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STAGE DIRECTION
Parts of a Play
Context Clues
Reading Between the Lines
Mystery
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The stage direction at the beginning of scene 1 help the reader... (Setting: Inside a bus used as a bookmobile---a traveling library---in Dallas, Texas neighborhood. Mrs. Nguyen sits at the checkout counter. Ileana steps inside and sets a heavy stack of books on the counter. ) A describe the characters B establish the setting C explain the plot D introduce the main problem
What is B establish the setting
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What do you call the person who wrote the play?
What is a playwright.
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What does assist mean? Everyone appreciates people who assist others to solve a problem.
What is help
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Which of the following lines best shows how Mr. Diaz is helpful? A. "What scheme are you kids cooking up now?" B. "What's pow-wow?" C. "So, you'd like a donation."
What is C. "So, you'd like a donation."
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What is a summary of the play?
What is... In a Dallas, Texas neighborhood, the local bookmobile (WOW) was going to close because of lack of money. Ileana and her friends came up with a plan to save WOW. At first, their car wash plan seemed like a failure but when a news reporter showed up, the story created a lot of buzz around community causing the car wash to be filled with cars. Local businesses and people also donated lots of money! WOW was saved!
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The stage directions at the end of the story help the reader by___ Setting: Parking lot of Diaz bakery. Kids, parents, and the camera operator are washing a long of cars. The W.O.W. bus lumbers into the parking lot. My Nguyen exits the bookmobile). A. establishing a setting B. introducing the main problem C. explaining how the problem was solved D. describing the characters.
What is C explaining how the problem was solved.
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What do you call the lines that the characters say in a play?
What is dialogue
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What does scheme mean in the following sentence? When a solution involves many steps, a scheme is helpful.
What is a plan
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What words on p. 98 describe what mutant chicken is to the reader?
What is " So my mom uses skewers to attach extra legs to a regular chicken."
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What did the characters learn in the story?
What is that kids' actions can inspire a community to do good things. or TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAMWORK
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The stage direction (She pulls envelopes from her pocket.) show the reader that A. The characters need to keep washing cars. B. The characters received a special note C. The characters' plan to save W.O.W. worked.
What is C. The characters' plan to save WOW worked.
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What is the narrator?
What is the person telling the story.
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What does speculated mean? The weather reporter has speculated that winter frosts are over.
What is predicted.
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What is the author's purpose of writing this drama?
What is to show in an entertaining way how young students can inspire positive change through teamwork and perseverance.
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The stage direction and character's lines suggest: Ileana: (Sarcastically) A whopping sixty-five dollars. A. She is excited about the money they earned washing cars. B. She is disappointed in the amount of money they earned washing cars.
What is B. She is disappointed in the amount of money they earned washing cars.
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What is the plot of the play?
What is the problem in the play.
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What does the word prior mean in the following sentence? Checking a map prior to a road trip can help you know where to go beforehand.
What is before.
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Why does Mrs. Nguyen suggest that it would take King Midas to save WOW at the beginning of the story? p. 97
What is because King Midas turns everything into gold and WOW needs more money to stay open.
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What event from the story helped their plan to save WOW work?
What is... when the news reporter interviewed the kids about WOW and the purpose of their car wash.