U4W1- The Case of the Gasping Garbage

What is the definition of: analysis

• test

• beakers

• empty

• speech

Which vocabulary word means glass containers?

• beakers

• microscope

• lecture

• relentless

Which is an antonym of the word hollow?

• full

• delicious

• empty

• small

What is the definition of the word identity?

• who or what you are

• unknown

• empty

• test

Which is the synonym of the word lecture?

• speech

• microscope

• school

• exact

Which is an instrument for looking at very small things?

• microscope

• beaker

• hollow

• lecture

Which is an antonym of precise?

• not exact

• exact

• right

• correct

What is the definition of: relentless

• persistent

• exact

• empty

• speech

Read the following passages.

Ballet began as a social dance. That means that it started as a way for people to spend time with one another and connect, not perform for an audience. Some of the first ballet dancers were upper class French people who lived in the 1500s and who danced ballets to entertain themselves and their friends.

Salsa is a type of dance that began in New York City in the 1970s. Salsa began as a social dance. Salsa comes from some Cuban dances like the cha-cha and also uses movements from Afro-Caribbean dances. Salsa is danced to Salsa music.

According to the texts above, Ballet and Salsa dances are similar because...

• they both began as social dances.

• they both came from Cuban dances.

• they are both styles of dance that began in the 1500s.

Read the following writing prompts. Which one is most likely asking you to compare and contrast?

• Summarize the plot of the book When My Name Was Keoko.

• Would you rather meet Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King Jr.? Why?

• Explain why Rosa Parks’s contributions were important.

• Describe major events in the life of Abraham Lincoln.