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The Tiger Puzzle: A Play

Read an original two-scene play about a hidden puzzle piece. Explain a character's reasons and feelings and how his choices move the play along.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.3.3

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
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 a character's motivation and feelings using dialogue and stage directions.
Students explain how a character's choices cause the events of a play.

How to use

Assign parts and read the play aloud as a group, then have students answer on their own. Point out that the words in italics are stage directions that show how characters act and feel.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.3.3

Describe a character's traits, motivations, or feelings and explain how the character's actions move the sequence of events along.

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The Tiger Puzzle: A Play

Read a short play and think about why a character makes his choices.

Read the play

Read the play carefully. The words in italics tell what the characters do. Then answer the questions.

The Tiger Puzzle

1Characters: TEO; LILA, his cousin; ABUELA, their grandmother

2Scene 1. A rainy afternoon at Abuela's apartment. A big tiger puzzle is almost finished on the table.

3ABUELA: Look! Only four pieces are left. We have worked on this puzzle all week.

4TEO: Can I put in the last piece? I want everyone to know that I finished it.

5LILA: But we all worked on it together, Teo.

6Abuela and Lila go to the kitchen to make cocoa. Teo snaps in three pieces. Then he slips the last piece into his pocket.

7TEO: (whispering) Now nobody can finish it before me.

8Scene 2. A few minutes later. Abuela and Lila come back with three mugs of cocoa.

9LILA: Wait! There is a hole in the tiger's face. One piece is missing!

10ABUELA: (frowning) Oh no. Grandpa gave me this puzzle for my birthday. I hoped we could finish it today.

11Lila crawls under the table and peeks behind the chair legs. Abuela lifts every couch cushion and checks underneath. Teo's cheeks turn red, and he stares down at his socks.

12TEO: (quietly) Abuela, I have the piece. I hid it in my pocket because I wanted to be the one who finished. I'm sorry.

13ABUELA: Thank you for telling the truth, Teo. That took courage.

14TEO: (holding out the piece) Lila, will you put it in with me?

15Teo and Lila press the last piece into place together. Abuela claps, and the tiger's face is finally whole.

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