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Review: People, Places and Different Texts

Apply name a story character, name the place, notice a feeling, recognize a text kind using supplied texts and original responses.

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Unit review questions
1. In a library poem, Omar gasped: "A fish with a dish! What a surprising wish!" Who is the person or animal acting in this text?
Need a hint?
  • Ask who did something.
  • A basket or bench is an object, not an acting character.
2. In a library poem, Omar gasped: "A fish with a dish! What a surprising wish!" Where does the supplied event happen?
Need a hint?
  • Use the actual place words.
  • Do not invent a different place from an illustration you imagine.
3. In a library poem, Omar gasped: "A fish with a dish! What a surprising wish!" Which feeling is most clearly shown by the supplied words?
Need a hint?
  • Use a feeling clue in the words.
  • One feeling is not the same as what the character does.
4. In a library poem, Omar gasped: "A fish with a dish! What a surprising wish!" If directions, a poem, or a fact card is named, what kind is that named text? Otherwise, what kind is the story event?
Need a hint?
  • Listen for action commands in directions.
  • A text about an animal can be either a story or information.

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Use the skills in a new task

Make a short complete response demonstrating the four skills in this unit. Listen to this original event: At a beach, Jo laughed when a tiny wave tickled her toes. Name Jo, the beach and happiness with its laugh clue. Draw the scene and explain why it is a story event, not a set of directions. Longer writing targets in optional extensions can be completed in a later session.

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  • Listen for who does an action. Say that name or animal, then point to the action that helped you decide.
  • Listen for in, at or beside and the place that follows. Match only the place stated in the text.
  • Find the stated feeling or the supporting action. Say the feeling with the detail that makes it fit.
  • Listen to what the text is doing: telling an event, explaining, making a rhyme or giving an instruction.
Compare with a model response

Jo is the character at the beach. The beach is the setting. Jo’s laugh supports the feeling happy when the wave tickles her toes. A drawing can show Jo’s feet beside the wave. The passage tells an invented event, so it is a story rather than directions for what the listener should do. I use the stated laugh clue rather than inventing another emotion.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.