Oz the Great & Powerful: Reader's theater

What is the genre of this story?

• historical fiction

• nonfiction

• fantasy fiction

• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How is the story structure different?

• It isn't different.

• This is written as a drama with scenes and dialogue spoken by the cast.

• This is written as an epic poem.

• This is a nonfiction passage.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the beginning setting of the story?

• The early 1900s, somewhere in the plains.

• On another planet in the future.

• An island in the pacific ocean.

• A dusty tent at a carnival in the early 1900s.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Oz was a "con man". What is a con man?

• A trickster, a cheat.

• Someone who works for a carnival.

• A person with really good character.

• A lazy bum.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What was the motivation behind Oz deciding to go along with Theodora and become King?

• love

• food

• friendship

• gold & jewels

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

What caused Theodora to go to the dark side and become an evil witch?

• She was evil from the beginning.

• Her sister forced her to become evil.

• She felt betrayed because she believed that Oz loved her.

• She didn't become evil.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Who controls the baboons (flying monkeys)?

• Glinda

• Theodora

• Finley

• Evanora

When Oz says that he's going to unleash the stars, what did he really do (or use)?

• fireworks

• dynamite

• actual stars

• This wasn't in the story.

Why did Theodora believe that Oz was the man the king had predicted would come?

• because Oz told her that he was the one to be king

• because she thought he was dressed as a royal

• because his name was almost the exact same name the king had mentioned

• because he fell from the sky

In this drama, Oz is a ______________________ character.

• Flat

• dynamic

• static

• not a character

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5