VOCABULARY
Technician – a person who does skilled work with specific equipment
Pallet – a bed-like platform
Reminisce – to remember things that happened in the past
Emphatic – forceful
Conscientious – careful
STORY MAP For “Fine?”
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Author’s Purpose: Entertain
Setting: Time - present day
Place - hospital
Point of View: Third Person limited (to Bailey)
Characters:
Plot:
Resolution: she finds out it was just a migraine
Theme: FEAR
Technician – a person who does skilled work with specific equipment
Pallet – a bed-like platform
Reminisce – to remember things that happened in the past
Emphatic – forceful
Conscientious – careful
STORY MAP For “Fine?”
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Author’s Purpose: Entertain
Setting: Time - present day
Place - hospital
Point of View: Third Person limited (to Bailey)
Characters:
- Bailey
- her mom
- MRI technician
- doctor, aide, EKG technician
- Mable, Allison
Plot:
- She’s at the hospital; thinks she’s dying (brain tumor?)
- She has an MRI; has to stay overnight for more tests
- Gets put in a room with Mable (not pediatrics); mom has to leave
- Gets an EKG; hurts
- Climax: when Bailey realizes that she wants to be normal; “Ordinary never looked so good.”
Resolution: she finds out it was just a migraine
Theme: FEAR