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LESSON 9 - “THE QUEEN WHO CHANGED HER MIND”2Content Standard:Introduction toStudents:7.1: Use comprehension strategies (e.g., sequencing, predicting, drawing conclusions,comparing and contrasting, making inferences, determining main ideas, summarizing,recognizing literary devices, paraphrasing) in contextsThis question asks you to describe how the queen’s feelings change from the beginningto the end of the story. To do this, you need to think about the whole story. You needto think about how the queen feels in the beginning, the middle, and at the end of thestory. Then you can see how her feelings change. Once you do this, you might thinkabout the specific details in the passage that tell you that the queen’s feelings arechanging.When you write the answer to a question, be sure to answer the question completely. For this question, you needto do two things:• describe how the queen’s feelings changed• use details from the story to show how the queen’s feelings changedHow did the queen’s mood or feelings change from the beginning to the end of the passage? Useinformation from the passage to support your response.Sample Answer: At first the queen was greedy and selfish. Then she became upset by all the problems. At theend of the story, though, she was happy and more peaceful because she gave back land to the owners. Shedidn’t have as many problems.This answer describes how the queen’s feelings change (she goes from “greedy and selfish” to “overwhelmedand confused” to “happy and peaceful”). It also uses information from the passage to explain what happensto change the queen’s feelings (she gave the land back so she didn’t have as many problems).LEAPGrade 4 | Teachers GuideELA | READING AND RESPONDING22