1. Unit 5 Week 1 ReviewResources

2. How can different generations be resources? Question of the Week

3. Plot is an organized pattern of events consisting of a conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution Plot

4. Theme is the underlying meaning, or main idea, of a story Examples: o Family is important. o If you work hard, you will be rewarded. o Doing the right thing isn’t always easy. Theme

5. An antonym is a word with the opposite meaning of a given word o Ex: hot  cold Writers will use antonyms as context clues to help you understand the meaning of an unknown word Look for clue words like unlike, not, however, and but Ex: “Being the best man is not hard. You walk down the aisle with the maid of honor. Who, in this case, was a matron of honor because she is married.” o How can you discover the meaning of maid of honor when you have the antonym, matron of honor, explained to you? Antonyms

6. Suffixes are word parts that come at the end of the word o Ex: relationship Draw a line between the base word and the suffix activate friendship festive Spelling: Suffixes –ate, -ive, and -ship

7. A contraction is a shortened form of two words o Ex: do not  don’t An apostrophe is used to show where one or more letters have been left out Negatives are words that mean “no” or “not” such as never and nothing o Do not use two negatives in a sentence. This is called a double negative. Contractions and Negatives

8. Underline the contractions and circle the negatives 1.The apartment buildings should’ve been planned for a different site, but the planners weren’t thinking of the turtles. 2.We’ll begin the day with environmental education, even though we have never done that before. 3.You’d agree that nothing beats a day at lovely Green Pond. Contractions and Negatives Practice

9. Chapter 8 o Bud and Bugs o Hooperville/Hooverville o Deza Malone o Life in the shantytown o Train encounter Bud, Not Buddy

10. 1.Complete Week 1 of Review Packet 2.Contractions Practice 3.Read Ch. 9-10 of Bud, Not Buddy 1.Pg. 88-107 2.Answer reading guide questions 4.Read choice novel Independent Work: