Ida B

Read carefully on p. 347. What is the MAIN cause of Ida's problems in the story?

• Her dog Rufus died.

• She hated doing schoolwork.

• Her mom got sick.

• She didn't like her new neighbors.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read closely on p. 354. Why did Ida's parents finally give up asking her how school was?

• Ida would always say something good.

• Ida would ignore them.

• Ida would never say anything good.

• Ida didn't go to school.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How did Ida B describe her “new” transformed heart?

• So small that it would fit in the palm of her hand;so hard nobody could break it; so sharp it would hurt anybody who touched it.

• It became black as coal and cold to the touch.

• Broken into small, sharp pieces that were poking into her skin and making her cry.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How do we know that things were set right again at the end of the story?

• Ida B's parents tell her that she doesn't have to go to school anymore.

• Ida B was once again talking to Mama like she always had, and not trying to get away as fast as she could.

• Claire and her brother spend time in the orchard with Ida, talking to the trees and the brook.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This image is an example of _______.

c

inference

metaphor

hyperbole

personification

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Label this basic plot diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

Falling action

Climax

Introduction

Resolution

Rising action

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

To make an inference, the reader must use ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   to understand what the author does not say in the text.

• text evidence

• background knowledge

• dictionary

• highlighter

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The image is an example of what type of figurative language?

d

hyperbole

personification

simile

metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

In what ways did Ida B consider the orchard trees like friends?

• She climbed them, sat in their branches, and told them jokes

• She brought her best friend to the orchard with her each day and they picked leaves together.

• She called them by names (that she had given them) and she talked to them and they answered her.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Ida B keep in her “Bag of Assorted Things for Not Yet Determined Plans”?

• apple seeds

• her mother's hair

• hermit crabs

• her daddy's handkerchief

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3