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The Backpack in the Taxi

Read an original story about a taxi driver and a lost backpack, then tell how the beginning starts the story and how the ending wraps it up.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.5

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1 Common Core standard
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9 questions
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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 identify how the beginning of a story introduces the main character, setting and problem.
Students tell which events belong to the beginning and which belong to the ending of a story.
Students explain how a story's ending solves the problem and returns to where it began.

How to use

Read the story aloud, then have students reread paragraphs 1 and 4 before answering. Afterward, ask why the author sent Mr. Osei back to the same corner at the end.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.5

Describe the overall structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces it and how the ending concludes the action.

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The Backpack in the Taxi

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The Backpack in the Taxi

1Mr. Osei drove a yellow taxi in a busy city. Every morning, he started his day at the corner of Pine Street and Third Avenue. One morning, a girl named Ruby and her dad climbed in right there. Mr. Osei drove them to the toy store. After they hopped out, he spotted a green backpack on the seat. Ruby had left it behind!

2Mr. Osei drove back to the toy store, but Ruby and her dad were gone. Nobody inside knew where they lived. He set the backpack on the seat beside him. "I will keep it safe," he said.

3All day, the backpack rode around the city. Each time a rider climbed in, Mr. Osei asked, "Do you know a girl named Ruby?" Nobody did.

4At sunset, Mr. Osei drove back to the corner of Pine Street and Third Avenue, where his day had begun. There stood Ruby and her dad, waving. "We hoped you would come back here!" her dad called.

5Ruby hugged her backpack. She pulled out a drawing of a yellow taxi. "I drew this for you on our ride," she said. Mr. Osei smiled and taped it above his steering wheel.

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