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