Two Bear Cubs
by Robert San Souci
Genre: Play - a story that can be performed for an audience
Reading Skill: Story Structure and Story Message
Strategy: Summarize
Essential Question: How do members of a community help each other?
Student Objectives:
Describe how each scene of a play builds on earlier scenes.
Recount or summarize the main action that occurs in each scene of a play.
Identify the lesson or moral taught using key details from the text.
Vocabulary
scolding: using harsh language to correct someone
greedily: in an excessive manner
ignored: refused to pay attention to someone or something
hesitation: doubt or uncertainty
burden: a load being carried
glancing: looking at something quickly
base: the lowest, bottom, or supporting part of something
console: to provide comfort to someone in distress
drowsy: almost asleep
heroic: brave