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5th Grade Study Guide
“The Night of San Juan”
by Lulu Delacre
Theme
Focus Skill:
Genre: Realistic Fiction
 All stories have a theme, or message, that runs
throughout them.
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Includes a setting, characters, and
events that are similar to real places,
people, and events
 A theme is usually not stated directly. Often, the
theme does not become clear to readers until
the end of the story.

Includes challenges and problems in
the story that might happen in real life
 A theme may be determined by looking at the
main character’s qualities, motives, and the way
he/she responds to plot conflicts.
Character’s Qualities
Character’s Motives
Character’s Actions
Literary Criticism
Good readers think about the overall quality of the
stories they read and ask questions like:
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THEME
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What is the genre of the story?
What is the author’s purpose in writing this
story? Has the author achieved this purpose?
Does the author use effective language to
present the setting, characters, and events?
Does the author use vocabulary that reveals
something about the time the story occurs?
(Lesson 6) Grammar: Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates
Compound subjects are two or more subjects joined by the words and or or.
Example: Billy or Sally will drive to the beach.
Compound predicate are two or more predicates joined by the words and or or.
These predicates have the same subject.
Example: Every day my aunt visits the orchard and picks apples.
(Lesson 7) Grammar: Simple and Compound Sentences
Simple sentences are a group of words that describes one thought.
Example: I want to go to the hockey game tonight.
A compound sentence contains two or more simple sentences connected by a comma and a
conjunction, such as and, or, but, or for.
Example: I want to go to the hockey game tonight, but my friend has a party later this evening.
A simple sentence can have a compound subject or a compound predicate, and so can each part of a
compound sentence. The conjunctions and and or can join the simple subjects in a compound subject
or the verbs in a compound predicate.
Example: Jill and her brother played music together.
(simple sentence with a compound subject)
Example: Jill was shy at first, but soon she played her music on stage and waved.
(compound sentence with a compound predicate)
Vocabulary
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wistful- you feel as though your wishes probably won’t come true
grateful- to feel thankful for someone or something
grim- to appear serious and forbidding
raspy- a noise that sounds rough and harsh, like sandpaper scraping wood
swarmed- moved quickly and gathered in large numbers
revelers- people who have fun at a lively party or celebration
irresistible- difficult to turn away from
mis- not, opposite of
10. non- not
–or, ar, er one who does something
11. -ness state, quality, or condition of
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Words with VCCV—Different Medial
Consonants
Words with VCCCV
1. entire
2. hospital
3. public
4. combine
5. golden
6. chimney
7. pretzel
8. survive
9. absorb
10. turmoil
11. wisdom
12. journey
13. condition
14. whisper
15. identify
16. establish
17. furnace
18. capture
19. marvelous
20. nursery
Challenge Words
21. utensils
22. linger
23. recommend
24. velvet
25. cascade
5th Grade
1. congress
2. English
3. fortress
4. expression
5. conclude
6. complain
7. complex
8. distrust
9. contribute
10. explode
11. umbrella
12. merchandise
13. remembrance
14. concrete
15. goggles
16. portray
17. technique
18. accomplish
19. function
20. membrane
Challenge Words
21. orchestra
22. upholster
23. embroidery
24. apprentice
25. appraise
The Night of San Juan
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