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Before the Bus Leaves

Read an original play about a lost phone on a field trip, then cite evidence for direct statements and inferences.

Grade 6ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.6.1

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

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What students practice

Students cite dialogue and stage directions to support what a play states directly.
Students support inferences about characters with precise textual evidence.
Students distinguish supported conclusions from assumptions.

How to use

Read the play independently or assign speaking roles. Have students return to the numbered paragraphs for each evidence question, then explain their reasoning in writing.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.6.1

Cite evidence from the text to support what it says directly and what can be inferred from it.

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Before the Bus Leaves

Use dialogue and stage directions to support statements and inferences.

Read the Play

Read the dialogue and bracketed stage directions. Each numbered paragraph is one part of the scene.

Before the Bus Leaves

1[The visitor room of a weather station. Students gather after a field trip. Dalia pats her jacket pockets while Ren folds a station map. Their teacher, Ms. Bellamy, checks the class list.]
DALIA: My phone is gone. My brother expects a message when we leave.
MS. BELLAMY: The bus leaves in ten minutes. We have time to retrace your steps.

2REN: I'll call it.
DALIA: It won't ring. I silenced it before the tour.
[Ren takes a small blue rectangle from the table and slips it into his jacket.]
DALIA: My phone case is blue.
[She looks at Ren's pocket, then turns toward the windows.]

3MS. BELLAMY: Where do you remember using it?
DALIA: At the wind instruments outside. Then I came in and opened my lunch.
REN: Let's check the bench by the instrument display.
DALIA: You can stay here.
[Ren unfolds the map again but does not sit down.]

4[Ms. Bellamy returns from the doorway with a visitor log.]
MS. BELLAMY: The guide checked outside. Nothing there. Dalia, tell me what happened after lunch.
DALIA: Ren asked to see my pictures.
REN: You showed me the spinning cups on the wind instrument. Then you needed both hands to zip your lunch bag.

5DALIA: What did you put in your pocket?
[Ren pulls out a blue visitor badge with his name on it.]
REN: This. The clip broke.
[Dalia reaches toward the badge, then lets her hand fall.]
DALIA: Oh.
[Ren places the badge on the table without speaking.]

6MS. BELLAMY: Let's separate what we noticed from what we guessed. What happened when you zipped the bag?
DALIA: I put the phone on the bench. Beside the maps.
[Ren lifts a folded map from the bench, revealing the phone beneath it.]
REN: Found it.

7[Dalia takes the phone but keeps facing Ren.]
DALIA: I saw something blue and decided I knew what it was. I should have asked instead of treating you like you'd done something.
REN: You could have asked.
[He picks up his badge and hands Dalia the map.]

8DALIA: Want to choose a picture for the class report?
[Ren pauses, then moves beside her to look at the screen.]
REN: The spinning cups. That one's clear.
MS. BELLAMY: Bring the map, too. We can label what the instrument measures on the ride back.

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