Remediation Recap Pt. 2

where and when a story takes place

the author's reason for writing a story

the author's attitude toward the story

how the story makes you feel

where and when a story takes place

the author's reason for writing a story

the author's attitude toward the story

how the story makes you feel

angry

cynical

harsh

excited

The creature moved its sharp claws over the strange device, and the noise was loud and distracting.

The lovely fairy danced her long fingers over the harp, and the music carried us gently into a trance.

The creature played the instrument, and we listened to the music it made.

The monster produced a terrifying noise, and we tried hard not to scream and give away our hiding place.

On the train, the man slowly clipped his fingernails. He focused on the task, beginning with his pinky finger and finishing with his thumb.

On the train, the tired, old man began clipping his fingernails. He was trying to distract himself from his loneliness by focusing on this one small task, moving from pinky to thumb.

The man—right in the middle of the crowded train—began to clip his long, yellow fingernails. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.

The man on the train clipped his fingernails. It took him 2 minutes and 8 seconds. He started on his pinky and finished with his thumb. When he was finished, he put the clippers back into his jacket pocket.

"warmth," "comforting hug" and "home"

"car," "tomato soup" and "door"

"old," "halting" and "out the window"

"driveway," "screen door" and "slowly stirred"

admiring

bitter

sad

hopeful

admiring

bitter

sad

hopeful

"waste" and "destroyed"

"movie" and "of a"

"that" and "my"

"really" and "Saturday"

I devoted three hours on Saturday to the masterpiece of a movie.

The movie that I saw on Saturday was three hours of torture.

On Saturday, I made a three-hour mistake: I saw the movie.

I saw the movie on Saturday. It was three-hours long.

Do you know about the brave dogs in Nome, Alaska, who saved the town in 1925? B CD

The people of Nome, Alaska were in big trouble in 1925. It was up to the dogs to save them.

The hero dogs in Nome, Alaska, did what no pilot could do: they brought medicine to the town.

In 1925, people were sick and planes couldn't land in Nome, Alaska. Teams of dogs delivered the medicine.

biting and sarcastic

enthusiastic and energetic

formal and polite

casual and informal