1. Chang and the Bamboo Flute
Week 3

2. This Weeks Goal
I recognize a characters traits and actions to determine the characters motives.
3. This Weeks Goal
A characters motivesare the reasons the character acts as they do in the story.
4. This Weeks Goal
To help us find a characters motives, think about:
WHY did that person do what they did?
5. This Weeks Goal
To find a characters motives, think about the characters:
Traits
Thoughts
Words
Actions
6. This Weeks Goal
Sometimes we need to use clues in the story and our own knowledge to infer the characters motives.
7. This Weeks Goal
Lets try one together:
Remember, think about WHY did he or she do that?
8. This Weeks Goal
Doris looked longingly at the guitar in the window of the music shop.
9. This Weeks Goal
Her fathers guitar had been ruined in a fire.
10. This Weeks Goal
Dad seemed sad without it. Doris missed the sound of Dad softly strumming the guitar in the evenings.
11. This Weeks Goal
I wonder if I can work for exchange for a guitar? she thought.
12. This Weeks Goal
Doris entered the shop and shyly asked to speak with the owner.
13. This Weeks Goal
We need to find out her motives, or WHY Doris did these things.
Lets take a closer look at Doris to help us.
14. This Weeks Goal
Doriss Traits:
She was shy
She was thoughtful
15. This Weeks Goal
Doriss Actions:
Went to the guitar shop
Asked to speak with the guitar shop owner
16. This Weeks Goal
Think about her motives for going into the shop.
WHY did she go in?
Be ready to share your answer.
17. This Weeks Goal
Doris went into the shop to work for a new guitar for her dad.
18. This Weeks Goal
Now, think about another motive Doris may have had for getting the guitar.
19. This Weeks Goal
Other Motives
Doris also enjoyed and missed the guitar songs
She wanted to make her dad feel happier
20. This Weeks Vocabulary
In order to better understand this weeks story, we need to learn some new words.
21. Pried
To force something away from
another
22. Desperately
Wanting something very, very much
23. Sneered
Showing with words or
your face that you are upset at
someone
24. Indignantly
To show irritation because you
feel you have been insulted
or treated unfairly
25. Urgently
Something that is important and
must be done right away
26. Grudgingly
To say or do something without
really wanting to.
Ugh! I did not want to do that!
27. This Weeks Story
To turn the story Chang and the Bamboo Flute in StoryTown pg. 80.
28. This Weeks Story

Preview the text.

29. Find the genre of this story. 30. Make a prediction of what you think we will read.