5th | Dig Deeper (A Package for Mrs. Jewls)

A Package for Mrs. Jewls

Dig Deeper: How to analyze the text

Terms About Literature

Text-Based Comprehension

#But_First... Definitions

• Story Structure: basic parts of a story's plot

• Conflict: a problem

• Resolution: the solution to a problem

• Point of View: the perspective or view from which a story is told

• Irony: an outcome that is the opposite of what is expected

• Text Evidence: details in the selection that support an inference or opinion

#Look_Back

On page 25, what does the author identify as Louis's conflict?

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#Thinking_Aloud

Louis has to carry a very heavy package (which blocks his view) up to Mrs. Jewls's classroom on the thirtieth floor. He thinks the package might be important and that he should deliver it as fast as he can.

#Point_Of_View | Read the Point of View card on page 33 of your book

Remember that the author's point of view influences what readers learn about events and how they see the characters. After all, readers will only know as much as the narrator chooses to tell them.

#Irony | Read the Irony card on page 33 of your book

Sometimes, an author may use irony to surprise the reader.

In this story we expect that Mrs. Jewls will be grateful, and that she and the students will find the computer useful. These things are true but not for the reasons the reader expects.

Multiple Choice

The point of view for this selection (A Package for Mrs. Jewls) is...

• Third-Person Limited

• Third-Person Omniscient

Open Ended

What was the conflict in this story?

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