Oliveras Zingers 1: Practice A/B Review 6.7 C

Match

Zingers Practice: Match the following

• The turning point in the story; the most exciting or emotionally tense part of the story

• the main problem or struggle in a story

• the final outcome of the story’s conflict

• the part of the story that develops the conflict, or problem

• Beginning of the plot - background information about the setting, characters, and past events.

Climax

Conflict

resolution

Rising Action

Exposition

• Climax

• Conflict

• resolution

• Rising Action

• Exposition

Multiple Choice

Page 2 - PRACTICE A

Students will: Read the paragraph on page 2, (4 MIN) then answer this question:

What did the narrator learn from her grandmother?

• happiness

• patience

• disgust

Multiple Choice

Select the evidence from the story on Page 2 that shows the grandmother being kind:

• "She asked, "What are you doing?"

• "Melissa, " she said with a laugh, "that's a better thing to hear than to see."

• "Grandmother shouldn't drive such an ugly vehicle!"

Multiple Choice

The conversation between the narrator and her grandmother leads to the story's resolution because it -

• Causes the narrator to understand that she is in a lot of trouble

• reveals to the narrator that her grandmother is understanding

Multiple Choice

The end of the story reveals that the grandmother -

• doesn't care about her car

• is compassionate

Poll

​Answer questions 1 & 2 of your Sirius Zingers workbook and continue. (2 min)

• Ready to move on

• Incomplete, I'm responsible for my answers.

Match

Read "adapted from Aesop's Fables" on page 3, and use the passage to match the Plot Element with the paragraphs from the story:

• Paragraph 3

• Paragraph 4

• Paragraph 1-2

Climax

resolution

Rising Action

• Climax

• resolution

• Rising Action