The Pocketwatch- RL.1.3 Comparing settings

Part A

How is the setting of outside Margaret’s house in the view of the fields different from the setting of inside Margaret’s house in the front room?

• The inside of the house was calm and peaceful, while the outside of the house was loud and filled with arguing.

• The outside of the house was filled with fighting between the British and the Colonists, while the inside of the house was calm and peaceful.

• The outside of the house was filled with fighting between Lexington and Concord, and the inside of the house was calm and peaceful.

• The outside of the farm was calm and quiet, while the inside of the house was loud and filled with arguing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Part B

Choose one detail that describes the scene with Margaret in the field and one detail that describes the scene in the front room of the house.

• “It was a sunny, mild day in April 1775- so calm compared with what Margaret feared might be coming.”

• “Margaret had gone out to the barn to fetch a pail of milk.”

• “For just last week, fighting had erupted between the British and the colonist in the towns of Lexington and Concord.”

• “The quiet she had experienced outside was shattered almost as soon as she set down the pail.”

• “Margaret and her mother went into the dark, dusty front room to see what the fight was about.”