"The Pod" Short Story by Maureen Crane Wartski (Collections)

What are the two main settings of this story?

• Jesse's House & a convenience store

• A Convenience Store & the beach

• Jesse's House and a Road by the Ocean

• A Restaurant & Swimming Pool

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Who are the major characters in the story?

• Jesse and his cousin Pete

• Jesse and his mother

• The mother and the cousin Pete

• The dolphin and cousin Pete

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CCSS.RL.2.10

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Who were the minor characters in the story?

• Jesse and the dolphin

• The dolphin, Jesse's mother and cousin Pete

• Jesse's Mother, the Dolphin, the Dolphin's Pod

• Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5

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CCSS.RL.2.10

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The plot of the story is:

​ (a)   is annoyed at his cousin ​ (b)   for boring lectures about "fish" (marine mammals), but then Jesse is faced with having to ​ (c)   a ​ (d)   .

• Jesse
• Pete
• rescue
• dolphin

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the following events as they occurred in the story.

• Event 3

• Jesse leaves the house to escape Pete's dull lecture and his family's party.

• Event 1

• Jesse finds a wounded, stranded dolphin and tries to rescue it.

• Event 2

• Jesse tries to call Pete for help. He wishes he had paid more attention.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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CCSS.RL.7.3

The outcome of the story was that as Jesse remembers ​ (a)   lecture, Jesse saves the ​ (b)   and returns him to his ​ (c)   . ​ (d)   realizes that he needs to return to his own ​ (e)   .

• Pete's
• dolphin
• pod
• Jesse
• family

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CCSS.RI.6.2

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What does the word "irritably" mean?

• being happy

• disgusted

• very excited

• showing annoyance

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CCSS.RI.6.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word "impulse" mean?

• a sudden urge

• a desire to sing

• doing something wrong

• being very tired

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What does the word "monologue" mean?

• a short, quick speech

• a long speech

• an incomplete sentence

• a solo singing act

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What does the word "empathy" mean?

• feeling sorry for someone

• showing pity

• identifying with someone else's feelings or situation

• being very thristy

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