Off and Runing
Main characters: Maita and
Rudy.
Genre: Realistic fiction.
Setting : at school.
I. Vocabulary
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e: public discussion.
EX. We debate to
discuss about the
project.
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Prodded: pushed
EX. The teacher prodded the
student to write the h.w.
Gradually:Slowly/little by little.
EX. The teacher is explaning the
lesson gradullay.
Decorated: Make something
more nicer.
EX. I decorat my home for
crismase.
Beckoned: signaled
EX. The players beckoned to
show the number.
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Scanned: look over quikly.
EX. I scanned for a book here.
Inflated: To fill with air.
EX. The child inflated his
balloon.
Stalled: Stop 🛑
EX. They stalled the car to
check it.
Shaken: sad / upset
EX. She was shaken because
she got a bad mark.
Hesitated: paused
EX. He is hesitated because he
doesn’t answer teacher
question.
II. Vocabulary strategies.
1.The party members wrote
their platform, hoping that
their ideas would appeal to
voters.
set of principles
2. Click the definition of the
underlined word.
She gave her speech from a
platform at the front of the
room.
flat, high area of ground
3.Miata wrote her address to
the class and then practiced it
for her father.
formal speech
4.The big, heavy, brown
package was delivered to the
wrong address.
location of a person or an
organization
5.If you lose the ticket from
the shirt, the sales clerk won't
know how much to charge us.
label for a merchandise
6. Click the definition of the
underlined word.
The two friends ran as
president and vice president of
the same ticket.
list of candidates
7.The teacher handed out each
student a ticket to the exhibit.
a slip of paper that allows
entry
8.We pounded the tent post
into the ground as far as it
would go.
wooden support
9. In a democracy, the people
choose who fills the post of the
presidency.
political job
10.The soldiers are sent to a
post in Alabama for additional
training.
military base
III. Questions.
1. How is Rudy different from
Miata?
He seems more popular.
2. How is Miata different
during the debate compared to
when she practiced her speech
at home?
ability She loses faith in her to
persuade students.
3. Miata shows she is more
serious about school than Rudy
by…………………..
following the rules.
4. Miata's campaign promises
differ from Rudy's because they
focus on…………….
cleaning up the school.
5. Overall, Rudy's speech style
is more informal than Miata's
because Rudy uses a lot
of……………………..
slang.
6. What is true about both
Miata's and Rudy's speech
styles?
They mix
two languages.
7. When Rudy compares
himself to Miata as president,
he says…………………….
he would be a great president,
and she would be a good
president.
8 . Which sentence from the
passage is an example of
informal language?
"Maybe even
half an hour, homeboys!"
9. Which sentence from the
passage contains an idiom?
"Yeah, let's
knock it off," Rudy yelled,
getting to his feet.
