Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
- When Mrs. Markham tells Willie not to look at the homeless man, Willie ____________ _____________________________________________________________.
- Mrs. Markham refused to give the man money because ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________.
- According to Willie's teacher, the fish in the dark lost their eyes because _________________ ______________________________________________________________.
- Willie gives the man _______________________________________________. That item represents _______________________.
- At the end of the story, the homeless man __________________________ because Mrs. Markham _____________________________________.
- When the man was discussing the right amount of poundcake to serve a person, I think the man was also talking about ________________________________________________________________.
- I believe that Avi refers to fish four times in this story because they symbolize _________________ ___________________________________________________________________________.
- The story is titled What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything? The title is a good one because the blind fish in the cave lost ________________________________________________________.
- My opinion of Mrs. Markham is that she ________________________________________.
- I think that the theme of this story is ______________________________________________ ________________________________________.
Getting Leftovers Back on the Table
- David's plan which he presented to the school board was to _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________.
- David faced two major problems in puting his plan into effect. The first problem was ____________ ________________________________________________________________________.
- When the First Lady gave him the medal, David asked her __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________.
- Making Assertions
| Citation #1 ______________________ ______________________ | Citation #2 _____________________ _____________________ | |
| Assertion #1 _______________________ _______________________ |
| Citation #1 ______________________ ______________________ | Citation #2 _____________________ _____________________ |
Assertion #2: ____________________________________________
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Language Arts 6 Name: __________________________
Reading Selection: John Henry Pages 404-409
#1 Sequence of events: Record at least 5 major events of this story
When John Henry was 3 days old, _________________________________
When he grew up, John Henry told the captain he’d rather _______________ ____________________________________________________________
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#2 Eventually, I think that _______________________, won the race. The lines of the poem which support that conclusion are ____________________________________.
#3 John Henry showed that even as a baby he was a superhero by ___________________ ____________________________________________________________
#4 Polly Ann, John Henry’s wife, shows that she was a superhero as well by _________ ______________________________________________________________________.
#5 John Henry’s name is kept alive by __________________________________ ______________________________________________________________.
#6 The refrain used throughout the entire poem were the lines:
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In each stanza, lines ___ and __ (numbers) are repeated, though the latter line adds “Lord, lord”
#7 I think that the tone of this poem is ____________. I think that because __________ ___________________________________________________________________