Braidy Memory Game
Purpose of this game is to have fun while reviewing Braidy terms and concepts. This is geared for second graders and up.
Cut out the story component words below and the matching examples. Glue each on to a separate index card.
To play the game, a player must match a story component word (i.e. character, setting, transition word(s), kick-off, plan, attempts, resolution) with an example of that story component.
Side Note: some examples may contain bolded words such as:
Brother Bear’s & Sister Bear’s room was a mess!
The bolded words are the targeted concept in that example. For this example SETTING was the targeted concept.
When a student gets a match, they put the pair of index cards in their pile. The student with the most pairs in their pile at the end of the game wins.
Just FYI…there are a lot of pairs listed here. It took me 30 minutes to go through 15 story component/example pairs with 8 students.
Have fun!
Bonnie Bear, 2010
SETTING Rake a heap up –
Run and leap up –
Fall is frisky –
So are we!
SETTING Down by an orchard of young
apple trees, the sunshine felt
hot, about 90 degrees.
CHARACTER The story of Joe might just well
explain what happens to numbers
when they must remain…
KICK OFF But suddenly her Highness was
angered to find, one tag-along bug
at the end of the line.
PLAN Hard-thinking Joe had the answer that
night…another bug line MUST make it
work right.
ATTEMPTS The bugs started first in rows of 2, then 3
then 4 and finally rows of 5 did not leave a
remainder of 1.
HO HUM Every year, Peter looks for the perfect
pumpkin.
KICK OFF Every year, Peter looks for the perfect
Pumpkin. Finally on a twining vine he
spies a pumpkin fat and fine!
PLAN Peter looks for the perfect pumpkin to
make the perfect jack-o-lantern. He
wants to win the contest this year.
RESOUTION Perfect pumpkins really do make
perfect jack-o-lanterns. Peter’s effort
to find the perfect pumpkin paid off
because he won the contest.
HO HUM From the outside, the Bear’s tree house
looked very neat and well kept.
CHARACTER Brother Bear & Sister Bear
SETTING Brother Bear’s & Sister Bear’s
room was a mess!
KICK OFF Brother Bear & Sister Bear were playing
cards one afternoon when Mama Bear
stormed into the cubs’ room with a big
box.
PLAN To organize and clean up the cubs’ room.
ATTEMPTS First Papa Bear made a large toy box and peg board while the cubs and Mama sorted toys, books, and games and put them into boxes that neatly fit into the closet. Finally every box was clearly labeled.
RESOLUTION It was a very big job cleaning up all that mess
But after a lot of straightening up and putting away the job was finally finished and the room looked great.
CHARACTER Once there was a cat who lived all alone.
HO HUM Every day he ate on his own, he slept on his own
And he spent every day alone.
KICK OFF One night everything changed. There was a terrible thunderstorm.
RESOLUTION Kitten and Cat became best of friends and Cat was never grumpy again.
PLAN Kitten set about to finding a friend.
ATTEMPTS first she followed him, then she tried to wiggle her tail under his nose, then she climbed a tall tree and hoped he would follow…
SETTING At night on the neighborhood roof tops….
CHARACTER slimy, young slugs in love
SETTING On Monday, while she grazed in the strawberry
patch, Herbie filled her mind…
PLAN Marylou decided to let Herbie know how she felt about him.
KICK OFF Marylou decided to let Herbie know how she felt about him. One day Marylou wrote a love poem on the watering can for Herbie to see….
ATTEMPTS On Monday she wrote a love poem on the watering can, on Tuesday she wrote on the farmer’s hoe, on Wednesday she wrote on the garden gate….
RESOLUTION Marylou’s poem left a trail for Herbie. He found her at last and they lived happily ever after.
KICK OFF Suddenly she realized…IT WAS GONE!
CHARACTER Once there was a big wide-mouthed frog with the biggest, widest mouth you ever did see.
HO HUM He would sit on his lily pad and croak loudly for all to hear.
KICK OFF But one day he decided to hop off his lily pad and see the world.
PLAN Big wide-mouthed frog wanted to learn about the world around him.
SETTING The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day.
HO HUM Too wet to go out and too cold to play ball. So we sat in the house. We did nothing at all. So all we could do was to sit, sit sit…
KICK OFF And then something went bump! How that bump made us jump!
CHARACTER The Cat in the Hat
PLAN The Cat wanted to have some fun.
ATTEMPTS The Cat balanced a cup, milk, cake, books and fish on a rake; he brought in Thing 1 and Thing 2 and watched all the fun the 2 Things could do…like fly a kite and try on Mom’s shoes…
RESOLUTION The children decided not to tell their Mother that the Cat in the Hat visited with Thing 1 and Thing 2. The house was clean so there was nothing left to do.
SETTING refers to ‘when’ and ‘where’ in the story
SETTING refers to ‘when’ and ‘where’ in the story
CHARACTER a trick to help describe is GLASS-E
- gender, looks, age, something special, emotion
CHARACTER a trick to help describe is GLASS-E
- gender, looks, age, something special, emotion
RESOLUTION means how was the problem solved (i.e. resolved) – it may be good or bad
RESOLUTION means how was the problem solved (i.e. resolved) – it may be good or bad
TRANSITION Suddenly…
WORD(S)
TRANSITION But then….
WORD(S)
TRANSITION To my surprise…
WORD(S)
TRANSITION Then without warning….
WORD(S)