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King in the Kitchen
Unit 4 Week 3
Genre - Play
• A play is a story written to be performed. It has characters and events.
Vocabulary Strategy – Dictionary/Glossary
• You can use a dictionary or a glossary to find out the meaning of a word. A glossary is a part of a book. It lists important words and their meanings. A dictionary is its own book. It gives meanings of most of the words a language. The words in a dictionary or a glossary are listed in alphabetical order.
Comprehension Skill – Character and Setting
• Characters are the people in a story. You can learn about characters by noticing what they say and do, and by noticing how they interact with other characters.
• The setting is the time and place of a story.
What Character
Says
What Character
Does
How Character Interacts
Character
Comprehension Strategy – Monitor and Fix-up
• Good readers make sure they understand what they read. If they don’t, they may use text features to fix up the problem. A play’s text features can help you. For example, directions in parentheses tell you how a character should speak and act.
Vocabulary
DukeDungeonFuriouslyGeniusMajestyNoble
PeasantPorridge
Duke• A ruler; nobleman of the
highest title, ranking just below a prince
Dungeon
• A dark underground room or cell to hold prisoners
Furiously
• Powerfully; with unrestrained energy and speed
Genius
• Person having very great natural power of mind
Majesty• Beauty; title used in speaking to
or of a king, queen, emperor, etc.
Noble
• Grand; high or great by birth, rank, or title
Peasant• Worker; Farmer of the working
class in Europe, Asia, and Latin America
Which detail is the best clue that the king was probably a
harsh ruler?
• He sent the cook to cooking school• He sent the peasant to the dungeon• He gave the duke glue to eat
Why did the King have a contest?
• He wanted to find the best husband for his daughter
• He wanted a way to get the peasant out of trouble
• He wanted someone to identify what he had made
Why did the King think he could make a soup that would be better than the
cook’s soup?
• He believed that he could do anything he wanted to do
• He had read a recipe before going into the kitchen
• He had been to a special cooking school
What is the most likely reason the King wanted his daughter to marry the winner of his contest?
• He doubted the duke could take care of his daughter
• He believed only someone rich and royal could win
• He wanted his daughter to live happily ever after
What was the best proof that the king’s glue actually worked?
• The duke could not speak• The king began making more• The cook did not know what it was
Why did the duke choke on the king’s dish?
• The king slapped him on the back.• It was not finished cooking.• It was not good enough to eat.
How did the peasant show that he was the real genius in this selection?
• He made the king feel proud about the glue
• He delivered vegetables to the princess every day
• He tricked the duke into leaving the castle
How were the peasant and the duke alike in the way that they treated the
King?
• They both gave the King more praise than he probably deserved.
What is unusual about where the King will spend most of his time in the near
future?
• Kings do not usually spend most of their time in the kitchen.