1. The Ride Copyright © 2010 by Gamehinge
Molly couldn’t find her homework. She looked everywhere. Now she was going to be late.
Molly ran to the front door. The school bus was driving away. Now she might miss school.
Molly didn’t want to wake her mother. She had worked late last night. Anyway, the car had a flat tire.

2. Molly thought for a long time
Molly thought for a long time. Then she grabbed the phonebook and looked up Taxicabs in the yellow pages.
Molly found the number for Five Stars Taxicab Company. She picked up the phone and called the number.
Ten minutes later she heard a car horn beep outside her house. Soon Molly was on her way to school.

3. The taxi ride would cost money. She wondered how she would pay
The taxi ride would cost money. She wondered how she would pay. She decided to use her lunch money to pay the taxi driver.
Molly was late. But at least her mother wouldn’t be mad because she missed school.

4. Story Map
Title:
The Ride
Characters:
Molly
her mother
the taxi driver

5. Setting
Time:
Morning
Place:
home
taxi
school

6. Problem:
Molly misses the school bus.
Goal:
to find a way to get to school
Solution:
Molly takes a taxi.
She pays with her lunch money.

7. Events:
1. Molly misses her school bus.
2. She phones for a taxi.
3. She gets a taxi ride to school.
4. She pays with her lunch money.

8. How would Molly get home?
She would take the school bus just like she always did.

9. CAUSE and EFFECT
Cause: Molly was looking for her homework.
Effect:
She missed her school bus.
Cause: The car had a flat tire.
Her mom couldn’t drive her.

10. Cause: She called a taxi service.
Effect:
Soon a car horn beeped outside.
Cause: She paid the taxi driver with her lunch money.
Maybe she won’t be able to eat lunch.

11. Syntax everywhere homework Molly but find her couldn’t looked she
Molly looked everywhere, but she couldn’t find her homework.
late might bus school and school now miss she for her be
Now she might miss her school bus and be late for school.

12. looked driving the window bus when she away school Molly saw the out
When Molly looked out the window, she saw the school bus driving away.
quickly book taxicabs looked she telephone up big the in
She quickly looked up taxicabs in the big telephone book.

13. beeping house her car a loud horn soon was very outside
Soon a very loud car horn was beeping outside her house.
her riding school a yellow way in then was to Molly on taxi
Then Molly was riding in a yellow taxi on her way to school.

14. taxi world pay would in for but the ride she the how
But how in the world would she pay for the taxi ride?
with driver would lunch pay the she taxi money her gladly
She would gladly pay the taxi driver with her lunch money.