G5 U6W1 Shipped Out

Who is telling the story?

• the father

• the mother

• Aunt Lucia

• Libby - the daughter

This story is Historical Fiction. What sentence from the story most shows this characteristic?

• "Our country is at war," Dad said. "I will enlist in the Navy to be a mechanic."

• After dinner, Aunt Lucia invites neighbors over to listen to the radio.

• First, we get up before dawn to knead the dough.

• I look at the cupcakes and wish I could send one to my dad.

Historical Fiction is a story based on events from a REAL event, but the characters and events did not really happen. Which of the following is a characteristic of Historical Fiction?

• World War II

• Libby

• dad joining the Navy

• Aunt Lucia working in a bakery

What is the main characters problem?

• she does not want to be at war

• she does not want to work for her Aunt

• her family does not trust her

• her family is gone and she wants to help her family

Why does the main character help out in the bakery?

• her parents told her she needed to help her Aunt

• her parents are helping in the war, and she needs to stay with her Aunt

• her Aunt cannot make bread and she needs to show her how

• her dad writes poems to share with the costumers

Homophones are words that sound the same but are NOT spelled the same and do NOT have the same meaning. Which words are homophones?

• need and knead

• war and world

• keep and kept

• sold and old

Why does Libby feel like "a prisoner of war"?

• she is fighting in the war

• she feels trapped working for her Aunt while her mom and dad are helping with the war

• she is not happy that her father joined the Navy and her mom is sewing

• she has no clue what she is doing in the bakery

How does the title "Shipped Out" help you understand how the main character is feeling?

• she does not understand how to bake bread

• she does not know why her parents are both gone

• her father and mother are both gone and she feels lonely

• her father is on a Navy ship

What is the main idea in the story Shipped Out?

• Everyone complains

• Everyone helps out

• Baking cupcakes is fun

• Complaining a lot will help

Aunt Lucia likes to answer the phone before anyone else, even if she is farther from it than others. This is an example of:

• being rude

• being super nice

• ignoring the call

• intercepting the call