Review | Week 8

Your baby brother broke your iPad screen. Which is the strongest shade of meaning to describe how you may feel?

• angry

• upset

• furious

• mad

This group of words is describing how someone is _. Sad -- Disappointed -- Downcast

• feeling

• playing

• thinking

• smiling

What would be the best word to fill in the blank? _________ -- Run -- Sprint

• Trip

• Jog

• Kick

• Sit

Wondered -- Knew -- Understood

This group of words describes how someone is _________.

• Thinking

• Feeling

• Smiling

• Walking

Why is considering shades of meaning good for writing?

• It helps us choose which word to use to describe a feeling or thought.

• It helps us to know which is the correct word to go with another word.

• It helps us to know what colors we want to use in our art.

• It helps us to know how to spell the word we want to use.

The message or main point an author shares is known as _________________.

• a detail

• the central idea

• the question

• the fact

How do details support the central idea [main idea]?

• Details provide more information about the central idea.

• Details are in the first sentence of the passage.

• Details name the people, places, and things in a passage.

• Details make the reader laugh.

Some people believe a groundhog can predict the weather. On February 2nd, television cameras and crowds gather in Pennsylvania to see if the groundhog will see his shadow. If he sees his shadow, it is predicted there will be more winter months. If he does not see his shadow, it is believed there will be an early spring.

Select the central idea of the passage

• People predict the weather by watching their shadow.

• People like to play with groundhogs.

• People believe a groundhog can predict the weather.

• People predict the weather in Pennsylvania.

Queenie was a beautiful dog. She lived in an apartment with Carleena. Queenie could open the door for Carleena, help her cross a street, and pick up things she dropped. Queenie and Carleena were best friends.

What is the implied central idea of this passage?

• Queenie was a blind dog.

• Queenie was a German Shephard.

• Queenie liked living in an apartment.

• Queenie was a trained service dog to help the blind.

Number the events in the order they occurred in Bruno and Maria's conversation.

• Father knows what is best for the family and Bruno must trust that.

• Bruno thinks Maria must be as unhappy as he is.

• Maria cautions Bruno not to speak negatively about his father.

• Bruno thinks that Father is stupid and made a mistake for moving the family.

• Maria shares how she loved the garden in Berlin.