Name______Per. ______Date______
Fill out the following chart using information from the story “What of This Goldfish Would You Wish”.
Character / Yonatan / What does this mean?(inferences you can make) / Sergei / What does this mean?
(inferences you can make) / Goldfish / What does this mean?
(inferences you can make)
What does the character Say?
How does the character act?
What does the character think?
How does the character interact with others?
Using the information from your chart, briefly write a paragraph for one character explaining what is motivating them. Be sure to use actual details from the story to support your ideas.
Character______
What motivates this character?______
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What details from the story helped you to understand this?______
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How do these details help to prove your point? Connect your evidence to your conclusion about their motivations. Ex. If I draw the conclusion that Mike is motivated by his desire not to be punished and my evidence was that he didn’t clean his room until his mom threatened to take away his phone, I need to point out that because Steve didn’t take action until he was faced with negative consequences by an outside source he is obviously not motivated by his own desires, but by punishments. ______
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Now using the title and author, write a paragraph about the character and their motivations, using evidence from the questions above. ______
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