Ready Text Lesson 8 Theme RL2 Zel the Gentle Donkey
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English
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3rd Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Nora Christina Beck
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24 Slides • 9 Questions
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Multiple Choice
Which detail in the first part of the story explains why Madame
Charity is cruel to Zel?
Zel does not walk to the market as fast as she is able to.
Madame Charity is always angry and mean.
Madame Charity does not have enough sugar and rice to sell.
Everyone in town loves Zel because she is pleasant and kind.
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Dropdown
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Touloulou pinches Madame Charity every time she starts to yell at Zell. l When Madame Charity cries out in pain, she is not yelling at Zell.
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Multiple Choice
What is the central message of this story?
Honesty is the best policy.
Kindness gets better results than anger.
Things are not always as they appear.
Beware of strangers.
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the story is most important to the central
message of the story?
"Madame Charity, you should get up earlier.’”
"Then she got angry and yelled at Zel. . . .”
“From that day on, Madame Charity tried not to raise her
voice in anger."
“Today he felt sorry for her.”
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the word market as it is used in this sentence
from the story?
Every Saturday, Madame Charity sold sugar and rice
at a market.
a store where food and spices are bought
a place where people buy and sell things
a street fair where people gather
a bank where money is exchanged
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Drag and Drop
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The fish seller promises to awaken Madame Charity at 6 am. The fruit seller offers to fix Madame Charity's ankle. Madame Charity begins acting more kindly at the market.
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Drag and Drop
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Dropdown
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By identifying the central message (or theme) of a story, I can better understand the characters and why they do what they do.
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Match
Match the following
the lesson the author wants us to learn
other names for theme
key details
author
characters actions and their consequences
theme
central message
lesson
moral
important information in a story
writes the story
use these things to help find the theme
theme
central message
lesson
moral
important information in a story
writes the story
use these things to help find the theme
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