Big Things Come in Small Packages

Which line reveals what we find out about the narrator at the conclusion of the story?

• It also proves that good things come to those who wait, like I did. I know, because I'm Mrs. LaShana Mae Willis, Tugboat's wife.

• And every time Tucker tells me the story, he tells it to me the same way I told it to you.

• Tucker stopped talking about Richard being involved in the rescue.

• Tucker grew to be six feet five. He played on the North Carolina Central University Eagles basketball team, joined the U.S. Coast Guard, and lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks.

Which line reveals a reason for Tucker to stop talking about Richard's involvement in the rescue?

• Etheridge's headstone was marked 1844-1900

• Richard told him it wasn't the size of a person that got the job done.

• You're kinda small to be way out here, ain't ya, squirt.

• He's been a commercial fisherman before he became a captain in the lifesaving service

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which event in the story is a part of the rising action?

• Everybody liked him, and he was good at almost everything he put his hand to.

• That cloud meant a storm was probably on its way, but Tucker figured he had at least half an hour before the wind kicked up the waves and blew the cloud in and the rain began.

• The reporter's story about Tucker's rescue was in the local paper, then got picked up by the Associated Press and went all over the world.

• That's when Tucker stopped talking about Richard being involved in the rescue.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What details describe the setting of the story?

• Narrow marsh grass, flounder, and fiddler crabs

• Hotshot shortstop, jump like a flea, and smart in school

• It looked cold outside, clear skies and a light northerly wind

• One day Tucker did something that made everybody stop calling him name he didn't like.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Who was the narrator of the story?

• LaShana Mae

• Tucker

• Richard

• Mr. Nibbles

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why did Tucker have to straddle his surfboard tightly?

• To float correctly
• Have a chance to ride a wave
• To keep himself on the board
• To get a leg workout

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

"He lived by Calico Creek, where it narrows down to marsh grass, flounder, and fiddler crabs.  It's not far from the back side of the Morehead City Port TERMINAL, where the big ships come in from the Atlantic Ocean." (Tate 3)

• End of a transportation line
• Port
• Fishing dock
• Bus stop

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

"He especially liked to fish his folks' little PIER alongside their house.  In the summertime he'd lie on his stomach on the PIER and catch some of the biggest flounder to come out of Calico Creek." (Tate 4)

• Port
• A platform over the water
• Fishing supply shop
• Riverbank 

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"LaShana Mae, you watch out about being around that creek by yourself at night.  The people who got baptized there and who've passed on come back to that creek as spirits in the middle of the night when the moon's full.  They'll be singing and celebrating and shouting and praising, and they don't want to be DISTURBED." (Tate 5)

• Distracted
• Risen from the dead
• Frightened
• Bothered

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

" He told so many stories about lifesaving that Tucker wished he could enlist right away, and said so.  He had the right QUALIFICATIONS - other than being too young, of course.  And too short." ( Tate 6)

• Character traits
• Abilities or accomplishments
• Faults
• Adjectives

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6