Language Arts (6) Lesson 3.01 Scavenger Hunt

p. 3 What are narratives?

• true or false questions

• fiction or nonfiction stories that take place in a setting and consist of events that move through time.

• words that could have positive or negative meanings

• the lesson that the author wants readers to learn

p. 4 True or False: Narratives must be true stories

• True

• False

p. 4 True or False: A narrative does NOT contain a setting, characters, a conflict, a climax, and a resolution

• True

• False

p. 4. The Buzz lesson mentions five possible purposes of narratives in the "Purpose" tab on page 4. Type two of these purposes.

p. 5 Fox spied a bunch of juicy grapes high above his head. He tried and tried to reach the grapes but finally gave up in failure. As he walked away, he said, “Eh, I’m sure they’re sour anyway.” Moral: It’s easy to despise what you can’t have. What is the purpose?

• persuade

• teach

p. 5 One spring day, the duck saw the shiny wrapper in the water. Thinking it was something to eat, the duck snatched it up in its beak and started choking. Luckily, the park ranger was close by and saved the duck by removing the wrapper from its throat. The duck fluffed its feathers, waddled back into the lake, and swam away.

What is the purpose?

• persuade

• entertain

p. 5 A snake slithered to school one wintry December day and coiled itself in the teacher’s chair. The teacher took one look and screamed, “Hey, that’s my chair. Move over!” The snake retorted, “No need to yell—I am leaving.” It slithered right back out the floor vent.

What is the purpose?

• inform

• entertain

p. 6 On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. walked up to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. He took a deep breath and began his speech. "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation ... "

Is it fiction or nonfiction?

• fiction

• nonfiction

An old fisherman caught a magic fish, and as soon as the fish hit the air, thunder cracked and the clouds opened. Defying gravity, the fish floated down into the boat and said, “You have three wishes.” The man thought about all the amazing things he could have. "I have happiness now in my family and friends. I do not need anything else," he explained to the astonished animal. He unhooked the fish and gently put him back in the water.

Is it fiction or nonfiction?

• fiction

• nonfiction

p. 7 The narrator of a story..

• tells the story

• controls everything the reader knows

• determines how a story affects the reader

• all off the above