Story Organizer for Thunder Rose
Author: Jerdine Nolen & Kadir Nelson
Name:_______________
Genre: Tall Tale
World Analysis: Greek and Latin Roots
Draw a line to match the root with its meaning.
Viv-
wheel
-struct
live
rot-
build
tele-
far
Drag the words with roots above to complete the following sentences:
teleconference
construction
Older telephones used a _______________ dial.
The colors in her jungle painting were extremely _________________.
rotary
vivid
The carpenters and welders arrived at the ___________________ site.
My dad doesn’t like the long drive to his city office, so he uses his computer to ____________.
For the following sentences, underline the CAUSE, highlight the EFFECT, and BOLD
the clue word(s).
• Rose’s parents were so happy to see their baby girl that they lifted their voices in song.
• Rose’s pa kept a pile of metal lying around because he noticed how skilled Rose was with it.
• When Rose hummed her little tune to the cantankerous steer, he became calm and as
playful as a kitten.
• Because the air was so dry and sour, the bulls began to get angry.
• When Rose hummed her song and squeezed the clouds, a gentle rain began to fall.
• Since Rose was not sure she could handle the two tornadoes, she unleashed the song in her
heart.
• After Rose sang her song of thunder, the tornadoes stopped their churning advance and a
drenching rain began to fall.
• Rose became famous far and wide because of her amazing abilities.
Draw a vertical line to separate the complete subject from the complete predicate.
Underline the simple subject(s) once and the simple predicate(s) twice.
Example: Mike and George stayed after school and helped the custodian.
A museum guide in Dallas told us all about Thunder Rose and her remarkable deeds.
The long, silvery, frozen trail of the comet lit up the midnight sky.
Have you ever walked any part of the Pacific Coast Trail?
My great-great-grandmother was a Cherokee Indian and walked the Trail of Tears.
She was the only one of her entire family to survive the trip.
From a dark corner of the hallway came the sound of rattling chains.
Identify the following as a fragment (F), a run-on (R), or a complete sentence (S).
Many of the students who completed all of their homework.
F
R
S
My little sister loves stories I told her the one about Thunder Rose.
F
R
S
She had never even heard of Thunder Rose.
F
R
S
What an unusual car.
F
R
S
I cheated I looked at your cards when you went into the kitchen.
F
R
S
In the far, far reaches of the beautiful, green valley.
F
R
S