A Wrinkle in Time

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: A Unique Family

• A good "hook" at the beginning of a story pulls the reader into the story.
• The science fiction genre includes the following elements:
  —The possibility that the fictional events in the story could become reality at some point in the future
  —Science as an important aspect to the story
  —Advanced technology
  —Aliens/strange beings
  —Alternate settings (other planets or dimensions)
  —Characters who often have super-human powers

Lesson 2: Calvin

• Creative thinking involves fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.
• A plural noun is more than one person, place, or thing.
• A possessive noun shows that a person, place, or thing has ownership of something. (The cat's food was in the bowl.)
• For plural nouns ending in "s," add only an apostrophe after the "s" to form the possessive (the boys' bikes).
• For plural nouns not ending in "s," add an apostrophe and an "s" to form the possessive (the women's books).
• When two people, places, or things own something together, the possessive form is attached only to the second noun. (The invitation to John and Mary's party came in the mail.)
• Individual ownership within a sentence is marked with both nouns showing possession. (Mark's and Karin's lists had many of the same items.)

Lesson 3: Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which

• When you want to add -ed or -ing endings to a verb, you typically just add -ed or -ing to the base word (walked, asking). Some exceptions are as follows:
  —If the verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant and a stressed syllable (or is a one-syllable word), then double the final vowel of the verb (beginning).
  —If the last syllable of the verb is not stressed, even if it is consonant + vowel + consonant, then do not double the final consonant (opening).
  —If the verb ends in a consonant + e, then remove the e before adding -ing or -ed (bake to baking or baked).
  —If the verb ends in "ie," then just add "d: (tie to tied); also change the "ie" to "y" and add -ing (tie to tying).

Lesson 4: Tesser

• Transitional words and phrases help make writing flow more smoothly, help the writer avoid abrupt stops, and make the writing easier for the reader to follow.
• The protagonist is the main character of the story.

Lesson 5: The Thing

• Flexibility is a component of creative thinking that involves the ability to take different approaches, develop a variety of kinds of ideas, shift categories, and take detours in direction of thought.
• One dimension is a line.
• Two dimensions is a flat shape, such as a circle or square.
• A sphere and a cube are three-dimensional shapes.

Lesson 6: Camazotz

• Know these vocabulary terms: trepidation, dais, temporal, resilience, talisman, sadist, arrogance, annihilate, ominous, and imperceptible.
• The antagonist in a story is the person or thing that the protagonist struggles against in a story.

Lesson 7: Man with the Red Eyes

• Fluency is the component of creativity that involves generating a large quantity of relevant responses.

Lesson 8: Father

• Originality is a component of creativity that involves being able to think in unique ways, providing unusual and clever ideas.
• The brain is a complex organ with many parts, each with its own function.
• The setting of a story involves when and where the story takes place.

Lesson 9: The Beasts

• The theme of a story is the message or truth the story communicates to the reader.
• The tense of a verb refers to whether you are talking about the past, present, or future.
• The perfect tense is used to talk about something completed in the past, present, or future. It uses a form of the verb "have" + the past participle form of a verb.
• The past perfect tense describes something that happened before another event in the past. It is formed by "had" + the past participle.
• The future perfect tense is used for an action that will be completed at a specific future time. It is formed by "will have" + the past participle.
• The present perfect tense refers to something completed in the past or started in the past and is continuing to the present. It is formed by "have" or "has" + the past participle.

Lesson 10: Love

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Final Project: Science Fiction Short Story

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