Unit 3 - Week 1 - Diversity

Read the following sentences.

Martin was excited to be a participant in the parade. He loved riding down the street and waving to the crowd.

In the sentence above, the word participant means —

• Someone who is the leader of a group

• Someone who takes part in an activity

• Someone who watches an activity

• Someone who organizes something

Read the following sentence.

After she put the last touches on her science poster, Fran stepped back to admire her creation.

In the sentence, the base word create and the ending -ion help the reader determine that creation means —

• Something that was made

• the quality of being made

• a person who makes something

• the process of making something

What is realistic fiction?

Match the following figurative languages to its example:

• Laughter is the best medicine.

• Simile

• The grass was green and the flowers were red.

• Repetition

• He was as fast as lightning.

• Imagery

• The rain was warm, almost like bath water. I laughed and laughed.

• Metaphor

How do we communicate?

Define Diversity.

What strategies contribute to understanding the meaning of the text?

Hint: There is more than one correct answer.

• Using context clues to understand meanings of unfamiliar words.

• Making inferences about the text and characters.

• Using figurative language to understand the authors message.

• Only reading the the text.