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Rafi's Mime Club Diary

Read an original diary by a chatty boy who joins Mime Club. Describe his traits, feelings and reasons, and explain how his actions move events along.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.3.3

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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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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 traits, motivations and feelings using details from a diary story.
Students explain how a character's actions lead to later events in a story.

How to use

Explain that a mime acts out a story without talking, then read the diary together. Students answer on their own; discuss the last question as a class.

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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Rafi's Mime Club Diary

Read a boy's diary and see how his choices change his week.

Read the diary

Rafi wrote in his diary during one busy week. Read his entries carefully. Then answer the questions.

Rafi's Mime Club Diary

1Monday. My big sister, Dina, says I talk more than a parrot. Today she made me a deal. If I can stay silent for a whole mime show, she will give me her dessert for a week. So I signed up for Mime Club. Mimes act out stories without saying a single word.

2Wednesday. Mime is harder than it looks! Ms. Boateng showed us how to pretend we are stuck inside a glass box. I pressed my hands on the walls that weren't there, but I kept giggling and saying, "Look at me!" Ms. Boateng smiled and put a finger to her lips. "Rafi, your face has plenty to say," she told me. "Let your face and hands do the talking."

3Thursday. Tonight I practiced in front of the bathroom mirror for an hour, using only my face and hands. I pulled an invisible rope and climbed an invisible ladder. Dina knocked and asked what I was doing in there. I didn't answer her. Not one word!

4Saturday. The show was today. In the middle of our act, the music suddenly stopped. Everyone froze. I almost shouted, "Somebody fix it!" Instead, I pretended to hold a big invisible radio and give it a shake. Then I turned its invisible crank, faster and faster. The audience laughed and clapped. Soon Ms. Boateng got the real music playing again, and our act went on.

5Sunday. Dina gave me her dessert at lunch today, just like she promised. "You didn't say one word on that stage," she said. "And you made everyone laugh." I wanted to tell her all about it, but I just grinned and took a bow right there in the kitchen.

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