TGS: Theme

What is the title of the story we read this week?

• The Good Samaritan

• The Samaritan Good

• The Nice Samaritan

• The Good Neighbor

Drag and drop the words to complete the theme of the story:​ (a)   someone breaks ​ (b)   , ​ ​ (c)   ​ be kind and ​ (d)   instead of being a person ​ (e)   than you are.

• When
• promises
• can
• helpful
• less

What detail in the paragraph 14 shows one conflict in the story?

• Mr. Sánchez told us, “If you help clean up the yard, you boys can use the pool any time you want so long as one of us is here.”

• Bien codo con su pool.

• Then Mr. Sánchez said, “Come by tomorrow. I don’t want you fellas to track all this dirt into the pool.”

• On that hot day the water that smelled of chlorine looked delicious to me.

How does the previous answer help the author develop the theme?

• The author develops the implied theme through breaking a promise.

• The author develops the implied theme through disrespect.

• The author develops the implied theme through being a good student.

• The author develops the implied theme through ignoring others when they need something.

In paragraph 23, the boys helped Mr. Sanchez. Choose the evidence that BEST supports the previous statement.

• Even the shortest kid could practically dunk it because the baskets were so low.

• Mr. Sánchez kept his word. He reminded us we could come over to play anytime, and we took special care not to dunk and grab hold of the rim.

• But we’d seen the rims all bent down at the different yards at school. And we didn’t want that for our court.

• We dug and dug and dug for close to six hours straight until we got done, passing on the shovel from one of us to the next. But we got it done. We had our court.

How does the previous answer help develop the theme?

• It shows that the boys didn't want to help Mr. Sanchez because he was the nemesis in the neighborhood.

• It shows that the boys helped Mr. Sanchez motivated by his promise.

• It shows that Mr. Sanchez didn't want to be supported by the kids.

The tone of the interactions between characters in paragraph 32 is disrespectful. What section of the paragraph shows evidence to support the previous statement?

• “Vato? Is that what you called me? I’m no street punk, no hoodlum. You’ve shown me so much disrespect today you don’t deserve to play on my court.

• It’s Mr. Sánchez. Got that? And you boys know what—from now on, you are not allowed to come here whether I’m home or not!

• You all messed it up for yourselves.

How does the previous answer help develop the theme?

• It shows Mr. Sanchez keeping his promise and treating the boys with respect.

• It shows the boys angriness and disappointment.

• It shows Mr. Sanchez feeling angry, being disrespectful and rude with the boys.

What is the lesson learned by Mr. Sanchez in paragraph 56?

• Mr. Sanchez learned the importance of keeping promises and being respectful towards others.

• Mr. Sanchez learned that you can't trust in teenagers.

• Mr. Sanchez learned that it's better to do things by yourself and keeping promises is not important.

Complete the commentary dragging and dropping the words in the correct place: When ​ (a)   are ​ (b)   to pieces, this ​ (c)   can never be ​ (d)   .

• feelings
• smashed
• experience
• reversed