1. Let’s Take a Few to Review Learning to Swim
Sixth Grade
Unit 3 Story 3

2. Customary Emphasized Frantic Stunned Treaded emphasized
stressed; called attention to

3. Customary Emphasized Frantic Stunned Treaded treaded
to have kept the body straight in the water with the head above the surface by moving the arms and legs

4. Customary Emphasized Frantic Stunned Treaded frantic
very much excited;
wild with rage, fear, pain, or grief

5. Customary Emphasized Frantic Stunned Treaded Customary
according to custom; usual

6. stunned Customary Emphasized Frantic Stunned Treaded
to have been dazed, bewildered, shocked, overwhelmed

7. What is the reasoning behind the girl (Kyoko) thinking she could swim as well as the boys?

8. What were Kyoko’s goals for the summer
What were Kyoko’s goals for the summer? (Take this right out of the text)

9. Why did the author mention and explain the festival of the stars?
You may want to compare the festival to an important festival that you participate in every year.

10. The mother mentions that you can see where you are going while swimming the breaststroke. We are given a clue by this statement. What literary term is used to describe this clue?

11. How does the girl feel when she has to let go of her mother and swim by her side?

12. When did the girl first begin to panic?
Hint: Even though she first sees how little everyone is on the beach, she is not yet in panic mode.

13. Know the sequence of the swimming styles (strokes) that Kyoko learned.

14. When the girl’s mother retells the story what does she always mention?
(You may also find this directly in the text)

15. Be able to identify a theme from the story.
Begs the question: What is a theme?

16. What is the most important place that the girl describes in the story as it pertains to the plot, specifically the sea adventure?

17. Be able to identify a generalization about swimming.

18. What did the author include to make the story entertaining?

19. Good Luck!!