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A Phone, Two Choices

Compare an original play and story about phones lost on field trips, analyzing how dialogue, actions, and narration develop a shared theme.

Grade 6ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.6.9

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
ELA
Question types
Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students compare how a play and a story develop a shared theme through different character choices.
  • Students analyze how dialogue, stage directions, and narration reveal responsibility.
  • Students support comparisons between literary forms with evidence from both texts.

How to use

Assign roles for the play, then have students read the story independently. Ask students to support their comparisons with details from both texts.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.6.9

Compare how texts in different forms or genres, such as poems and stories or fantasy and historical fiction, handle similar themes.

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A Phone, Two Choices

Compare how a play and a story develop a shared theme.

Read the Play

Read Text A. Brackets contain stage directions that describe actions or the setting.

Text A: The Empty Pocket

1[A planetarium lobby. Students gather beside their teacher, Ms. Vale, after a field trip. Soren pats his jacket pockets, then opens his backpack. His partner, Imani, holds two permission slips.]
IMANI: The bus is here. Ready?
SOREN: Almost. My phone was right here.

2IMANI: When did you last use it?
SOREN: At the gravity exhibit. I took a picture after Ms. Vale told us to put our phones away.
IMANI: Then tell her where to look.
SOREN: And explain why it was out?

3[Ms. Vale checks names on a clipboard. Soren pulls his empty pocket inside out. Imani shifts the slips from one hand to the other.]
SOREN: Maybe I can say I left my jacket there.
IMANI: You're wearing it.
SOREN: I could just check quickly.
IMANI: Without telling anyone where you went?

4MS. VALE: Partners, stay together while I count.
[Soren steps toward the exhibit doorway, stops, and returns to the group.]
SOREN: Ms. Vale, I used my phone when I wasn't supposed to. I think I left it at the gravity exhibit.
MS. VALE: Thank you for telling me. Stay here while I call the desk.

5[Ms. Vale speaks into her radio. Imani sits beside Soren on a bench.]
SOREN: Everyone's waiting because of me.
IMANI: They'd wait longer if we were looking for you, too.
SOREN: I thought telling her would be the worst part.

6[An attendant arrives with the phone. Soren describes its cracked green case before the attendant hands it over.]
MS. VALE: We'll discuss the phone rule tomorrow.
SOREN: I know. I'm sorry I held everyone up.
[He switches off the phone and zips it inside his backpack. Outside, the bus door folds open.]

1.
Which statement best describes Soren's main conflict in the play?
  • A. He wants Imani to search, but she wants to board the bus.
  • B. He needs adult help, but he fears admitting that he broke a rule.
  • C. He wants to keep his phone, but the attendant questions its ownership.
  • D. He needs more time, but his teacher refuses to delay the group.
2.
Which line from the play most directly supports the answer to question 1?
  • A. IMANI: The bus is here. Ready?
  • B. MS. VALE: Partners, stay together while I count.
  • C. SOREN: Everyone's waiting because of me.
  • D. SOREN: And explain why it was out?

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