Smiles To Go

Who is the narrator?

• Un-named

• Jim

• Jonathan

• Jake

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a narrator?

• An animal

• A character in the story

• The author of the book

• The person telling the story

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is a simile in the story?

• More than anything I looked forward to Jim saying, "Whoa!".

• Finally he said it, one word: "Protons"

• As if he were a play-by-play announcer describing a game.

• I think he enjoyed having an audience of one.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which statement is a piece of dialogue?

• Then one day I had the real thing, an amazement of my own.

• He took the book from my hands.

• "What are protons? I said

• Young as I was, I understood that he was still back in the book, immersed in his amazement.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the narrator's primary motivation for continuing to visit Jim?

• He wants Jim to ask him to help with the experiments.

• He enjoys watching Jim manage several tasks at once

• He thinks spending time with Jim will make him smarter.

• He likes witnessing the moments when Jim is surprised.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is Jim's demonstration with the jawbreaker important to the plot?

• It shows the narrator that many scientific concepts are not complicated.

• It allows the narrator to experience a moment of understanding

• It encourages the narrator to develop his own scientific theory about protons

• It gives the narrator an opportunity to help Jim with one of his projects.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Read the dictionary entry below.

Digest

1. To convert food into absorbable form
2. To think over in order to absorb
3. To arrange in a methodical order; classify
4. To reduce to a summary

Which definition most closely matches the way the word digest is used in paragraph 28?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Read the sentence from paragraph 4-

And he would explain it to me, and though I couldn't really understand, still I would feel something, a cool fizzing behind my ears, because I was feeding off his astonishment.

The sensory language in this sentence highlights the narrator's-

• Optimism

• confusion

• excitment

• dicomfort

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does the simile in paragraph 3 suggest about Jim?

• He wishes he knew someone who shared his passion.

• He approaches his work with intense focus.

• He is interested in both science and sports.

• He usually makes up experiments as they occur to him.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The setting is important to the plot because it is where the narrator-

• realizes he is good at scientific investigation

• can study with minimal interruptions

• has interesting discussions with Jim

• works with Jim to solve problems

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3