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Burnt Toast Saturday: Who Tells the Story?

Read the same breakfast surprise told in first person by Mateo and in third person, then compare what each narrator can tell.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.4.6

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify first-person and third-person narration in two versions of a story.
Students compare what a first-person narrator and a third-person narrator can tell the reader.

How to use

Read Version A aloud, then have partners read Version B and list what they learned that Mateo could not tell before they answer the questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.4.6

Compare and contrast the points of view from which different stories are told, including first-person and third-person narration.

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Burnt Toast Saturday: Who Tells the Story?

Read one breakfast surprise told two ways.

Read both versions

Both versions tell about the same Saturday morning. Read them carefully.

Version A: Smoke Alarm Saturday

1On Saturday morning, I decided to surprise Dad with breakfast. He works late on Fridays, so I knew he would sleep in. I tiptoed into the kitchen and dropped two slices of bread into the toaster.

2While the toast cooked, I set the table with the good plates and poured two glasses of orange juice. I was so busy folding a paper napkin into a fan that I forgot all about the toaster.

3Then I smelled it. Gray smoke curled up from the toaster, and the smoke alarm began to shriek. My heart thumped. I flapped a dish towel at the ceiling, but the beeping kept going.

4Dad rushed in wearing only one slipper. I was sure he would be upset. Instead, he opened the window, looked at the black toast and laughed. "Well," he said, "now I'm definitely awake."

Version B: The Toast That Woke Everyone

1Mateo's dad was dreaming about a sunny beach when a loud beeping filled the house. He was sure something was wrong. He sat up so fast that he could find only one slipper, and he hurried down the hall.

2In the kitchen, Mateo stood under the smoke alarm, waving a towel. The air smelled like a campfire. He was afraid his surprise was ruined.

3Dad saw the table first: the good plates, two glasses of juice and a napkin folded into a lopsided fan. He understood right away that his son had been trying to do something kind. Then he noticed the burnt toast.

4Dad opened the window and laughed. "Well, now I'm definitely awake," he said. Mateo let out a long breath. Together they made a new batch of toast, and this time Mateo stood right beside the toaster.

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