Reteach 1

Part A:

How does the giant’s behavior change through the story?

• The giant becomes grumpier and more selfish as his garden loses its beauty.

• He spends more time in the village with the children.
  

• The giant welcomes the children when he realizes that their

  presence makes his garden warm, green, and lovely.

• The giant realizes that his ogre friend frightens the children of the village.

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Part B:

Which sentence from the story best supports your answer in

part A?

• He wondered if Spring would ever again visit his garden.

• The giant sits on his bench, satisfied to hear the laughter and songs of his many friends.

• He hasn’t been to visit the Cornish ogre in a great many years.

• And perhaps he will live happily ever after.

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What effect does the giant’s angry behavior in paragraph 2 have

on the story’s plot?

• It causes the seasons to punish the giant by making the garden

  gray and cold.

• It amuses the children to see a giant act rude and selfish.

• It proves to the seasons that the giant is ready to grow a garden.

• It leads the giant to feel sorry for his bad temper and ask the children to return to his garden.

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Paragraph 8 is important because it shows –

• the giant’s main conflict in the story’s plot.

• how the giant began to resolve his main conflict

• that the plot conflict cannot be resolved

• the story’s conflict has been resolved

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The giant’s actions in paragraph 6 show that he –

• is surprised to see a child in his garden

• is happy that spring has finally returned to his garden

• regrets having howled and brayed at the children of the village

• misses his old friend, the Cornish ogre

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Which story elements help the reader understand that the selection is a fairy tale?

• Themes of changing seasons
  

• A setting in a rural village
  

• Fantastic characters like ogres and giants
  

• A happy story resolution
  

• Personification of the seasons as story characters

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The details in paragraph 7 show the reader that the giant wants –

• the children to return to his garden

• to build new garden walls

• to feel the warm sun

• to frighten children

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Details throughout the story show that the giant –

• loves to hear the birds sing

• regrets visiting the ogre

• is a good gardener

• loves little children

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