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Waiting for the Northern Lights

Read an original short play about a family waiting to see the northern lights, then describe how Ana and Lev respond to the dark and the clouds.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.3

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 10 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students describe how characters in a play respond to a major challenge.
  • Students explain how a character's actions change from the start to the end of a play.
  • Students use lines from the play as evidence.

How to use

Assign parts and read the play aloud as a group, then have students reread it quietly before answering. Point out that the words in parentheses tell how the characters act.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.3

Describe how the characters in a story respond to its major events and challenges.

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Waiting for the Northern Lights

Describe how characters respond to a problem in a play.

Read the play

Lights Over Frost Hill

1A snowy hill far in the north. It is a cold, dark night. Papa, Ana, and her little brother, Lev, walk up the hill with a blanket.

2LEV: (holding Papa's hand tight) It is so dark up here. What was that sound?

3PAPA: Just the wind in the pine trees. Soon you will see the northern lights. They glow green across the sky.

4ANA: (looking up and groaning) Oh no! Gray clouds are covering the whole sky. Now we will not see a thing.

5PAPA: The lights only show when the sky is clear. We may have to wait.

6ANA: (stomping her boots) We came all this way for nothing! Let's just go home.

7LEV: (letting go of Papa's hand) Wait, Ana! We can make snow angels while the clouds move.

8ANA: (sighing) Fine. Just one. (She lies down and waves her arms in the snow.)

9Slowly, the wind pushes the clouds away.

10LEV: (pointing and cheering) Look! A green ribbon is dancing over the hill!

11ANA: (sitting up and whispering) It's beautiful. I almost went home. Thank you for helping me wait, Lev.

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