How a story plot builds

Grade 6 Reading Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   The Bell Choir (story)

   [1] Kira organized a small bell choir for the school assembly, a performance that would begin right after the welcome speech. [2] Kira wrote the ringing order on a large sheet of paper, so players could see the sequence from their seats. [3] Each player practiced one note while Kira pointed to the next number, without needing to memorize the whole musical pattern. [4] The group followed the chart and finished the first tune together, and everyone could hear how the notes fit together. [5] Before the assembly, a bell handle came loose during practice. [6] Kira saw that the missing note fell in the middle of the tune. [7] Kira tried giving that note to another player, but the player had no free hand. [8] Kira stopped the practice and studied the spaces between notes. [9] A classmate suggested singing the missing note instead of ringing it. [10] Kira marked the sung note on the chart and tried the tune again. [11] The choir performed with one clear sung note among the bells. [12] Kira saved the new chart until the loose handle could be fixed.

2. 1.

   Kira reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows the exposition: the opening music plan in sentences [1]–[2]?

   • players practice their notes → Kira helps finish the first tune
   • Kira writes a ringing order → Kira posts the order where players can see it
   • Kira writes a ringing order → Kira helps finish the first tune
   • Kira borrows another bell → Kira posts the order where players can see it
3. 2.

   Kira reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows the exposition: the first complete practice in sentences [3]–[4]?

   • Kira borrows another bell → Kira helps finish the first tune
   • players practice their notes → Kira posts the order where players can see it
   • Kira writes a ringing order → Kira posts the order where players can see it
   • players practice their notes → Kira helps finish the first tune
4. 3.

   Kira reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows the rising action: the attempt that cannot work in sentences [7]–[8]?

   • Kira borrows another bell → Kira pauses to study the chart
   • a bell handle comes loose → Kira sees a missing middle note
   • another player cannot add the note → Kira sees a missing middle note
   • another player cannot add the note → Kira pauses to study the chart
5. 4.

   Kira reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows the climax or turning point: the turning suggestion in sentences [9]–[10]?

   • a classmate suggests singing → Kira marks the sung note
   • a classmate suggests singing → Kira pauses to study the chart
   • another player cannot add the note → Kira pauses to study the chart
   • Kira borrows another bell → Kira marks the sung note
6. 5.

   Kira reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows the falling action and resolution: the assembly performance in sentences [11]–[12]?

   • Kira borrows another bell → Kira saves the changed chart
   • the choir performs the new tune → Kira saves the changed chart
   • the choir performs the new tune → Kira marks the sung note
   • a classmate suggests singing → Kira marks the sung note

7. The Garden Labels (story)

   [1] Noah helped label plants in the school garden, so visitors could learn the names while walking between rows. [2] Noah planned a small sign for each row of seedlings, using thick paper that would be easy to read. [3] The club wrote plant names and placed signs at the row ends, while Noah checked that each sign faced the path. [4] Noah checked the spelling and enjoyed the orderly garden, because the names matched the plants growing behind them. [5] After a windy night, two signs lay between the rows, after a sudden gust swept across the open beds. [6] Noah could not tell which young plants each sign named, since the small seedlings had not grown distinct leaves. [7] Noah first guessed from leaf color, but both rows looked alike, even after comparing both rows from several angles. [8] Noah stopped and checked the planting notes from last week, which listed exactly where the club had planted each kind. [9] The notes showed the row order and the date each seed was planted, making the written record more useful than a quick guess. [10] Noah set the signs in their correct rows and tied them down, so another gust could not move them easily. [11] Visitors could read the names beside the right plants again. [12] Noah added row numbers to the notes for the next windy day.

8. 6.

   Noah reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows the plan before the signs move in sentences [1]–[2]?

   • Noah asks a teacher to name each seedling → Noah chooses thick, easy-to-read paper
   • the club plants the signs → Noah sees an orderly garden
   • Noah plans row signs → Noah chooses thick, easy-to-read paper
   • Noah plans row signs → Noah sees an orderly garden
9. 7.

   Noah reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows why the wind creates confusion in sentences [5]–[6]?

   • the club plants the signs → Noah sees an orderly garden
   • wind moves two signs → Noah sees an orderly garden
   • wind moves two signs → Noah cannot match them to rows
   • Noah asks a teacher to name each seedling → Noah cannot match them to rows
10. 8.

    Noah reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows why looking at leaves does not settle it in sentences [7]–[8]?

    • Noah asks a teacher to name each seedling → Noah checks the planting notes
    • leaf color gives no answer → Noah checks the planting notes
    • wind moves two signs → Noah cannot match them to rows
    • leaf color gives no answer → Noah cannot match them to rows
11. 9.

    Noah reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows how written notes repair the mix-up in sentences [9]–[10]?

    • notes identify the rows → Noah secures the signs
    • notes identify the rows → Noah checks the planting notes
    • Noah asks a teacher to name each seedling → Noah secures the signs
    • leaf color gives no answer → Noah checks the planting notes
12. 10.

    Noah reads the story. Which event and response strip entry shows how row numbers prepare for later wind in sentences [11]–[12]?

    • visitors read correct labels → Noah adds row numbers to the notes
    • Noah asks a teacher to name each seedling → Noah adds row numbers to the notes
    • notes identify the rows → Noah secures the signs
    • visitors read correct labels → Noah secures the signs