Bummer in the Summer

Choose the best answer: What is the genre of this story?

• fiction

• biography

• fairy tale

• non-fiction

Give the number ONLY, for the chapter that you would find Mr. Macky & Mrs. Roopy.

Ms. Daisy, Mr. Granite and Mr. Cooper recalled AJ doing what?

• Calling someone a crybaby for years.

• Acusing someone of being a vampire.

• Taping a kick me sign on someone.

• Eating so much ice cream, there was a shortage.

Choose the BEST answer: What was the main idea of chapter (pg. 68)?

• Who: AJ & teachers

  What: scaring him

• Who: AJ & teachers

  What: candy shortage

• Who: AJ & teachers

  What: favorites taken away

• Who: AJ & teachers

  What: ice cream shortage

How do you build a main idea?

• Use the first sentence in the paragraph to build the main idea.

• Use the last sentence in the paragraph to build the main idea.

• Use key details to build the main idea.

• Use the title to build the main idea.

What should not be in a main idea?

• key details

• who

• what

• general info

If you read carefully and created a main idea, everyone will have the exact same answer.

• Yes, everyone thinks exactly the same.

• No, some will use key details in their main idea and others will not.

• No, everyone thinks differently, but answers will be similar.

• You never can tell.

What is a footnote?

• A joke at the end of a paragraph.

• A riddle at the end of page.

• Additional information connected to the text, located at the bottom of the page.

• Additional information in text, located at the end of a paragraph.

Choose the BEST answer: Why do you think the author included a footnote on page 103?

• It's a joke, it belongs there.

• Bringing attention to an expression or "non" literal phrases.

• It explains how quiet it was in the room.

• AJ says weird things, this was another opportunity.

Given the way AJ behaved, he may be considered an obnoxious person. What might the underlined word mean?

• funny

• rude, actions seem to be unkind

• quiet

• unaware