Transcript Unit 2 Lesson 6 Story Selection Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude

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Story Selection
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Unit 2: Lesson 6
“Once Upon a Cool
Motorcycle Dude”
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Turn your Text Book to
page 150.
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SET A
PURPOSE
Good readers set a
purpose based on what
they know about genre
and what they want to
learn by reading.
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Preview the story. What
genre do you think this
story is? (Hint: See Pg. 150)
Answer
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This story is fairy tale. A
fairy tale is a story with
magical things and
characters.
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“Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle
Dude” is a fairy tale about a
motorcycle dude who is hired
by the king to protect the last
pony.
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One purpose for reading
might be to find out if the
motorcycle dude does in
fact protect the last pony.
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Who is the narrator of the
selection?
Answer
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Answer:
The boy and girl both
narrate the tale.
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Do you think this will affect
how smoothly the story
will flow? How so?
Answer
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Answer:
Yes, having them both
narrate might not make the
story flow as well. The girl
says they have trouble
agreeing.
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3
What is one way the narrators
are alike?
Answer
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Answer:
They couldn’t agree on a
fairy tale.
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How is the boy’s choice for a
horse’s name different from
the girl’s choices?
Answer
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Answer:
The girl chooses names that
are sweet and feminine; the
boy prefers a more ordinary.
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How do you think their
disagreements will affect
the story?
Answer
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Answer:
The disagreements will
probably lead to conflict; the
disagreements may make the
plot more interesting and
more dramatic.
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4
What might cause the
Princess to refuse to eat?
Answer
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Answer:
She is sad because an evil
giant is stealing her ponies.
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6
STOP &
THINK
7
What job were the princes
hired to do?
Answer
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Answer:
To protect the ponies.
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Were they successful? Why?
Answer
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Answer:
No, the giant returns to steal
more ponies.
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Why do you think the
Princess spun straw into
gold thread?
Answer
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Possible Answers:
She spun gold to pass the
time; because she was
upset; because it made her
feel better.
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Why do you think the
author changed the
narrator at this point?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
To introduce new
characters and plot twists.
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STOP & THINK:
Hyperbole is a literary device
authors use to exaggerate
characters or events.
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STOP & THINK:
Author’s use hyperbole to
emphasize an idea or
entertain the reader.
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STOP & THINK:
How is the Princess’ behavior
so far in the story an example
of hyperbole?
Answer
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STOP & THINK:
She didn’t really cry all day,
every day. That is an
exaggeration.
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STOP & THINK:
Why do you think the
author included this?
Answer
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STOP & THINK:
To emphasize or show how
sad the Princess was that
her ponies were being
stolen.
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8
What clues does the author
provide to tell you what the
boy thinks of the Motorcycle
Dude?
Answer
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Answers:
The boy calls him a “really cool
muscle dude”; the boy is
smiling; he pictures the dude
as a hero who will save the
pony and destroy the giant.
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10
Which of these things might be
considered hideous: a deadly
disease, a waterfall, an ogre, a
butterfly, a horrible event?
Answer
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Answers:
 deadly disease
ogre
 horrible event
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What is the setting in the girl’s
story?
Answer
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Answer:
A castle on a hill
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What is the setting in the boy’s
story?
Answer
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Answer:
The same….a castle on a hill
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Who is the main character in
each story?
Answer
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Answers:
 Girl’s story - a helpless
Princess
 Boy’s story - a cool
motorcycle dude
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11
Would you be surprised to
see a tree exploding? Why
or why not?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Yes, because trees do not
normally explode.
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13
How does the boy try to
convince readers that the
Motorcycle Dude is the real
hero of the fairy tale?
Answer
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Possible Answers:
He mentions the dude’s huge sword;
he talks about the Earth shaking as
the dude and giant do battle, and
tells how the dude defeats the giant
every night and how the Princess
rewards him.
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How do the pictures of the girl
tell you that the story is not
over even though the boy says:
“THE END?”
Answer
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Possible Answer:
The girl looks really surprised
at first, then looks angry as she
taps the boy on the shoulder.
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15
How does the girl try to
persuade the reader that the
Princess is the real heroine?
Answer
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Possible Answers:
She makes the princess sound
strong by having her pump iron;
she describes the princess as a
warrior; the princess stands up
to the dude.
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Which of the following could
be described as immense:
mountain ranges, your desk,
telephones, oceans, cats,
bees?
Answer
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Answers:
 Mountain Ranges
 Oceans
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16
Why do you think the girl has
the princess go with the dude
to rescue the ponies?
Answer
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Possible Answers:
She wants the princess to help
rescue the ponies; she doesn’t
want the dude to get all of the
credit for rescuing the ponies.
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STOP &
THINK
Projectable 6.3a
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Projectable 6.3 b
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Projectable 6.4
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How did you do?
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