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Q3 - Staying with Uncle Stephen

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6.7B - The student is expected to analyze how the characters' internal and external responses develop the plot.

  • As characters move through the plot of a story, the author will reveal their thoughts and actions to the reader. This helps the reader understand the motivations of the characters and why they make the decisions they do which, in turn, advance the plot. For example, a main character’s emotional (internal) responses to certain memories might cause the main character to become angry and break someone else’s prized possession. This reaction might trigger the conflict for the story.

6.7B - The student is expected to analyze how the characters' internal and external responses develop the plot.

  • As characters move through the plot of a story, the author will reveal their thoughts and actions to the reader. This helps the reader understand the motivations of the characters and why they make the decisions they do which, in turn, advance the plot. For example, a main character’s emotional (internal) responses to certain memories might cause the main character to become angry and break someone else’s prized possession. This reaction might trigger the conflict for the story.
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Which answer did you pick for the question?

3. In what way do Brody's conversations with his friends help develop the story's plot?

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Why did you chose that answer?

Test Taking Tips

This question requires you to think about a character's internal and external responses to events in the story, and how those responses develop the plot.
  • Re-read the notes you took on your graphic organizer.
  • Re-read the conversations. Since they occur towards the beginning of the story, they will most like help the reader get to know the character better or emphasize the conflict.
  • Read the question and answer choices carefully. Look up any words you do not know. Write the words and their definition either on a scratch piece of paper or on the sticky note tool.
  • Use the process of elimination. Ask yourself why each answer choice is wrong. Use the strikethrough tool on those answers.
  • Remember, if one part of the answer choice is wrong, it makes the entire answer choice wrong.

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1 Brody stared out the kitchen window and heaved a sigh. His parents were traveling for business this weekend, and he was staying with his Uncle Stephen. Unfortunately, Uncle Stephen lived in a cabin in the countryside, 50 miles away from Brody's home in the bustling city. Restlessly Brody picked up the phone and called his friend Marisa.

2 "What are you doing today?" Brody asked.

3 "Our robotics team is meeting later," Marisa reported. "We're still trying to decide what kind of robot to design. I wish you were here with us—we could really use your help."

4 "Oh, I wish I were there too," Brody managed to respond before hearing Marisa's mom in the background.

5 "I need to go," Marisa said. "My mom wants me to clean my room now. Talk to you later." Marisa hung up the phone before Brody even had a chance to say goodbye.

6 Brody dialed his friend Jeffrey next, hoping to hear that at least someone was having a fun weekend.

7 "Playing basketball—too bad you aren't around," Jeffrey said when asked what he was doing.

8 "For sure," Brody agreed.

9 "Oh, the guys are here—I have to go," Jeffrey said, hanging up.
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Which answer should you have chosen?

3. In what way do Brody's conversations with his friends help develop the story's plot?

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What will you do differently next time?

After you submit, read the answer choice explanations. In your Reading Journal, write down why the answer choice you originally chose was wrong, and why the correct answer is right.