1. Math Minute 1 Answers If a = 5 and b = 6, then what does ab equal?
Miss White wants to buy 5 value meals at Mel’s Diner. What is a reasonable total for her purchase?
a. $25 b. $1,000 c. $100 d. $10
12 snakes have how many eyes altogether?
5 + (9)(6) =
Which of these operations should be completed first when solving an equation?
a. × b c. ( ) d. ÷
(2)(3)(4) =
Write 4 ∗ 4 ∗ 4 ∗ 4 ∗ 4 in exponential form. =
Bobby thinks that 52 = 10. What is wrong with this answer?
True or False? ∗2 =
Answers
1. 24
6. 30
2. 45
7. a
3. 2
8. 24
4. 52 = 25, not 10.
9. 59
5. True
10. c

2. W.9/10.3a- Write narrative to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured events and sequences.
EQ 5– Can I write about an actual or fictional experience effectively?
 EQ 6– Can I present the reader with a clear and logical piece of writing?
 EQ 7– Can I use story-telling techniques to develop experiences, events, and/or characters?
 EQ 8– Can I maintain a coherent sequence of events?

3. We are going to read “Kayla Won’t Quit”
Afterwards, we will compare and contrast how this article to fictional stories you are used to.
This is a news article—which is different from a fictional story—it still features a narrative structure that tells about Kayla’s inspiring journey.
the narrative is told through a series of events, and the use of quotations.

4. Vocabulary Spotlight spinal cord: paralysis: diagnosed: scholarship:
mental:

5. Vocabulary Spotlight
spinal cord: a nerve that runs through the spine and connects the brain to the nerves in the rest of the body
paralysis: a loss of the power to move a part of the body
diagnosed: told by doctors what disease a patient has
scholarship: money given to a student to pay for school
mental: having to do with the mind

6. Read Kayla Won’t Quit

7. Compare and Contrast: Fiction to Non-Fiction Narrative

8. Partner Up! With a partner, discuss and answer the following:
1. Identify the 3 main people in this article.
What do each of these people symbolize/represent?
2. What was the singular focus of this story?
3. What are 3 key events that help develop this central idea?
4. Why might an author use quotes?
Fill out a plot diagram chart and plug in the elements in this article.

9. Identify the main people in the piece:
Kayla;
Her coach (Patrick Cromwell)
Her doctor (Lucie Lauve).
Who can equate these people to?

10. What was the singular focus of the story?
It’s not a biography of Kayla’s entire life.
It centers on Kayla’s accomplishments as a runner who has MS.

11. What are a few key events that develop this central idea?
Her diagnosis,
Her decision to keep running
Her acceptance into college on a running scholarship).

12. Why might an author use quotes?
Quotes act as dialogue to illustrate what the
Characters think or feel and make the people seem real.

13. Get out a sheet of notebook paper and label it
Name and “number”
Title-

14. Non-Fiction Narrative: In Class Writing
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Write a narrative about a time when you did something you thought you could not do.
Be sure to include specific details so that a reader can follow your story.
Be sure the reader can apply the “plot diagram” to your narrative

15. Exit Slip: Writing Guide
1. Describe the topic you will focus on for your story.
2. What three events will you include? 1. 2. 3.
3. What people, or characters, will you feature in your story?
4. Think about the people in your story. What have they said to you (such as inspirational words) that you can include as a quote?