Parts of a drama

Reader's theater texts are broken down into...

• Chapters

• Scenes

• Stanzas

What words describes a trickster?

• sneaky

• nice

• cheater

• funny

How do stage directions help the reader better understand the drama?

• They describe what the characters look like.

• They tell the words the reader is supposed to say.

• They describe the actions and feelings of the characters.

Which contains stage direction?

• Narrator 3: He runs away in fear.

• Beaver: (smiling) You are so clever!

• Leopard: I am the king of the jungle!

What does the word thrashing mean in the following sentence. The snake was thrashing in the pile of sticks.

• The snake was calmly moving.

• The snake wa tossing and turning fastly.

• The snake was sleeping.

Deer are beautiful creatures.

They are so graceful to watch as

they run through the forest.

It's hard to understand how anyone

could do anything

to harm these beautiful animals.

What is the author's perspective?

• The author likes to deer hunt.

• The author does not like to deer hunt.

• The author thinks there are too many deer.

• The author thinks deer are bad for the environment.

The author's point of view is the author's feeling, belief, or opinion about something.

• True

• False

• Yellow

I love to watch birds! It always amazes me

how they can build those nests! I like to leave

scraps of hair and yarn out for them to find.

They'll use these things and weave them into a

nest. Being a parent is a hard job, and the birds

can use all the help they can get.

What is the author's perspective?

• Humans should help birds build their nest.

• Birds are listening animals.

• Birds use lots of different things to build their nest.

What does the word devise mean?

• come up with

• explore

• eat

• clean

Which one shows stage direction?

• Anansi: (laughs with Aso) look at those fools.

• Anansi: I will spin my web.

• Narrator 1: They both look down and smile.