Unit 4 Checkpoint Review

Unit 4 Checkpoint Review:

• the topic

• a summary

• your opinion

Main Idea is Not:

-the main point that the author wants you to take away from the text.

• implied, not always stated

Main idea is:

What is main idea?

Ways to Find Main idea:

Ask yourself:

What did I just read?

What did the text focus on?

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this passage?

The word "bonsai" means a tree or a plant that has been carefully cultivated in a container to look like nature in miniature. The art of growing a bonsai combines horticultural techniques, or the science of growing plants with artistic expression. The balance between the tree and the pot is very important. For the most realistic look, the depth of the pot should be about the same as the diameter of the trunk.

• A plant that has been carefully cultivated in a container to look like nature in miniature.

• The word "bonsai" means a tree or plant.

• The balance between the tree and the pot is very important.

• The art of growing a bonsai combines horticultural techniques with artistic expression.

Multiple Choice

What is the best piece of evidence to support your main idea?

The word "bonsai" means a tree or a plant that has been carefully cultivated in a container to look like nature in miniature. The art of growing a bonsai combines horticultural techniques, or the science of growing plants with artistic expression. The balance between the tree and the pot is very important. For the most realistic look, the depth of the pot should be about the same as the diameter of the trunk.

• For the most realistic look, the depth of the pot should be about the same as the diameter of the trunk.

• The balance between the tree and the pot is very important.

• The art of growing a bonsai combines horticultural techniques, or the science of growing plants with artistic expression.

• The word "bonsai" means a tree or a plant that has been carefully cultivated in a container to look like nature in miniature.

Multiple Choice

What is the topic of this passage?

The word "bonsai" means a tree or a plant that has been carefully cultivated in a container to look like nature in miniature. The art of growing a bonsai combines horticultural techniques, or the science of growing plants with artistic expression. The balance between the tree and the pot is very important. For the most realistic look, the depth of the pot should be about the same as the diameter of the trunk.

• horticulture

• artistic expression

• bonsai tree

• realistic like nature

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the second passage?

Bonsai have an interesting history. The word "bonsai" is Japanese, but the art of bonsai originated in China. People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan. Originally they were probably trees collected from wild, mountainous regions of the East that had been dwarfed by the harsh climate of their habitats. These trees were planted in decorative pots and given as exquisite gifts. Bonsai were originally a project of the elite. But in 1909 they were seen at an exhibition in London, and their popularity began to grow. Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

• Bonsai were originally a project of the elite.

• People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan.

• Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

• Bonsai have an interesting history.

Multiple Choice

What is the topic of this passage?

Bonsai have an interesting history. The word "bonsai" is Japanese, but the art of bonsai originated in China. People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan. Originally they were probably trees collected from wild, mountainous regions of the East that had been dwarfed by the harsh climate of their habitats. These trees were planted in decorative pots and given as exquisite gifts. Bonsai were originally a project of the elite. But in 1909 they were seen at an exhibition in London, and their popularity began to grow. Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

• bonsai

• exhibit

• bonsai history

• Japan

Multiple Choice

What idea best supports the main idea of this passage?

Bonsai have an interesting history. The word "bonsai" is Japanese, but the art of bonsai originated in China. People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan. Originally they were probably trees collected from wild, mountainous regions of the East that had been dwarfed by the harsh climate of their habitats. These trees were planted in decorative pots and given as exquisite gifts. Bonsai were originally a project of the elite. But in 1909 they were seen at an exhibition in London, and their popularity began to grow. Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

• The word "bonsai" is Japanese, but the art of bonsai originated in China.

• People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan.

• Bonsai were originally a project of the elite.

• Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

Multiple Choice

What is the best "paraphrased" main idea of the whole passage?

The word "bonsai" means a tree or a plant that has been carefully cultivated in a container to look like nature in miniature. The art of growing a bonsai combines horticultural techniques, or the science of growing plants with artistic expression. The balance between the tree and the pot is very important. For the most realistic look, the depth of the pot should be about the same as the diameter of the trunk.

Bonsai have an interesting history. The word "bonsai" is Japanese, but the art of bonsai originated in China. People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan. Originally they were probably trees collected from wild, mountainous regions of the East that had been dwarfed by the harsh climate of their habitats. These trees were planted in decorative pots and given as exquisite gifts. Bonsai were originally a project of the elite. But in 1909 they were seen at an exhibition in London, and their popularity began to grow. Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

• The bonsai is really old and popular.

• The bonsai was very popular.

• Throughout its history, the bonsai has imitated nature.

• Throughout history, the popularity of the bonsai trees has grown because they are an artistic way of imitating nature.

Multiple Choice

What is the BEST quote to support the overall main idea?

The word "bonsai" means a tree or a plant that has been carefully cultivated in a container to look like nature in miniature. The art of growing a bonsai combines horticultural techniques, or the science of growing plants with artistic expression. The balance between the tree and the pot is very important. For the most realistic look, the depth of the pot should be about the same as the diameter of the trunk.

Bonsai have an interesting history. The word "bonsai" is Japanese, but the art of bonsai originated in China. People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan. Originally they were probably trees collected from wild, mountainous regions of the East that had been dwarfed by the harsh climate of their habitats. These trees were planted in decorative pots and given as exquisite gifts. Bonsai were originally a project of the elite. But in 1909 they were seen at an exhibition in London, and their popularity began to grow. Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

• Originally they were probably trees collected from wild, mountainous regions of the East that had been dwarfed by the harsh climate of their habitats.

• People have been growing bonsai for well over a thousand years in both China and Japan.

• But in 1909 they were seen at an exhibition in London, and their popularity began to grow.

• Nowadays there are bonsai societies throughout the world.

Poetry:

What do we need to know?

Poems are in stanzas and use tons of figurative language!

Even though it can be more difficult to read, we have to analyze to find the story elements within the poem.

• conflict

• plot

• setting

• characters

Multiple Choice

What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• personification

• verse

• metaphor

• simile

Just because you are reading a poem doesn't mean you don't still have a setting, characters, and conflict! Let's find those for this poem now. ​

Story Elements in Poetry:

Multiple Choice

What is personification?

• A person emphasizing something in a poem.

• An object or animal taking on human characteristics.

• A type of poem that tells about a person's life.

• A type of poetry that uses metaphors to describe a person.

Multiple Choice

How  is  poetry  written?  (structure)

• a)  Sentences & paragraphs

• b)  Sentences 

• c)  Lines & paragraphs

• d)  Lines & stanzas

Multiple Choice

____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Synonym

• Personification

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the following poem:
The horse stood tall
Above them all.
He towered like a king
Such a beautiful thing.
He trotted with grace
With a perfect pace
The blue ribbon all a glow
He had finally won the show.

• The horse won the show

• The horse is ugly

• The horse was tired

• The horse was up on a hill

Multiple Choice

Which line of the poem introduces the conflict?

• "I am sorry, Aida. I sold it yesterday."

• "We make the sign for happy"

• "Her hands quiet now."

What should be included in a summary?

ONLY THE MAIN IDEA AND KEY DETAILS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A SUMMARY. A summary is a short retelling of the most important information in a text.

Look for headings and introductions to help you locate the key details.

Turn and Talk:

Multiple Choice

What are all the things that are a part of the summary called? 

• Text Structure

• Story Elements

• Theme

• Main Idea

Multiple Choice

A fiction summary is _________.

• telling all details about a story.

• a few words about the most important information in a story.

• putting the story in order.

• the main character.

Multiple Choice

Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!

Which is the best way to summarize this passage?

• A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

• Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

• Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

• Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

Multiple Choice

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.

The summary of this passage is:

• Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

• Jill loves Mexican food.

• The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

• Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

Multiple Choice

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The Summary of this passage is:

• There are a lot of cows in Texas.

• There are many different, varied parts of Texas.

•  Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

•  There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.