Connect Reading and Writing

Vocabulary

argument

complaint

damage

furious

inevitable

mercy

pleaded

relented

Critical Thinking

  • 1. SUM IT UP Review the notes you took as you read. Use them to make a Cause-and-Effect Chain about the story events.

    Cause-and-Effect Chain

    Cause-and-Effect Chain

  • 2. Explain Why does the shopkeeper relent and give the farmer what is fair?

  • 3. Compare How are characters in “The Clever Magistrate” like those in “The Clever Old Woman”?

  • 4. Generalize In both the folk tales and the poem, arguments take place. Are arguments an inevitable part of people’s lives? Explain.

Reading Fluency

Expression Read the passage on page 652 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

  • 1. I read

    • a. great

    • b. OK

    • c. not very well

  • 2. What I did best in my reading was ____.

Reading Strategy

Determine Importance

Show a partner the notes you took to help you summarize. Tell why those details are important.

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

My older sister and I got into an ______ when she accidentally drove over my bike. When I saw the _____ this caused, I felt ______. She ______ with me to be fair. After all, I had left the bike lying in the garage, hidden behind the car. So it was ______ that someone would drive over it. I felt sorry about making a ______, so I ______. Out of kindness and ______, my sister replaced the wheel.

Written Review Write a diary entry to tell how you feel about arguments. Use four vocabulary words.

Illustration of the pen icon Write About the Guiding Question

Explore Fairness Write as the shopkeeper or the farmer in “The Clever Magistrate.” Judge if the magistrate was fair when he settled each complaint. Support your judgment with examples from the text.