The ACES Phone
1) Vocabulary words: - USE NOTES

Torrent- rushing stream
Accustomed- habit; used to
Void- empty space
Swiveled- turn, rotate, twisted
Clustered- gathered in groups
Transmissions- radio communications
Doleful- sad
Clamor- loud and confused noise
Urgent- very important, rush
Coaxed- persuaded

Prefixes - USE PAGE 39
trans - change, across
de - remove, take away, not

2) Comprehension
READ THE STORY- POSTED
Setting - when and where
Character - thoughts, words, feelings = personality
Plot - beginning, middle, end + problem and solution

Alliteration
Tone

**look at your notes and graphic organizer and know each and every part

3) Grammar

Nouns
Common nouns
Proper nouns (capitalized) 
Abstract nouns
Concrete nouns
Collective nouns
Appositives - how to combine sentences with appositives

Making of a Book
1) Vocabulary words: - USE NOTES

Painstaking - slow, painful, with a lot of effort
Exploded - burst forth
Submitted-  giving something to be corrected
Negotiations- discussions to agree with someone
Collaborate- work with another person (teamwork)
Repetitive- repeats over and over again
Appealing- interesting or attractive to you
Complement- something that completes another
Appropriate - to do something correctly or properly
Impaired - to weaken in strength

2) Multiple Meaning Words - USE PAGE 27

3) Story - READ STORY (POSTED ONLINE)

Making of a Book
What was Chapter 1 about and how did the author organize the information?
What was Chapter 2 about and how did the author organize the information?
What was Chapter 3 about and how did the author organize the information?
History of a Book
What was it about and how did the author organize the information?
How was similar and different from Making of a Book?

4) Story Skill: sequence of events - USE PAGES 25 & 26
What is sequence of events?
What does it mean if events are chronological?
What is a sequence of events diagram?
How were early books different than modern books?

5) Grammar - USE PAGES 31, 32, 33
Simple subjects and simple predicates
Compound subjects and compound predicates
How does different types of sentences differ in their subjects?

 

Knots in my Yo-Yo  String
1) Vocabulary words: USE WORKSHEET AND BOOKLET TO STUDY

Tumult- loud confusion
Culprit- guilty person
Grimly- hopeless or depressed
Miraculous- happened by unexplainable miracle
Scholastic - having to do with school, studying, and academics 
Mentor- person who coaches and gives you advice
Employed- when you are hired at a job
Contested - challenged or fought against
Pursuit - chasing someone
Deprived- when you don’t have enough of something

2) Suffixes: er, ar, or, ist, ian, est - how do these affect words - USE PAGE 15 IN WORKBOOK TO STUDY

3) Story: What are the three scenarios within the story? - football game, award ceremony, chicken bone tale What is the author's purpose for each story? (inform/explain, persuade, entertain) How can you tell? - USE WORKSHEET TO STUDY

4) Grammar: The four kinds of sentences- declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory - USE PAGE 19, 20, 21 AND 23 TO STUDY

The School Story Test Review
1) Vocabulary words: - USE BOOKLET TO STUDY

disclose- to reveal or tell
editorial- correct for publishing
literary- deals with writing or reading
manuscript- first copy of a book
maze - confusing path
muted- quiet
pressuring- forcing or urging someone to do something
publishing- to issue a book
revisions - changes
wry- sarcastic or making fun of

2) Prefixes: dis, ex, inter, non - how do these affect words - USE PAGE 3 IN WORKBOOK TO STUDY

3)  Story: Who are the main characters? What are their personalities? What happened in the story?Similes and Dialogue: What are they? How do you use it? Dialogue: a conversation between characters - READ STORY AND DEVELOP CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF EACH CHARACTER TO STUDY

4)  Grammar: simple subject, simple predicate, complete subject, complete predicate, What are fragments? What are run on sentences? How do you fix fragments? How do you fix run on sentences?- USE PAGE 7, 8, 9 TO STUDY