6C ELA Lesson 2 Knots In My Yo-yo String

The story stated, "I replayed the miraculous Eagle goal-line defense in my head." What does miraculous mean?

A wise teacher or advisor who offers guidance and support is a scholastic.

The suffix in "employer" is

By the time Jerry Spinelli went off to college, he knew that he wanted to _____.

It was an amazing event that cannot be explained. It was _____.

What does Jerry Spinelli say that he uses to write stories?

The author gives true factual information about a topic. This is to _________.

To dispute or argue against a call in soccer is to contest it.

The author tries to convince the reader to do something or to agree with him or her. This is to ________.

Scholastic means to do with schools and education.

A man who works on a farm is called a _______.

A person guilty of misdeed or crime is a culprit.

Eat your vegetables and don't leave a crumb on that plate.

Which detail does the author use to show his determination to succeed as a writer?

The New York Rangers won the game in overtime!

To support his main purpose, the author uses

The genre of "Knots in My Yo-yo String" is an autobiography.

The act of chasing something means to be in pursuit of it.

When the author writes something for a reader's enjoyment, this is to ______.

A person who studies science is a ______.

To make use of something is to ______ it.

"I knew who the culprit was and confronted him in the kitchen." Who is a culprit?

If you act in a stern or forbidding manner, you are acting ____.

What is the author's purpose for writing this story?

In the poem "Goal To Go," the coach urges the team to "crash the Hall of Fame." What is the coach telling the team?

How can you tell that the chicken bone tale is written from the point of view of a child?

What were the names of the two football teams that played against each other?

The teacher explained the assignment to the class.

How much does that pumpkin weigh?

A great commotion or noise is a _________.

What did it mean that the Norristown fans "grimly awaited the inevitable?

I was so tired from being sleep deprived. Deprived means _____.

Why does the author start his poem at the end of the football game and not at the beginning?

What is the genre of "Knots In My Yo-Yo String"?

How did the incident of the chicken bones help the author's writing?