Wonders 6-1 Shipped Out

Who is telling the story?

• the father

• the mother

• Aunt Lucia

• Libby - the daughter

This story is Historical Fiction. What sentence from the story most shows this characteristic?

• "Our country is at war," Dad said. "I will enlist in the Navy to be a mechanic."

• After dinner, Aunt Lucia invites neighbors over to listen to the radio.

• First, we get up before dawn to knead the dough.

• I look at the cupcakes and wish I could send one to my dad.

Historical Fiction is a story based on events from a REAL event, but the characters and events did not really happen. Which of the following is a characteristic of Historical Fiction?

• World War II

• Libby

• dad joining the Navy

• Aunt Lucia working in a bakery

What is the main characters problem?

• she does not want to be at war

• she does not want to work for her Aunt

• her family does not trust her

• her family is gone and she wants to help her family

Why does the main character help out in the bakery?

• her parents told her she needed to help her Aunt

• her parents are helping in the war, and she needs to stay with her Aunt

• her Aunt cannot make bread and she needs to show her how

• her dad writes poems to share with the costumers

How does Libby help her Aunt in the bakery?

• Libby helps makes bread and muffins

• Libby answers the phone

• Libby frosts cakes

• Libby is a waitress and serves costumers

How does Libby decorate the cupcakes ?

• she makes them look like fireworks

• she makes them look like Navy boats

• she makes them look like the flag

• she makes them look like a war

Homophones are words that sound the same but are NOT spelled the same and do NOT have the same meaning. Which words are homophones?

• need and knead

• war and world

• keep and kept

• sold and old

Why does Libby feel like "a prisoner of war"?

• she is fighting in the war

• she feels trapped working for her Aunt while her mom and dad are helping with the war

• she is not happy that her father joined the Navy and her mom is sewing

• she has no clue what she is doing in the bakery

How does the title "Shipped Out" help you understand how the main character is feeling?

• she does not understand how to bake bread

• she does not know why her parents are both gone

• her father and mother are both gone and she feels lonely

• her father is on a Navy ship