1. Harcourt Journeys: Story Selection
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2. “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude”
Unit 2: Lesson 6
“Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude”
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3. Turn your Text Book to page 150.
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5. SET A PURPOSE

6. Good readers set a purpose based on what they know about genre and what they want to learn by reading.
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7. Preview the story. What genre do you think this story is? (Hint: See Pg. 150)
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8. This story is fairy tale
This story is fairy tale. A fairy tale is a story with magical things and characters.
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9. “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude” is a fairy tale about a motorcycle dude who is hired by the king to protect the last pony.
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10. One purpose for reading might be to find out if the motorcycle dude does in fact protect the last pony.
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12. Who is the narrator of the selection?
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13. The boy and girl both narrate the tale.
Answer:
The boy and girl both narrate the tale.
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14. Do you think this will affect how smoothly the story will flow? How so?
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15. Answer:
Yes, having them both narrate might not make the story flow as well. The girl says they have trouble agreeing.
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17. What is one way the narrators are alike?
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18. Answer: They couldn’t agree on a fairy tale.
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19. How is the boy’s choice for a horse’s name different from the girl’s choices?
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20. Answer:
The girl chooses names that are sweet and feminine; the boy prefers a more ordinary.
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21. How do you think their disagreements will affect the story?
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22. Answer:
The disagreements will probably lead to conflict; the disagreements may make the plot more interesting and more dramatic.
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24. What might cause the Princess to refuse to eat?
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25. She is sad because an evil giant is stealing her ponies.
Answer:
She is sad because an evil giant is stealing her ponies.
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STOP & THINK 7

27. What job were the princes hired to do?
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28. Answer:
To protect the ponies.
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29. Were they successful? Why?
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30. No, the giant returns to steal more ponies.
Answer:
No, the giant returns to steal more ponies.
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31. Why do you think the Princess spun straw into gold thread?
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32. Possible Answers:
She spun gold to pass the time; because she was upset; because it made her feel better.
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33. Why do you think the author changed the narrator at this point?
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34. To introduce new characters and plot twists.
Possible Answer:
To introduce new characters and plot twists.
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35. STOP & THINK: Hyperbole is a literary device authors use to exaggerate characters or events.
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36. STOP & THINK: Author’s use hyperbole to emphasize an idea or entertain the reader.
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37. STOP & THINK:
How is the Princess’ behavior so far in the story an example of hyperbole?
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38. STOP & THINK: She didn’t really cry all day, every day
STOP & THINK: She didn’t really cry all day, every day. That is an exaggeration.
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39. STOP & THINK: Why do you think the author included this?
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40. STOP & THINK: To emphasize or show how sad the Princess was that her ponies were being stolen.
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42. What clues does the author provide to tell you what the boy thinks of the Motorcycle Dude?
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43. Answers:
The boy calls him a “really cool muscle dude”; the boy is smiling; he pictures the dude as a hero who will save the pony and destroy the giant.
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45. Which of these things might be considered hideous: a deadly disease, a waterfall, an ogre, a butterfly, a horrible event?
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46. Answers: ogre horrible event deadly disease
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47. What is the setting in the girl’s story?
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48. Answer:
A castle on a hill
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49. What is the setting in the boy’s story?
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50. Answer:
The same….a castle on a hill
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51. Who is the main character in each story?
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52. Answers: Girl’s story - a helpless Princess Boy’s story - a cool
motorcycle dude
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54. Would you be surprised to see a tree exploding? Why or why not?
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55. Possible Answer: Yes, because trees do not normally explode.
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57. How does the boy try to convince readers that the Motorcycle Dude is the real hero of the fairy tale?
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58. Possible Answers:
He mentions the dude’s huge sword; he talks about the Earth shaking as the dude and giant do battle, and tells how the dude defeats the giant every night and how the Princess rewards him.
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59. How do the pictures of the girl tell you that the story is not over even though the boy says: “THE END?”
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60. Possible Answer:
The girl looks really surprised at first, then looks angry as she taps the boy on the shoulder.
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62. How does the girl try to persuade the reader that the Princess is the real heroine?
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63. Possible Answers:
She makes the princess sound strong by having her pump iron; she describes the princess as a warrior; the princess stands up to the dude.
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64. Which of the following could be described as immense: mountain ranges, your desk, telephones, oceans, cats, bees?
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65. Answers:
Mountain Ranges
Oceans
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67. Why do you think the girl has the princess go with the dude to rescue the ponies?
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68. Possible Answers:
She wants the princess to help rescue the ponies; she doesn’t want the dude to get all of the credit for rescuing the ponies.
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69. STOP & THINK

71. Projectable 6.3a
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74. Projectable 6.3 b
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77. Projectable 6.4
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81. How did you do?
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