Shared Read Writing Frames

Maria Celebrates Brazil

A. Use the Writing Frame to orally summarize the story.

In this story, the character Maria dances in .

In the beginning, Maria’s parents want her to

because .

Pai says the parade is important. It is a chance to

from Brazil. In the middle of the story,

Maria knows Pai . Maria and her group

. The end takes place

. Many people line the .

Maria and the other children are wearing their

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. They dance to . A woman

takes . Maria feels

to be in the parade. She is .

B. Use the Writing Frame to write the summary on another

sheet of paper. Include the signal words in bold as you
summarize the most important ideas and details.

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