It's hard to imagine what things were like before there was money, but such a time did exist. During these times people exchanged goods using the barter system. The word barter means to trade. People using the barter system traded things instead of buying and selling them. So if you were a rice farmer, you would trade your rice with many people to get all the things that you wanted or needed. Unfortunately, the people from whom you needed things might not want your rice. Isn't it nice to just go to the store and buy candy instead of having to trade rice for it?
Summarize this paragraph in one sentence.
Be specific and clearly explain the main idea.
GUIDED PRACTICE:
Read 1 (P. 1-.8) Which of the following describes Yollie’s relationship with her mom?
Read 2 (P. 10-20) Why does Yollie’s mom want to dye her dress?
Read 3 (P. 20-30) What happens when Yollie gets to the dance? Why does the rain upset Yollie?
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
Read 4 (P 30-40)
5. Mrs. Moreno feels…
A. sad that she can’t afford to buy Yolliethings.
B. angry that her daughter blames her.
C. unappreciated for what she does for Yollie.
D. embarrassed that she can’t provide for her daughter.
(P.46-48)
6. Which of the following describes Mrs. Moreno’s decision at the end of the story?
She tells Yollie she has to make her own money.
She encourages Yollie to save her money for school.
She reprimands Yollie for caring too much about clothes.
She gives Yollie the money she has been saving.
EXIT TICKET:
Read the passage and answer the following question: Determine the central idea and theme of the (fable) text.
How is it conveyed through the details the author chose?
Provide a summary of the text, distinct from your personal opinion or judgment.
“The Lion and the Boar”
On a summer day, when the great heat induced a general thirst, a Lion and a Boar came at the same moment to a small well to drink. They fiercely disputed which of them should drink first, and were soon engaged in the agonies of a mortal combat. On their stopping on a sudden to take breath for the fiercer renewal of the strife, they saw some Vultures waiting in the distance to feast on the one which should fall first. They at once made up their quarrel, saying: "It is better for us to make friends, than to become the food of Crows or Vultures, as will certainly happen if we are disabled."