SCENE TWO
By Don Abramson and Robert Kausal
SUMMARY
Ms. Keeler’s students are working on a skit
for the Founder’s Day talent show. Kerry
and Mitch can’t agree on the scenes should
be written and they argue. The other
students step in to help solve the problem.
The group cooperates and a skit gets
written.
STUDY SKILLS
Genre: Drama / Plays
Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions
Comprehension Strategy: Questioning
Comprehension Review Skill: Cause and Effect
Vocabulary: Affixes: Prefixes and Word Structure
GENRE: DRAMA/PLAYS
Drama/plays are stories written in such a way that it can
be acted out for an audience. It is usually structured into acts
and scenes. An act is a large division in the action of a play
and a scene is a smaller division of action within an act.
COMPREHENSION SKILL
DRAW CONCLUSIONS
Drawing conclusions means making decisions, judgments or
inferences about what we read.
If I were in the school cafeteria and I could smell bread,
tomatoes, and cheese, what conclusion might I draw?
The school is serving pizza for lunch.
COMPREHENSION STRATEGY:
QUESTIONING
Active readers ask and answer questions before, during and after
reading. When you ask a literal question, the answer can be found
in the text.
An interpretive question is answered by using other information
in the text to figure out an answer on your own.
An evaluative question is answered by making a judgment. You
will go beyond the text to answer the questions.
COMPREHENSION REVIEW:
CAUSE AND EFFECT
An effect is something that happens.
A cause explains why it happens.
Writing may include clue words such as because, in order to, so, and
as a result to link causes and effects.
If these words are missing, readers need to think about causeand-effect relationships on their own.
VOCABULARY STRATEGY
PREFIXES:
 dis- opposite of, not
non – not
 Like
 fiction
 Dislike
 Opposite of like
re- again
 Read
 Nonfiction
 Not fiction
dis+ honest
 Reread
 Dishonest
 Read again
 Not honest
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
 What can teams accomplish?
VOCABULARY – SAY IT!
Advice
Argument
Arrangements
Descendants
Dishonest
Script
Snag
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
Café
Teamwork
Menu
Practice
Cuisine
Examine
Customers
Founders
Strategy
Forebears
ADVICE:
1. recommendation about action
2. official information
ARGUMENT
1. Disagreement
2. Reason
3. Stated point of view
ARRANGEMENTS
something that has to be done so that something else can
happen in the future, or the making of such preparations
(often used in the plural)
DESCENDANTS
somebody or something related to ancestor
DISHONEST
meaning or meant to deceive, defraud, or trick
people
SCRIPT
the printed version of a stage play, movie screenplay,
or radio or television broadcast, including the words
to be spoken and often also technical directions
SNAG
a minor problem or obstacle to progress
CAFÉ
a small informal restaurant serving drinks,
snacks, and often light meals
MENU
a list of the dishes that can be ordered in a
restaurant or that are to be served at a formal
meal
CUISINE
the range of food prepared by a restaurant,
country, or person
CUSTOMERS
a person or company that buys goods or
services
STRATEGY
a carefully devised plan of action to achieve a goal,
or the art of developing or carrying out such a plan
• business strategy
TEAMWORK
a cooperative effort by a group or team
PRACTICE
to do something repeatedly in order to improve
performance in a sport, art, or hobby
• practices the piano daily
EXAMINE
to inspect or study somebody or something in
detail
• examine the scene for fingerprints
FOUNDERS
•
•
somebody who founds something
somebody who establishes an institution,
business, or organization
FOREBEARS
long-dead relatives
Teamwork won the
game.
Arnold looked at the
menu before ordering.
The doctor had to
examine the patient.
They ate at the little
outdoor café.
The restaurant had a
varied cuisine of
Chinese and American
food.
The customers were
waiting to be served.
Our forebears
would often hunt
for food.
You must practice if
you want to get
better.
In order to win, you
need a strategy.
The founders of
our nation signed
the Declaration of
Independence.
 morning
 partner
 forest
 storm
 garbage
 Florida
 form
 apartment
 alarm
 sport
 corner
 force
 story
 forward
 argue
 sharp
 backyard
 garden
 start
 Arkansas