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One Wheel at a Time: Narrator, Situation and Sequence

Read a story about learning to ride a unicycle, study how it introduces the narrator and situation, order its events and plan a story opening.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.4.3.a

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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
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 a story introduces its narrator, characters and situation.
Students put story events in an order that unfolds naturally.
Students plan a story opening and a sequence of events of their own.

How to use

Read the story together and point out where the narrator and situation are introduced, then let students answer the questions and plan their own story.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.4.3.a

Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator or characters, and organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

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One Wheel at a Time: Narrator, Situation and Sequence

See how a story opens and moves forward in order.

Read the story

Read the story. Notice how it begins and how the events move forward.

The Wobbly Wheel

1My name is Lena Okafor, and until last spring I had never ridden anything with fewer than two wheels. Then my uncle Desmond cleaned out his garage. Behind a stack of old paint cans, he found a dusty unicycle with a bright red seat.

2"I rode this every day when I was your age," he said, giving the wheel a spin. "Want to learn?" I stared at the single tire. It looked like half a bicycle that had lost its way. I was not sure anyone could balance on something so small. But I nodded anyway.

3On the first afternoon, Uncle Desmond had me sit on the seat while I held on to the fence along our driveway. Each time I let go, the wheel shot forward, and I landed on my feet behind it. I fell off eleven times before dinner. My knees were scraped, but Uncle Desmond told me that every rider falls at first.

4The next week, he showed me a trick. "Look at the end of the driveway, not at your feet," he said. "Your body follows your eyes." I tried it. I picked a spot on the mailbox and kept my eyes on it. I let go of the fence, pushed the pedal and rolled three whole wheel turns before I hopped off.

5By the end of the month, I could ride from the fence to the mailbox without stopping. My arms waved like a windmill, and my legs ached, but I was riding. Uncle Desmond clapped so loudly that our neighbor, Mrs. Ruiz, came outside to see what was happening. "Next," I told them both, "I want to learn to ride backward."

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