the person who the story is about

the person who illustrates the story

What is the theme of this story?

Necessity is the mother of invention.

What is the theme of this story?

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Slowly but surely wins the race.

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife. The Summary of this passage is:

There are many different, varied parts of Texas.

There are a lot of cows in Texas.

Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin. The Summary of this passage is:

Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. The Summary of this passage is:

Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream. The Summary of this passage is:

Jason really wanted to play third base.

Jason was the best player on his team.

Jason had trouble catching ground balls.

Jason was too lazy to practice.

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome. The Summary of this passage is:

Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

Jenny was going to paint her room.

Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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Authored by Carolyn May

English

3rd - 4th Grade

CCSS covered

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The problem in a story is the...

theme

resolution

climax

conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the Time and Place of the Story?

Rising Action

Plot

Conflict

Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An individual in a literary work is called

setting

plot

narrator

character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

exposition

rising action

climax

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

exposition

rising action

falling action

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

climax

rising action

falling action

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The point of view where the narrator is telling his or her own story. Uses words such as I, me, we, our, etc.

3rd Person

2nd Person

1st Person

4th person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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Fiction

The problem in a story is the...

What is the Time and Place of the Story?

An individual in a literary work is called

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

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Who is the author?

What is the theme of this story?

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