Mrs. Spitzer's Garden (plot elements)

What is the setting of Mrs. Spitzer's Garden?

• Christmas time in a forest

• at a school and garden throughout the school year

• at Mrs. Spitzer's house in Spring time

• in a classroom in summer

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Who is NOT a character in the story?

• Mr. Merrick, the principal

• the students' parents

• students

• Mrs. Spitzer

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

How did Mrs. Spitzer's Garden end?

• Mr. Merrick said Mrs. Spitzer had the prettiest flowers.

• The flowers were entered into a flower show.

• The flowers grew by themselves.

• The flowers continued to grow and Mrs. Spitzer got ready for a new year.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

When you do a "Five Finger Retelling" of a story, what is NOT a part of the story that you tell?

• characters

• setting

• beginning, middle and end of the story

• the date the story was written

What is the new word we use to describe the beginning of the story?

• beginning

• end

• ostinato

• introduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the new word we call the middle of the story?

• climax

• ostinato

• end

• middle

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What is the new word we call the end of the story?

• ostinato

• conclusion

• body percussion

• end

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

How did you like this story?

• It was okay.

• I didn't listen to the story.

• It was a great story.

• I didn't really like it.

• I didn't understand the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1