Open Court, Unit 2: Lesson 5 Study guide

 

The Vowel Sounds

product

credit

napkin

dentist

comment

cannot

suggest

within

glacier

infect

progress

topsoil

princess

rewind

joyful

who

expert

bargain

stencil

predict

Vocabulary

1.     impaired

2.     marketing

3. investment

4. advertise

5.        stylus

6.     century

7.     aroma

8. product

9. designs

10.    sound

 

Assignments:

Assignment #1-----_____________

For words 1--10, neatly and correctly write the word and its definition in your Language Arts [spiral] notebook.

 

Assignment #2-----________________

For each of the words 1—10, write a sentence which gives information about the story or characters.

 

Assignment #3-----_______________

Answer Study Guide Questions 1--7. Copy the question and answer in thoughtful, neat sentences. Read your answers back to your parent and discuss. Challenge Group: Respond to #9 in a thoughtful, descriptive essay paragraph, clearly explaining which character you are like.

 

Comprehension Questions

1.             

What is the story’s point of view (narrator)?

2.             

What business idea did Renaldo have?

3.             

What important character trait does Renaldo say Jinx has? Explain how that character trait might affect a business partnership.

4.             

What do you think Jinx’s “opposing viewpoints” are?

5.             

What does Jinx mean by marketing strategies?

6.             

Who are Renaldo and Jinx’s business advisors? What advice do they give Renaldo and Jinx?

7.             

What did Renaldo and Jinx give up to invest in their business?

8.             

How do Renaldo and Jinx react to their first success? What does this tell you about each of the characters?

9.             

Are you more like Renaldo or Jinx? Explain.