If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much ...

1 If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Name: Nonfiction: Inferences Due Date: March 23 As you answer this week s questions, highlight your evidence in the text. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Nonfiction: Inferences Q1:4 Monday Tuesday What do you already know about The Great Depression? _____ _____ _____ _____ Why were Americans writing letters to Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt? _____ Based on the letter, what kind of student was this girl? _____ What is the text mainly about? _____ What problems does the girl mention at the beginning of her letter? _____ Determine the meaning of the word serviceable in the text. _____ Why do you think she is telling the First Lady about her problems?

2 _____ Wednesday Thursday Why was it impossible for the Roosevelts to personally meet the requests of all the letters? _____ Based on the evidence, how were children affected by The Great Depression? _____ What does the girl want from the First Lady? _____ Why might the girl not want her friends to know she asked the First Lady for help? _____ What does the girl s request tell you about her? _____ Based on the text, do you think Eleanor Roosevelt responded to the girl s letter? _____ Determine the meaning of the word broadcasted in the text. _____ Why do you think the author chose to not correct the spelling and grammar errors in the letter? _____ If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Name: Fiction: Poetry Structure Due Date: March 30 As you answer this week s questions, highlight your evidence in the text.

3 If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Fiction: Poetry Structure Q3:1 Monday Tuesday What do these poems have in common? _____ What is the main idea of the poem Climbing ? _____ In the Cat Haiku poem, how many syllables are in each line? _____ From what point of view is the poem Climbing being told? _____ During which season does Cat Haiku likely take place? Support your answer. _____ Climbing is a free verse poem. How is a free verse poem different from a poem like My Cat ? _____ Determine the meaning of the word precision in the poem. _____ How are the cats in the poem Climbing different from one another? _____ Wednesday Thursday What do the details from lines 11-16 in the poem Climbing tell you about mama cat? _____ What is the rhyme scheme of the poem My Cat ? _____ How many stanzas are in the poem My Cat ?

4 _____ Who do you think is speaking in the poem My Cat ? How do you know? _____ Which words rhyme in the second stanza? _____ Based on the poem My Cat what kind of relationship do the cat and narrator have? _____ Determine the meaning of the word increment in the poem. _____ Based on the fourth stanza, how does the narrator feel about the cat? Support your answer with evidence from the text. _____ Wh If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Name: Fiction: Summarize Due Date: April 6 As you answer this week s questions, highlight your evidence in the text. If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Fiction: Summarize Q2:2 Monday Tuesday Where does this story take place?

5 _____ When Caleb complains about his pictures, what does his Grandma do? _____ Who are the characters in the story ? _____ How do Caleb and Celeste feel about their portraits? Support your answer. _____ What might be another good title for this story ? _____ Why would showing Caleb and Celeste the old photo make them feel better? _____ Determine the meaning of the word portraits in the story . _____ Who was the baby in the picture? _____ Wednesday Thursday According to the story , why might Caleb have thought the baby in the old picture was a girl? _____ Write a short summary about this story . _____ _____ What lesson was Grandma trying to teach Caleb and Celeste? _____ Determine the meaning of the word shabby in the story . _____ How did Caleb feel when he found out his Great-Grandpa was president of a college? _____ Wh If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Name: Nonfiction: Summarize Due Date: April 13 As you answer this week s questions, highlight your evidence in the text.

6 If the pink gorilla eats watermelon every night, how much watermelons does he eat? One Stop Teacher Shop Nonfiction: Summarize Q2:4 Monday Tuesday What is the main idea of the text? _____ What caused the number of sightings to increase in recent years? _____ According to the text, where might you be able to see the Loch Ness monster? _____ What is the fourth paragraph mainly about? _____ What is one theory given to explain the sightings of the Loch Ness monster? _____ Write one detail from the fourth paragraph that supports the main idea. _____ Determine the meaning of the word lurk in the text. _____ Determine the meaning of the word hoax in the text. _____ Wednesday Thursday What made Ian Bremner start to change his mind about the existence of Nessie? _____ Write a short summary about this text. _____ _____ How do you think the photograph hoax made people feel about the Loch Ness monster?

7 _____ According to the text, what are debunkers saying about the Loch Ness sightings? _____ Based on the evidence, do you believe the Loch Ness monster exists? _____