The Family Under the Bridge

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Pre-Reading

• Economics follows cycles.
• Paris is a city in France on the continent of Europe.
• People need jobs in order to have money to purchase what they want and need.

Lesson 2: The French Man

• Opportunity cost is the cost we pay when we give up something to get something else.
• Commas are used before and after dialogue in a sentence.
• Commas separate items in a list in a sentence.
• Commas are used before and after a name when someone is being spoken to.
• Commas are used when writing dates to separate the day from the month or the date from the year.
• Commas are used to separate cities and states. If the city and state come in the middle of the sentence, put a comma after the state as well.

Lesson 3: A Discovery

• A diary is a journal where a person writes about their feelings and what happens in life.

Lesson 4: A Day in the City

• Different countries have different traditions for celebrating holidays.

Lesson 5: Singing

• Letters can be written to try to persuade people to do something.
• Speeches can be given to persuade people do something.

Lesson 6: The Shoe

• A dash can show that a sentence is interrupted.
• An ellipse at the end of a sentence means the reader has to imagine the ending for the sentence.
• Stories can provide information about a culture.

Lesson 7: Among Friends

• Apostrophes can be used to show ownership.
• People must use their resources to meet needs before purchasing things they want.

Lesson 8: Christmas Eve

• Churches and government groups often have programs to help people in need who live in the community.
• When two words are combined to form a contraction, an apostrophe is used in place of the missing letter(s).

Lesson 9: Saying Goodbye

• Words in parentheses can be taken out and the sentence will still make sense.
• Fiction stories can provide factual information about a culture and a place.

Lesson 10: A Home at Last

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Final Project: Reader's Theater

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