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4H | READING | The Run #1

Slide 1 - Diapositive

The Run #1 | by ReadWorks / Lynne Stahl

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Short Story Structure
Introduction
Rising Action / Conflict
Climax
Falling Action / Denouement
Resolution
Conclusion

Slide 3 - Diapositive

What news do Dennis and Mac hear on the radio while at the ranch?
A
There is a cattle farm that hires young men to work over the summer.
B
Thousands of people are running as fast as they can across the country.
C
There is a bad disease spreading among people.
D
Food is getting moldy on dinner plates because people are not staying at home.

Slide 4 - Quiz

What is the sequence of events at the beginning of this story?
A
The story begins after the disease has struck and then takes the reader back in time to a point before the disease.
B
The story begins before the disease has struck and then takes the reader forward in time to a point after the disease has ended.
C
The story begins as the disease is striking and then takes the reader back in time to a point before the disease.
D
The story begins as the disease is striking and then takes the reader two years into the future.

Slide 5 - Quiz

The Muskrat says that the disease is "real bad."
What evidence in the story supports his statement?
A
T.J. wants to go into town even though The Muskrat has advised people to stay in their homes.
B
After The Muskrat warns people about the disease, an old Earl Scruggs song comes on the radio.
C
The Greersons tell the boys not to worry, saying that the disease will end soon.
D
The disease is very contagious, and doctors have not been able to figure out a cure.

Slide 6 - Quiz

Why do Dennis and Mac decide to drive to the nearest big city?
A
They want to find a person.
B
They are running out of food and need more.
C
They see thousands of people running.
D
They both like being outdoors.

Slide 7 - Quiz

What is this story mainly about?
A
a married couple who own a ranch, the young men they hire to work for them one summer, and the music they listen to together
B
two young men, a mysterious disease, and what happens when they go out to explore after the disease hits
C
a radio DJ, the music he likes to play, and the effect that his song choices have on the people who listen to them
D
a long line of people running through a flat piece of pastureland and what happens when two young men see them.

Slide 8 - Quiz

Read the following sentence: "More and more people were getting sick. The symptoms were strange. People would become violently ill, then fall into a long, deep sleep."
What does the word symptoms mean?
A
fears of getting sick
B
signs of a disease
C
serious injuries
D
suggestions that doctors give to patients

Slide 9 - Quiz

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Dennis and Mac are frightened after leaving the ranch ________ the towns and cities they visit have no people in them.
A
although
B
as a result
C
because
D
however

Slide 10 - Quiz

What happens to people when they get sick with the disease described in the story?

Slide 11 - Question ouverte

What are the people Dennis and Mac see at the end of the story doing?

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

Is there a connection between the disease and the people Dennis and Mac see at the end of the story?
Explain why or why not, using evidence from the story.

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

4H | READING | The Run #1

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