Unit 1 Vocabulary 8/6/20 - Christena Scales | Library

Unit 1 Vocabulary 

*Think about the plot of a story as you read the passage. Remember, plot is the basic sequence of events that fiction stories follow. It's the way fiction authors organize their writing. 

Directions: Listen to the audio recording of the passage paying close attention to the underlined vocabulary words in context. You can listen to the audio by clicking on the play icon below these directions. After listening to the audio one time, you should read aloud the passage to yourself, a parent , or a sibling for practice with fluency.
*Fluency is reading at a pace that is just right (not too slow or fast), reading with expression (like an actor), reading accurately, scooping words into phrases, and pausing at punctuation. 

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Folktales are a type of fiction. Because this is fiction, we know that the writer has organized the passage using a plot. Thinking about plot, what is the problem of the passage?

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How is the problem solved? This is called the resolution of the story.

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