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Delphine Runs the Welcome Booth: Showing Feelings in a Story

Grade 3 narrative writing: read a story about a girl who helps visitors at a town welcome booth, then study how dialogue, actions and thoughts show feelings.

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Aligned toW.3.3.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students tell apart dialogue, actions and thoughts in a story.
Students explain what dialogue, actions and thoughts show about how a character feels.
Students plan a scene that uses dialogue, an action and a thought to show a character's response.

How to use

Read the story aloud and pause to ask how Delphine feels and how the reader can tell. Students answer the questions on their own, then use the last two questions to start a short story of their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.3.3.b

Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop events or show how characters respond to situations.

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Delphine Runs the Welcome Booth: Showing Feelings in a Story

See how dialogue, actions and thoughts show how a character responds.

Read the story

Read the story. Notice what Delphine says, does and thinks.

The Welcome Booth

1Every summer Saturday, Delphine helped Grandma Anouk at the welcome booth on the town green. The little wooden booth had a big map on the wall and a basket of free postcards. Visitors stopped by to ask where to eat, where to park and what to see.

2That morning, the phone in the back room rang. "I'll be right back," Grandma Anouk said, and she hurried off to answer it. Delphine's stomach fluttered. What if someone asks me a question? she thought. She wiped her sweaty hands on her shorts.

3Just then, a tall man and a little boy walked up to the window. The boy was holding a crumpled paper map. "Excuse me," the man said. "We are looking for a place to eat lunch. Can you help us?"

4"Um, yes," Delphine said. Her voice came out squeaky. She turned to the big map and took a deep breath. Grandma always sends people to the sandwich shop on Marlow Street, she remembered. She traced the route with her finger. "Walk past the fountain and turn left at the bank. It's the blue door on the corner."

5The man let out a long breath and smiled. "Thank you so much," he said. The little boy waved as they walked away. Delphine sat up taller and grinned. I really did it, she thought.

6When Grandma Anouk came back, Delphine told her everything in one big rush. Grandma gave her a wink. "Sounds like the booth has a new helper," she said.

Each sentence is from the story. Is it dialogue, an action or a thought? Sort the sentences.

"Excuse me," the man said.She wiped her sweaty hands on her shorts.What if someone asks me a question? she thought.She traced the route with her finger.I really did it, she thought."Sounds like the booth has a new helper," she said.