Transcript Off and Running - Field Local Schools

Comprehension Questions and Stemming Practice
Grade 5, Lesson 3
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Clues that the author
includes to show that
Rudy is confident are:
Rudy jumps on the box
and makes a joke.
 Then he states that he
would make a great
president.
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Rudy seems confident
while speaking, and
 he interacts with the
audience.
 Rudy proposes ideas
that will affect the
student’s day.
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Miata speaks directly
to the audience rather
than with the audience.
 Her ideas for the school
are good, but don’t
seem to directly affect
the students’ day.
 Miata loses her
confidence as she
continues speaking.
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Rudy and Miata
want….
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to be polite to each
other even though they
are opponents.
They both….
shake each other’s
hands.
 Miata has …
 little confidence that
her speech helped her
gain votes.
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Rudy is…
confident that
everyone will vote for
him.
Miata…
doesn’t feel
confident,
but
she doesn’t
want to let
other people
know that.
 Miata was …
distracted by
thinking about
the election, so
she wasn’t
concentrating on
her homework.
The author
uses those
words to:
describe what
Miata heard, so the
reader can visualize
the scene because
the author want to
set a serious tone.
Miata’s
relationship
with her
father is:
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that they love and
care for each other.
They are eager to
greet each other at
the end of the day.
Miata’s father likes
to tease her, and
they seem to get
along well.
In the beginning of the
story, Miata …
 was running for the
office of class
president.
 She has several school
improvement projects
she wanted to
accomplish.
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By the end of the
story, Miata ….
was not sure she
would win the
election,
but she planned to
get her projects
done whether she
won or not.
The author
thinks…
 it is better to help
people.
 The author
creates
characters …..
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who have different
viewpoints about
popularity.
 At the end of the
story,…
 Miata comes to
understand that
helping people is better
for her than being
popular like Rudy.
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Miata learns ….
that it is more
important to help
people than to be
popular.
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She also learns …
that she can
accomplish her
goals even if she
isn’t class
president.