Interpersonal CommunicationResponse to Literature (RTL) 1

Objective: Students will identify and describe the setting and a character of a short story.

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vocabulary word: pinions

Our predictions of the definition of pinions

1. Find the definition in the footnotes of the short story, The Smallest Dragonboy, by Anne McCaffrey.

2. Once you define the word, write down the definition and use it in a sentence.

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Grammatical and Literary Forms we Will Use

• Helping verb: is• Story Hill plot elements• Adjectives to describe setting and

characters

Read AloudThe SMALLEST DRAGONBOY, by Anne McCaffrey

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Patterns for Prompts

1. Describe the setting of the short story, The Smallest Dragonboy, by Anne McCaffrey.

2. Who is the main character of The Smallest Dragonboy? How would you describe him?

Patterns for Responses1. The setting in the Smallest Dragonboy, by Anne

McCaffrey, is _________________ <student completes the sentence(s) with detailed descriptions>.

2. _____________ is the main character in the short story. He/she is (a) _________________<student completes the sentence(s) with detailed descriptions>.