ReadyGEN 3B7

ReadyGEN 3B7

In this lesson, we will use key details from the story to describe

its structure and how the author sequences events. A story has

a beginning, middle, and an end. Events in the story take place

in a particular order.

Today, we

will learn how an author tells a story about a community garden

in a city neighborhood. We will pay attention to key words and

phrases that tell us about when events in the story take place.

Open Ended

How do Marcy and Miss Rosa get the idea for the garden?

How do Marcy and Miss Rosa get the idea for the garden?

Marcy and Miss Rosa grow flowers in coffee cans every spring, p. 141;

Old Man Hammer tells them there’s a lot of dirt in the empty lot, p. 142;

Marcy says the lot is like one big coffee can, p. 142

Open Ended

On page 140, how does the author help us picture what the block

looks like now that the building is gone?

She compares the block to a

smile: “Now this block looks like a big smile with one tooth missing.”

This helps us picture the gap that the missing building has created in

the block.

Story Structure: Beginning, Middle, End

Let’s focus on the order of events as Marcy and Miss Rosa get the garden ready. What does Mama say they are going to do first?

They’re going to clear the lot.

I’ll write this in the Beginning

box. What happens the next day? The city drops off tools. I’ll write that in the Middle box.

Open Ended

What words do you think of or connect to the word: RUBBLE

Multiple Select

Which words have a long O sound?

• bath

• toast

• croak

• hat

Multiple Select

Which words have a long O sound?

• toe

• boot

• doe

• free

Multiple Select

Which words have the long O sound?

• cot

• coal

• soap

• teeth

Multiple Select

Which words have a long O sound?

• no

• for

• go

• song

Multiple Choice

Mary has a blue folder for her papers.

• Mary
• blue
• her
• papers

Multiple Choice

The old shoe was full of mud.

• shoe
• was
• old
• of

Multiple Choice

The mighty elephant pushed aside the large boulder.

Which 2 words are adjectives?

• elephant and boulder

• mighty and large

• the and the

Multiple Choice

I created a colorful painting.

Which word is the adjective?

• colorful

• created

• painting

The community garden in City Green is a good thing in the neighborhood, and the community enjoys having it.In the beginning of the story, the empty lot makes Marcy sad. The other neighbors must not like the empty lot either because they all help clear it out and plant the garden. Even Marcy’s brother helps out. Old Man Hammer seems to be the only one who does not like the idea of a garden. In the end, though, even he plants sunflowers.