Who tells the story and what the teller knows
Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
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The Window Seat (story)
[1] I sat by the bus window while our class traveled to the science museum, although the museum entrance was still several blocks beyond the crowded street. [2] I saw a long line of students waiting near the front entrance. [3] I worried that we would miss the first demonstration if we joined that line. [4] Our teacher pointed toward a second door beside the tall glass wall, which I could barely distinguish through the rain-speckled glass. [5] I could not see where that doorway led from my seat. [6] When the bus stopped, I followed the class along a quiet walkway, uncertain whether the second entrance would take us to the same room. [7] A guide welcomed us at the second door and checked our group list. [8] I felt relieved when the guide led us straight to the demonstration room. [9] The room had empty seats in front of a bright model of the moon, where a guide had arranged a demonstration for visiting classes. [10] I wondered whether the students at the main door would reach it in time. [11] I listened as the guide explained how a shadow crosses the model. [12] On the ride back, I told a classmate how different the trip felt from my first guess.
Ari reads the text. What does sentence [1] show about who tells the story?
- It names the bus seat where the teller sits.
- It places the teller inside the class trip.
- It suggests the teacher may be nearby on the bus.
- It places the teller outside the trip.
Esme reads the text. What does sentence [5] show about who tells the story?
- It suggests the doorway may be closed.
- It limits the teller to what was visible from the bus.
- It names a doorway the teller cannot see through.
- It gives the teller knowledge of the room beyond it.
Jun reads the text. What do [3] and [8] reveal through one narrator’s view?
- Together they suggest the other students may have worried too.
- Together they show two moments of the class trip.
- Together they let readers follow one student’s changing feelings.
- Together they hide the teller’s feelings from readers throughout the trip.
Luz reads the text. What do [10] and [12] reveal through one narrator’s view?
- Together they show students during the return ride.
- Together they suggest the other students may have had questions too.
- Together they tell exactly what the other students thought.
- Together they keep the other students’ experience unknown.
The Hidden Sketch (story)
[1] I kept a folded sketch in my notebook during art class. [2] I wanted to surprise our teacher with a drawing of the reading garden, because I had spent several afternoons observing its curved paths and flower beds. [3] My desk partner noticed the paper edge but did not ask to see it. [4] I thought the pencil lines looked uneven under the bright classroom light. [5] The teacher walked around the room while I tried to cover the page, and I tried to imagine what the teacher could see from there. [6] I could hear the teacher praise another student’s careful shading. [7] I wondered whether my drawing would seem unfinished beside that work. [8] At the end of class, I unfolded the sketch on the display table, after deciding that keeping it hidden would not help anyone understand the path. [9] The teacher pointed to the curved path and asked how I had planned it. [10] I explained that I had watched visitors turn near the flower beds. [11] The teacher said the bend helped the drawing show where people could walk, although I had expected a comment about my uneven pencil lines. [12] I put the sketch in my folder, still unsure what my desk partner thought.
Esme reads the text. What does sentence [1] show about who tells the story?
- It names the sketch the artist keeps.
- It makes the teacher the teller.
- It identifies the artist as the teller.
- It suggests the artist hopes to share the sketch.
Jun reads the text. What does sentence [4] show about who tells the story?
- It reveals the teacher’s private judgment.
- It suggests the artist may revise the drawing.
- It lets readers hear the artist’s private doubt.
- It points to how pencil lines look in the classroom light.
Kira reads the text. What does sentence [12] show about who tells the story?
- It reports the partner’s opinion as a fact the teller already knows.
- It shows the teller cannot enter another student’s thoughts.
- It names the artist putting the sketch in a folder.
- It suggests the partner may have a private opinion.
Luz reads the text. What do [7] and [11] reveal through one narrator’s view?
- Together they tell readers the teacher’s unspoken thoughts.
- Together they show the artist’s worry and the teacher’s response.
- Together they replace a guess with what the teacher actually says.
- Together they suggest the teacher planned the drawing.
Milo reads the text. What do [3] and [12] reveal through one narrator’s view?
- Together they reveal the partner’s exact judgment.
- Together they suggest the partner may comment on the sketch later.
- Together they keep the partner outside the teller’s private knowledge.
- Together they show two moments involving the desk partner.
Noah reads the text. What do [4] and [10] reveal through one narrator’s view?
- Together they contrast the artist’s private doubt with what the artist says aloud.
- Together they suggest the class may learn from the path drawing.
- Together they show uneven lines and an explanation of the path.
- Together they show that the artist stays silent when asked.
