ReadyGEN 4A11

Examples:

“Fool on the Hill” tells the story best because a wizard and

his daughter laughing and a fool and a tea kettle falling down

a hill would make a lot of noise, p. 44; I think “Mother of the

Mountains” tells the story best because I like the picture of the

old, wise spirit making storm clouds, p. 45; I think “I Am Boom!”

tells the story best because it has the words boom! boom!

boom! and that’s the sound that thunder makes, pp. 46–47.

The stories and poem

all explain why there is thunder; the explanations are all different and

imaginative, and the writers use very different details and characters in

their plots.

I know that

both stories explain

what causes thunder. I’ll

write that in the Alike column. Now, what details does the Russian story use to explain the cause of thunder? The story says that thunder is caused by a wizard and his daughter laughing while the fool and tea kettle fall noisily down the hill. I’ll write, “Laughter and a noisy fall” in the Different column.