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Writing Workshop 9 (continued)
My Notes
NARRATOR 4: Nirmala sighed and went out.
NARRATOR 2: After a while, she returned with a single sweet dumpling.
NARRATOR 3: Then she looked on as Sushil, moaning with delight, devoured every crumb.
SUSHIL: (makes loud sounds of enjoyment as he eats) ✶✶ ✶
NARRATOR 1: Now, it happened that all this was seen by Sakka, the King of Heaven, who was sitting on his marble throne in his thousand-mile-high palace.
SAKKA: (appalled, looking down to earth) Not in seventy-seven millennia have I ever seen such a miser! I will teach this fellow not to be so stingy.
NARRATOR 4: So the god waited till the next day, when Sushil left on his morning walk. Then he made himself look just like Sushil and came down to earth.
NARRATOR 2: Sakka walked into Sushil’s house as if he were Sushil himself.
NARRATOR 3: In Sushil’s own voice he told a servant,
SAKKA: (imitating Sushil) Run through the town and invite everyone you see. Today Sushil will share his wealth!
SERVANT: (excitedly bows and runs off)
NARRATOR 1: When Nirmala heard these words, she cried,
NIRMALA: Husband, can this be true? Heaven be praised for your change of heart!
NARRATOR 4: Then she helped him open the treasure house.
TOWNSPEOPLE (including WOMAN, MAN, BOY): (enter)
NARRATOR 2: Soon the people of the town arrived. The pretend Sushil told them,
SAKKA: Take what you will! And if anyone who looks like me tries to stop you, drive away the scoundrel!
MAN: Thanks to Lord Sushil!
WOMAN: The most generous man alive!
NARRATOR 3: They rushed into the treasure house and loaded themselves with gold, silver, diamonds, and pearls.
NARRATOR 1: Just then, the real Sushil came home.
After Reading
6. When you have finished reading, respond to the following questions about the script’s ideas, structure, and use of language in the spaces provided. Be prepared to discuss your answers with your classmates.
a. Ideas: Who are the major characters in this script, and what are they like? Provide specific examples from the text to show how the writer uses dialogue to develop the characters and tell the story.
The main characters include Sushil, a miser, his long-suffering wife Nirmala, and Sakka, King of Heaven. The characterization of Sushil is done both through narration (“Sushil was a miser”) and dialogue (“You will make a pauper of me!”) Characterization is also conveyed through other characters’ reactions (“Nirmala sighed”) as well as what they say about others (“Not in seventy-seven millennia have I ever seen such a miser!”).
4 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 6
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