The Perfect Present

What genre is "The Perfect Present"?

• Fiction

• Historical article

• Realistic Fiction

• Drama

What are the text features of realistic fiction?

• Realistic fiction is a real story, has characters, setting and a plot.

• Realistic fiction is a made up story that has characters, settings and events that could exist in real life.

• Realistic fiction is factual, based in true events.

• What is realistic fiction?

Who is the main character in the story?

• Tiva

• Hunter

• The Dance Academy

• Maggie O'Brien

What was the main character's problem in the story?

• Maggie wanted to record a song for Tiva, her best friend, but her brother had to remind her that she sang terribly.

• Tiva invited Maggie to here birthday party. Maggie wanted to get Tiva, her best friend, the perfect birthday present. A present that would express exactly how important her friendship was to her.

• Maggie did not get an invite to Tiva's birthday party. They were no longer best friends.

What did Hunter suggest for a gift and why did Maggie think it wasn't a good idea?

• Hunter suggested going ice-skating. Maggie told Hunter that was too risky.

• Hunter suggested buying Tiva a new basketball. Maggie said that wasn't such a good idea because Tiva already had 6 new basketballs.

• Hunter suggested to show up empty handed, after all Tiva already knew how important she was to Maggie..

• Hunter suggested recording a song for Tiva. He could help Maggie record and copy the songs into a mp3 player. Maggie didn't think that would work because of how bad she was at singing.

Even though Maggie did not like the music idea, Hunter gave her another good idea, a personalized birthday card. What happened while Maggie was working on this personalized birthday card?

• Maggie's printer ruined the photos.

• Maggie's card did not turn out to be so special.

• Maggie's card looked fantastic and sparkled like a star, Hunter complimented Maggie's card making skills and gave her another idea...

What was Maggie's new idea?

• To skip Tiva's birthday party.

• To buy Tiva a new basketball.

• To give her best friend a certificate for one free Irish dance lesson.

Who helped Maggie make her new plan a reality?

• Her teacher by checking that her lesson was fit for a beginner, and Hunter because he and his band would play music during the lesson.

• No one, Maggie made her new plan a reality all by herself.

• Maggie, Maggie's mom, Maggie's dad and Tiva's mom.

• What plan?

How did Tiva react when she received Maggie's gift?

• She did not like Maggie's present.

• She took Maggie and the rest of their friends upstairs to show them all of her new presents.

• She gave Maggie a hug, and told her an Irish lesson with her was the perfect present.

If you were to create a story arc about the story, how would you organize the following story events:

A) Maggie runs into Tiva outside the dance academy. Tiva tells Maggie she was enrolled in ballet classes but wasn’t sure that was her thing. Maggie suggested Irish dance.

B) Tiva loved Maggie’s certificate, gave her a hug, and called it “The perfect present”.

C) Maggie felt nervous walking up to Tiva’s house after noticing her other friends large and colorfully wrapped presents.

D) Maggie feels pressured to find the perfect present for Tiva. Maggie created a beautiful birthday card that sparked another great idea- making a gift certificate for a private Irish dance lesson with Maggie as the instructor.

E) Tiva invites Maggie to her birthday party.

• A, B, C, D, E

• A, E, D, C, B

• W, X, Y, Z

• B, E, D, A, C