1. THE SMILEY FACES THE SMILEY FACES Why is honesty important? In the story At the Beach, Fernando felt guilty after he had lied. He also would have been in more trouble if his family had found out what happened. If you said that you were to busy to do your homework but you were just playing video games the same thing would happen to you.

2. Why is honesty important? What would you do if you were in Fernando’s situation? Did Fernando make the right choice? Why do you think honesty is important in school?

3. Theme and Setting The theme is the dominant idea of the story.The setting is the time and place where the story takes place.

4. Theme and Setting The theme and setting are some of the most vital parts of writing.A theme is used to convey the underlying meaning of the story. Without a theme there would be no story. The setting is used to explain where the story takes place.For example Joe walked into the gas station.The gas station is the setting.Without a setting readers would not know where the story takes place.

5. Theme and Setting Theme: In At the Beach, what is the theme? Setting: In At the Beach, what is the setting?

6. Why do we need to think about theme and setting? A theme makes a story have meaning. The setting gives the reader a place to think about while reading the story.

7. Why is it important to think about the theme while you are reading? If you don’t think about the theme of the story, there is no point reading. In other words, the theme gives the story meaning.

8. Why is it important to think about setting? If you do not think about the setting then you won’t have any idea where or when the story is taking place and you won’t understand what is going on in the story and why it is important.

9. Visualizing Visualizing means to form pictures in our minds while we read. Some examples of visualizing are ‘On a cold dark night”… when I read or say this I visualize a dark night with no moon shinning also very cold and wet. Visualizing is used to help you understand what you are reading. If you don’t visualize the book won’t make much sense.

10. Visualizing An example of when you would use visualizing is when you are reading a book such as “Little House on the Prairie.” When you use this strategy you need to think about what you are reading and what the author is describing.

11. Visualizing Do you visualize when you read? If you visualize what you read does it make the story more interesting?

12. Multiple-meaning words Multiple-meaning words are words that have two or more meanings. One example is bass, like the fish and bass, like the instrument. When you are reading and you come upon a multiple-meaning word, you have to use context clues to determine the correct meaning. This is a vocabulary skill.

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14. Multiple-meaning words What are multiple-meaning words? Can you give an example of a multiple- meaning word?

15. Complex Sentences Complex sentences are like a family. The children are the dependent clauses and the parents are the independent clauses. The dependent clauses (children) can’t stand alone, they need the help of the independent clauses (parents). Complex sentences MUST have an independent and dependent clause.

16. Compound Sentences Compound sentences use conjunctions examples: or, but, and, and also. compound sentences also use a comma. Here is an example: She wanted pizza but, she also wanted a cheeseburger. Remember to put your comma after your conjunctions and a space before your next letter.

17. Compound and Complex Sentences Compound sentences and complex sentences are in our daily writing but, you might not notice it. Compound example: She went to the movies but, didn’t buy popcorn. Complex example: even though it was a long trip. They each have a dependent clause and an independent clause.

18. How to use Compound and Complex sentences Both types of sentences are grammar skills. You must have an independent clause and dependent clause Compound and Complex sentences are useful in our writing because they can make our writing unique. These both are great ways to make a paragraph.

19. Unfamiliar Words Unfamiliar words are a reading skill. The definition for unfamiliar words are to 1; Not being acquainted; not conversant. 2; Not within ones knowledge: strange. To figure out an unfamiliar words you break them down to smaller pieces of a word that you might know.

20. Unfamiliar words Context clues help you figure out a word you don’t understand, for example: if you didn’t know what responsibilities mean you would break it down to responsible and if you know what responsible means you can figure out what responsibilities means. You need to think about if you have ever heard about an unfamiliar word before, see if you can figure out what the word means [ it helps to use context clues].

21. Using context clues to figure out unfamiliar words When your using context clues you look for synonyms of your unfamiliar words. They will help you figure out the meaning of your unfamiliar word.

22. Unfamiliar Words Can you figure out what mite means from the definition card?

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24. Unfamiliar Words So if you have a vocabulary test and you have to figure out the meaning of multiple, you would brake down multiple into multi- and if you can figure out multi- which means more than one you can figure out what multiple means.

25. Unfamiliar Words Do you understand how to use and figure out unfamiliar words ?