mother said Jack Its market day today and Ill soon sell Milky White and then well see what we can do So he took the cows halter in his hand and off he started He hadnt gone far when he met a funny looking old man

Oh you look the proper sort of chap to sell cows said the man I wonder if you know how many beans make five Two in each hand and one in your mouth said Jack as sharp as a needle

And here they are the very beans themselves he went on pulling out of his pocket a number of strange looking beans I don't mind doing a swap with you Your cow for these beans he said

Solve the word problems

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1. Joey and his family are taking a road trip. On Monday, they travel 68

miles. On Tuesday, they travel 25. On Wednesday, they travel 33 miles.

What is the average number of miles they drove per day?

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Joey has three brothers: Jonathan, Jacob, and Jack. Jacob is older than Jonathan but younger than Joey. Jack is younger than Jonathan. Who is the 3rd brother of the family?

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Joey wants to figure out how many minutes his family has spent on the road. On Monday, they traveled for 3 hours. They drove for 1  $\ \ \frac{1}{\ 2}$   hours on Tuesday and another  1  $\frac{1}{2}$   hours on Wednesday. How many n minutes have they traveled in all? 

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Joey and his family plan to visit the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, and the Washington Monument. They will travel 1,323 miles to get to the Grand Canyon. From there, they’ll drive 846 miles to

Yellowstone. Finally, they will travel 2,166 miles to get to the Washington Monument. How many kilometers will they travel altogether? ( every 1,6 km is equal to 1 miles. ) - Just write the rounded number .

Choose the correct form of the words in the brackets.

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Today ____( be) the Valentine’s Party at school. Marcela ______(decorate) her box so she could store her candy and cards in it.

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When she (get) home from school, her sister Janet (waiting) anxiously

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Janet stayed home from school because she(be) sick. She (miss) her class party.

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She couldn’t wait to hear about Marcela’s party. She (hope) she would share some candy, too.

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Marcela (walk) right past her sister. She had no plan to give her any of the candy that she (earn) herself.

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If Janet (want) candy, she would have to use her allowance money. Then she could buy some for herself.

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“Get

( in/off/out of) my way,” Marcela (say) to Janet.

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She (go) straight to the kitchen table to dump out her box. She (love/go) through the candy and reading the cards.

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This was the best part! Janet (watch) as Marcela ( smile) and ( talk about the Valentine’s Party.

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Marcela (put) her arm out so her sister could not touch any of the candy.

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Just then, their mother walked into the kitchen. She noticed that Marcela was being rude. She noticed that Janet’s feelings (be) hurt.

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“Marcela,” their mother said. “ You need to think about

(share) with Janet. She was home sick today and didn’t get to go to her class party. How would you feel if that (be) you?”