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UNDERSTANDING A STORY

All the short sentences below have at least one character.

Circle the letter of the character or characters in the sentence.

Who is a Character?
Lou ran past the trees to the house.

a. Lou

b. trees

c. house

Later that night the owl left its nest.

a. night

b. owl

c. nest

Susan and John played in the sand on the beach.

a. Susan b. John c. sand

d. beach

The boy told his friend a secret.

a. boy

b. friend

c. secret

The dish ran away with the spoon.

a. dish b. away

c. spoon

The dog chased a cat into a hole.

a. dog

b. cat

c. hole

As the rain fell, Joes mother closed the window.

a. rain b. Joe c. mother d. window

Since Ava was not home, Lucia went to watch the game alone .

a. Ava

b. home c. Lucia d. game

UNDERSTANDING A STORY : Put the Events in Order

Aesop was a Greek writer who wrote stories called fables. A fable is a story
that gives a lesson at the end. Here is one of Aesops fables.
A- TASK : Before you read the story, write down the 5 W s you should ask

to help you understand.

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B- TASK : Read the story and place the following actions in the story in the

correct order by writing in front of the first thing that happened, in

front of the second thing that happened, and so on.

A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon
him
unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lions nose. Roused from
his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
Spare me ! begged the poor Mouse. Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you.
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and
finally let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a
hunters net.
Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and
quickly
found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she
gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
You laughed when I said I would repay you, said the Mouse. Now you see that even a Mouse
can help a Lion.
Lesson: A kindness is never wasted.
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Mouse found the Lion in the net.

Lion roared with anger.
Mouse promises to help the Lion someday if he will let her go.
Lion was asleep.
Lion laid his paw on the Mouse.
Mouse chewed the net to free the Lion.
Lion went hunting and got caught in a net.
Lion let the Mouse go.
Mouse ran across the Lions nose.
Lion woke up.

UNDERSTANDING A STORY : Discovering the Elements of a Story

TASK : Below is a passage from

Alices Adventures in Wonderland by

Lewis Carroll. Read the story and answer the questions
In her journey through Wonderland, Alice has become very small. She knows she
needs to become her normal size again, but shes not sure how to do that.

t sounded an excellent plan, no

doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only

difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to
set about it; and while she was peering about anxiously
among the trees, a little sharp bark just over her head
made her look up in a great hurry. An enormous puppy
was looking down at her with large round eyes, and
feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her. Poor
little thing! said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried
hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all
the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which
case it would be very likely to eat her up in spite of all
her coaxing. Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up
a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy;
whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet
at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick,
and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a
great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the
moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy
made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over
heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it
was very like having a game of play with a carthorse, and
expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet,
ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a
series of short charges at the stick, running a very little
way forwards each time and a long way back,
and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a
good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its
mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her
escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite

tired and out of breath, and till the puppys bark sounded
quite faint in the distance.
Setting:
Where do you think Alice is? .

When does the action take place? .

Characters:
Who are the characters in the passage? .

Problem:
What is the problem Alice faces? .

Solution:
How does Alice solve the problem? .