"Life & Art" from The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett

The excerpt takes place in

• a museum

• a classroom

• a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

• New York City

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The main characters are

• Tommy, Jean, Blue, and Art

• Calder, Tommy, Petra, and Ms. Hussey

• Jake, Jacob, Carmella, Peyton

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What details tell you that this story is realistic fiction?

• The setting is a place that really could exist.

• The characters seem like real people.

• The events could have actually happened.

• All of the answers above tell you this story is realistic fiction.

Is the narrator a character in the story? How do you know?

• No, none of the main characters are telling the story from their point of view.

• Yes, one of the main characters is telling the story from his/her point of view.

• No, I do not see any pronouns.

• Yes, Calder is telling the story.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is theme?

• a lesson the reader learns about life; a message the author wants the reader to learn from the story

• a universal concept associated with multiple subjects

• a unit of measure

• the main idea of the story

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2