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Jessica was very excited. She had two birthday parties to attend in one day. Harriet was having a tea party for her 11th birthday, and James was having is 11th birthday at Shadowland, a laser tag place on the other side of town. “I will have to take a change of clothes,” Jessica told her mother. “I can’t possibly wear the same thing to both a tea party and a laser tag battle.” Jessica wore her pink dress to the tea party, which was held at Harriet’s house. There were half a dozen girls there. All of them wore pretty dresses except for Tanya, who wore shirts and a t‐shirt. “I didn’t know what to wear,” she said. “I have to play laser tag after this.” It was bright, and clean and very fancy. The dining room was decorated with balloons and streamers were draped from the candelabra over the table out to the corners of the room. There was tea, and a pile of tiny sandwiches cut into squares, diamonds and circles. There were sugar cookies dusted with sparkling pink sugar, and cupcakes with pink icing. This is all so pretty, Jessica thought. The girls ate lunch, and played some games, and then Harriet opened her presents. She said ooh, and ah at every one, and held each gift up for the other girls to see. “Thank you,” she said. “These are all so lovely.” When Jessica’s mom picked her up after Harriet’s party, she had already changed into her shorts. Harriet still had on her tea party dress. “Can we give Harriet and Tanya both a ride?” Jessica asked her mother. Her mother agreed. The girls laughed and sang songs all the way to Shadowland. Inside Shadowland it was dim and the music was playing loudly. The girls quickly found the rest of their friends with James, playing video games. Lights flashed and the games all made different sounds, chiming and clanging and dinging which, over top of the music, created a real cacophony. Soon their team was called to the arena to play. They were given the rules. Then Jessica put on her vest and tested her gun, and the game began! In the arena there was exciting music playing. It was dark, and Jessica could see the red beams of light in the air and on the walls as she and her friends “shot” at each other. She hid behind the barriers, darted from room to room, and up down ramps. All too soon their game was over. Everyone was famished. They piled back into the party room for pizza and soda. There brightly colored tablecloths on tables. James’ cake was shaped like a football. They each got a huge piece with a scoop of ice cream. James didn’t open his presents. His mother put them in a large bag and took them out to the car to open later. For the rest of the party Jessica, Tanya and Harriet played skee ball. “Well you had a big day!” Jessica’s mother said after they had dropped off the other girls and were on their way home. “Which party did you like the best?” “I don’ t know,” Jessica said. “They’re impossible to compare!” CCSS. RL.5.3 |© http://www.englishworksheetsland.com
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Compare and contrast the following from the story: What
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1. SETTING: the tea party and the laser tag party 2. EVENT: the tea party and the laser tag party 3. CHARACTERS: Harriet and James CCSS. RL.5.3 |© http://www.englishworksheetsland.com