1. Unit 4 Review
Weeks 4 and 5

2. Week 4 Question of the Week:
Why do explorers seek out other worlds?

3. Skill: Drawing Conclusions
Forming a reasonable opinion based on your background knowledge and what you have read
What conclusions can you make about life in Afghanistan after reading most of The Breadwinner?

4. Multiple Meaning Words:
Some words have more than one meaning
You can use the words and sentences around a multiple-meaning word to figure out which meaning the author is using
What are the two meanings?
Word
Meaning #1
Meaning #2
bow
close
glass
gum
right

5. Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns do not always have a definite antecedent
Everybody, everyone, anybody, anyone, someone, somebody, etc.
Ex: Everyone eats lunch in the cafeteria.
Choose the correct pronoun:
(All, Nobody) has volunteered to help with the mission.
(Someone, Everyone) signaled that she needed help with the spacesuit.
The crew was experienced, but (nobody, someone) had yet been to Venus.

6. Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns reflect the action of verb back upon the subject
They end in “self” or “selves”
Hisself, theirself, theirselves, and ourself are NOT words
Choose the correct pronoun:
The pilot blamed (hisself, himself) for the rough landing.
She asked (herself, yourself) if it was the right thing to do.

7. Week 5 Question of the Week:
How do inventions happen?

8. Author’s Purpose: Authors write for a purpose… To entertain To inform
To express feelings or ideas
To persuade

9. Prefixes: re, pro, and trans
A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning
Prefix
Examples
Meaning
re-
redo
retell
again
pro-
proactive
proclaim
forth or forward
trans-
transmitted
transport
across, beyond, or through

10. Who vs. Whom The pronoun who is used as the subject in a sentence
The pronoun whom is used as the object of a verb or a preposition
Who or whom?
Jonas is the man ____________ developed the polio vaccine.
Jonas wondered, “On ___________ shall I test it?”
_________ should take the vaccine first?
To _____________ should I send the letter?

11. The Breadwinner Chapters 11-12 The stadium Shauzia’s plan
Parvana’s maturity

12. Independent Work: Finish review packet
Indefinite/Reflexive Pronouns and Who vs. Whom review
Study for Unit 4 Test
Read choice novel