Language and Grammar: Retell a Story

Group Talk With a group, make a plan for retelling “The Three Chicharrones.” Decide which details to include and who will retell each part. Then do the retelling. Use correct forms of be and have in your story.

Papá tells the three Chicharrones that it is time to go into the big world. Two of the pigs don’t understand why they need to leave.

Writing and Grammar: Write About a Folk Tale

Study the Models When you write about stories and folk tales you have read, write clear and complete sentences so your reader will understand what you have to say. Remember that a complete sentence has both a subject and a predicate that go together.

Brer Rabbit is a character from folk tales.

Brer Rabbit is a character from folk tales.

Not Ok

Folk tales are fictional stories that often have children and animals in them. The animals have human traits—they talk and act like humans. Some animals is evil like the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood.” Other animals are clever like the rabbit in the “Brer Rabbit” tales. No matter what the animals are like, each folk tale have a lesson to teach.

The reader thinks: “This isn’t very clear. Is it one animal or some animals?”

Ok

Folk tales are fictional stories that often have children and animals in them. The animals have human traits—they talk and act like humans. Some animals are evil like the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood.” Other animals are clever like the rabbit in the “Brer Rabbit” tales. No matter what the animals are like, each folk tale has a lesson to teach.

The subjects and verbs go together. Now the sentences are clear.

Add Sentences Think of two sentences to add to the OK model above. Use complete sentences. Make subjects and verbs agree, or go together.

Illustration of the pen icon WRITE ON YOUR OWN Write about a favorite folk tale or other story that you know. Use forms of be and have in some of your sentences. Check your subjects and verbs to be sure they agree.

Remember

Use the form of the verb that goes with your subject.

Forms of BeForms of Have
I + amhe
she + has
it
he
she + is
it		I
you + have
we
they
we
you + are
they