“Amigo Brothers” ends without revealing the winner of the final boxing match. One way for students to demonstrate an understanding of story elements is to create a three-frame extended ending to the story. The ending should be consistent with the story’s message, the plot events, and characters’ established personalities. Students can also use text bubbles to practice writing dialogue. For each frame, have students depict the scene and narrate it in the box below, using proper grammar and transitions.
Students who are unfamiliar with the way boxing matches are scored may find some helpful information about scoring here.
After the fight, both boys left without waiting for the final result. They congratulated each other and went home to clean up and get some rest. The next morning, the boys read about the fight in the local paper. Felix won the match, 30-29. Felix would be moving on to the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament. When Felix and Antonio met that afternoon, there were no hard feelings between them. For them, it was just another day at the gym.
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that extends the story of "Amigo Brothers" based on inferences and predictions.
Lead students on a discussion that delves into what is known in the story. Include story elements like plot and conflict, and what has already taken place in the story.
Pay careful attention to the way characters have previously reacted when faced with certain experiences in the story. Past character behavior is a good indicator of future behavior.
Assist students in taking what they know about the characters and predicting how they think the characters will react in the story based on what has transpired and who they are.
In order to predict, students need to take information from the story and synthesize it so they can decide what might happen next. Nothing is stated outright, but rather is implied. In order to predict, students need to dive into the implications and make an educated guess about what might happen next.
The act of illustrating can help students learn, and if they have to describe the illustration then they are getting all of the tools together that they need to make an accurate prediction. A hands-on activity like a storyboard aids in student thinking and higher level skills like predicting.