Literature

READING WORKSHOP 1 • Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Skills Review

Key Reading Skill: Paraphrasing

and Summarizing

7. Review the chart you made on page 542. Get rid
   of any details that you don’t need to understand
   the story. Use the information in the chart to
   write a short summary paragraph of “LAFFF.”
   Remember to include only the most important
   pieces of information. Retell the main ideas and
   supporting details in your own words.

Key Literary Element: Author’s Craft

8. For what audience do you think the author wrote
   this story? Explain.


9. Look at the author’s word choice throughout the
   story. How does her word choice make the story
   more enjoyable? Explain.

Reviewing Skills: Reviewing

10. How does Angela feel about the time machine

before she uses it? How does she feel when she

uses it?

Vocabulary Check

Match the following words with the definitions below.

Rewrite each word and its correct definition.

immigrated fantastic possibilities destination

11. things that can or may happen


12. not real; amazing or imaginary


13. the place one hopes to reach at the end of a
    journey


14. moved to a new country


15. Academic Vocabulary What do you do when
    you summarize?


16. English Language Coach Write the base word
    in each of the words listed below:
    peaceful employee performance

Grammar Link: Clauses

A clause is a group of words that work together and

contain a subject and a predicate. There are two kinds

of clauses: independent and dependent.

• An independent clause expresses a complete
  thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.
  Independent clause: mom yells
  Simple sentence: Mom yells.
  Independent clause: she dislikes loud music
  Simple sentence: She dislikes loud music.


• A dependent clause does not express a complete
  thought. It cannot stand alone as a complete sen-
  tence. It “depends on” an independent clause to
  make its meaning complete.
  Dependent clause: when we play loud music
  Dependent clause + independent clause:
  When we play loud music, mom yells.
  Dependent clause: because it hurts her ears
  Independent clause + dependent clause:
  She dislikes loud music because it hurts her ears.

Grammar Practice

On a separate piece of paper, identify each clause as

independent or dependent.

17. if the book is long 19. people who lie


18. a car sped by 20. we all laughed


19. when the movie ends

Writing Application Look at the paragraph you

wrote for item 7 on this page. Underline two indepen-

dent clauses and two dependent clauses in your

paragraph.

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