Ghost Boys Ch 4-6

What three phrases best summarize Chapters 4-6?

• Emmet Till and Tamir Rice, trouble sleeping, the new kid

• a lot of crying, Grandma knows, the teacher's pet

• others avoid Jerome, comforting hugs, eating in the bathroom

• family mourns, Jerome's funeral, helping Carlos

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which question does Chapters 4-6 answer?

• Who is the ghost that talks to Jerome?

• Where did Carlos get the gun?

• What do Emmett Till, Tamir Rice, and Jeremy have in common?

• What does Jerome look like to Grandma?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which chapter ends with foreshadowing?

• Chapter 4 - Across the street, I see him. Wispy like soft rain. A ghost? Like me?

• Chapter 5 - What would, just for a second, make Grandma happy at my funeral?

• Chapter 6 - "Muerto." We all turn. Carlos has a gun.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best type of figurative language for the following sentence: It's enough being dead without folks entering and leaving me like in Ghostbusters.

• metaphor

• repetition

• simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best type of figurative language for the following sentence: New students are beat-down magnets.

• metaphor

• repetition

• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best type of figurative language for the following sentence: Right now, it's stupid, stupid, stupid.

• metaphor

• repetition

• simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is most likely the author's purpose for writing Ghost Boys?

• to amuse ad to delight

• to arouse emotions and sympathies

• to appeal to fantasy and imagination

• to persuade to act, vote, donate, etc.

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CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which statement best summarizes the main idea of the story?

• Jerome is show and killed by a police officer while playing in Green Acres

• Jerome must figure out how to leave Earth behind and more on in the afterlife

• Jerome's family mourns his death

• Jerome must protect the new kid in his school

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which statement from Ghost Boys contains a cause-effect relationship?

• A pimple like Jerome. Mike and Eddie laugh.

• Angry, Carlos jerks free.

• Mike punches Carlos. He falls backwards.

• Carlos is twisting, his arms flailing.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Which adjectives best describe Carlos?

• adventurous, organized, witty

• ambitious, chatty, straight-forward

• loner, not tough enough, brave

• frank, practical, kooky

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3