Uses a Somebody, But, So, Then, and Beginning, Middle, End.
Teaches the main lesson of the story.
Theme
When you notice the emotions of the characters, you notice...
Character's thoughts and feelings.
Explains in a drama what the characters or doing, or how they act.
Stage directions
This changes when the setting of the drama changes.
Scenes
When a character realizes something it is called
an aha moment.
When someone older or wiser gives you advice it is called...
Words of the wiser
When things keep coming up in a story over and over it is called...
Again and again
When a character in a story has to make a decision about something.
Tough question
Contrast and contradiction.
Why does the cat meow loudly in line 33?
She is hungry.
Agatha's role in this play is to-
Help Mrs. Watson remember that she fed Agatha when she got home yesterday, which helped her solve the problem.
You can tell that Carl has watched a lot of mysteries, because he....
Puts on a Sherlock Holmes- style hat, and starts asking questions about the book.
Why was it important the setting changes in scene 2?
The problem was at Mrs. Watson's house and not Carl's house.
What did Carl say to show that he knows Mrs. Watson?
Mrs. Watson? Its' me Carl.
The playwright included thunder and lightning in Scene 1 most likely to —
create suspense
How is Carl different from Mike?
A Carl is more honest.
B Carl is more fearful.
C Carl is more curious.
D Carl is more careless.
Carl is more curious.
Which of the props used in this play is needed for the resolution of the conflict?
The book
What did Mrs. Watson pay the boys with for helping her?
Cookies
You can tell by the way Mrs. Watson acts that she is ...
forgetful/ worried
Agatha’s meowing
This play is divided into two scenes because —
the setting changes between Scene 1 and Scene 2

Carl thinks that what Mike is saying isn’t important.
Which of these is the best summary of Scene 1?


In paragraph 8, the word reluctantly means —
A playfully
B impatiently
C admiringly
D unwillingly
unwillingly