Wings for the King by Anne Sroda
Unit 3 Story 1
Vocabulary: admiringly, permit, scoundrels, subject, and worthless
1. What Genre is “Wings for the King?
2. What is a play? A play tells a story but is written to be acted out for an audience.
3. What do you think the play is about just by the title?
4. Do the illustrations make you think this is real or fictitious?
5. What do you think the author’s purpose is for writing Wings for the King? How do you know?
6. When the King commands that someone make him wings, what effect does it have on the others?
7. What words would you use to describe the King?
8. Describe how this play is similar to and different from other plays you’ve read. Think about structure, characters, and plot.
9. How do the stage directions add to the play’s humor?
10. What does the Queen’s dialogue tell you about her personality?
11. (Compare & Contrast ● Inferential) What effect do you think the two failed inventions will have on the King?
12. (Context Clues) Use context clues to determine the meaning of skip when the king says, “Let’s just skip the fanfare.”
13. Predict: Why do you think Isaac Summerville brought books to the King? What do the books symbolize?
14. Author’s Purpose: Explain what you think the author’s purpose is when Isaac enters the scene carrying books? Could it be to express how exciting reading is; to show that reading is an adventure that takes the reader anywhere he or she wants to go?
15. Symbols can sometimes represent things for example, the American flag represents freedom. In this story, what do books represent?
16. The words subject and permit have multiple meanings. What are they?
17. The word page has multiple meanings. Using context clues, the word page on page 278 refers to what?
18. Text to self: Describe a time when you read something that took you on a journey to the “land of knowledge.”
19. Summarize or retell the play in 4 sentences.
20. Do you understand the story structure of the play?
21. What happens first, second, third?
22. Go through the Reader Response questions rereading the questions and answers.
Don’t forget to review vocabulary words and definitions.*