Reading Fluency - M4W2 (The play)

Emma learns that she can be part of the play by playing her instrument.

Emma decides not to try out for the play.

Emma becomes the lead actor in the musical.

Emma and June start their own drama club.

Practice makes perfect.

Never give up—there’s always another way to succeed.

Working alone is better than teamwork.

Winning is everything.

Emma paints the wrong things on the set.

Emma joins the wardrobe team.

Emma sees a poster for the drama club.

Emma plays her trumpet for the play.

She cannot find a way to be part of the play.

She forgets to go to tryouts.

She doesn’t have a friend to help her.

She doesn’t like the play.

It lists facts about drama clubs.

It compares Emma and June.

It gives reasons why acting is fun.

It tells events in the order they happen.

Emma quit because she couldn’t get a part.

Emma and June joined the drama club to act.

Emma’s tryout didn’t go well, but she found another way to be part of the play by playing her trumpet.

Emma was nervous and didn’t want to try out.

It is set at Emma’s home after dinner.

It takes place in a school where plays and music are important.

It happens in a park during summer.

It happens in a movie theater.

“Why can’t I find even one job to do?” she moaned.

“She tried to get involved with the wardrobe team.”

“That’s it! I’ll play for the play!” crowed Emma.

“She frowned when she told June about it later.”

To entertain readers with a story about problem-solving and perseverance

To teach readers how to act in a play.

To inform readers about the rules of a drama club.

To describe how to play the trumpet.

“She frowned when she told June about it later.”

“Emma reluctantly agreed.”

“She stood in the center of the stage.”

“June noticed the trumpet case Emma was clutching.”