3-46 PM
Thu Apr 30
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LITERARY TEXT: CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION
KEY QUESTIONS
1. CONFLICT: What is the narrator's
conflict?
My Furry Alarm Clock
It used to be really hard to get
me up in the morning. When my
alarm clock rang, I'd fling my arm
across the bed without realizing
it and turn off the alarm. Then,
unfortunately, I'd go right back to sleeping .
like a baby. My mom shook me and shouted
my name. But getting me to wake up was
like pulling teeth. Then I devised a plan. Now,
every morning my mom opens my door and
lets Jules, our puppy, into my room. Jules leaps
onto my bed and starts licking my face. There's
just no way to sleep through that!
2. RESOLUTION: How does he or she
resolve the conflict?
3. CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION:
Complete this sentence frame: In this
story, the conflict is
and the
resolution is
4. CONTEXT CLUES: What do you think
devised means?
I thought up
I shouted
O asked
5. S-T-R-E-T-C-H: A simile compares
two unlike things using the word like or
as. Roar like a lion is a simile. Can you
find two in this story? Use each in a new
sentence.
What is the narrators conflict