Captain Arsenio

What is the genre of Captain Arsenio?

• Narrative non-fiction

• Informational Text

• Fantasy

• Magazine Article

What is the author's purpose of "Captain Arsenio"

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

What are the 4 types of sentences?

• declarative, run-on, interrogative, exclamatory

• exclamatory, imperative, comma splice, run-on

• imperative, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory

• imperative, declarative, interrogative, comma splice

What does the information on page 65 tell you about Captain Arsenio’s perspective?

• No; he does not want to admit that he is a genius

• No; he does not want to admit how bad things are

• Yes; he knows that he is failing at inventing.

• Yes; he does not want everyone to that he is going to fly

Based on what you know so far, how do you think Captain Arsenio’s project will go?

• He is going to do great because he was great at all his other jobs.

• He is going to be successful in inventing a machine that can fly

• He is going to be unsuccessful because he does not know what he is doing

• He will run into some problems because he has trouble completing things

How many techniques of author’s craft are there?

• 4

• 3

• 5

• 6

What are 2 words to describe Captain Arsenio?

• imaginative and determined

• odd and adventurous

• unique and successful

• outgoing and hardworking

How does the image of the birds carrying Captain Arsenio help you understand the text?

• It shows that he has a very large imagination

• It shows how difficult it is for the canaries to carry Captain Arsenio

• It shows how ridiculous his invention is

• It shows that he has a very large imagination

How are the Flying Runner project and Motocanary project alike?

• Captain Arsenio thinks that only the flying runner will work!

• they are both very dangerous

• both seem like they are going to be successful

• Captain Arsenio thinks that only the Motocanary will work

The language and techniques a writer uses to make his or her writing interesting and communicate ideas to the reader.

• Author's Purpose

• Central Idea

• Author's Craft

• Text Structure