Ruby feels anxious at the beginning of the passage, peeking from behind the door and tiptoeing to her seat. In the middle, Ruby feels insecure when copying Angela and sad when Angela tells her not to copy. By the end, Ruby feels confident and thrilled, leading the class in dancing and hopping home with Angela.

1. Ruby the Copycat Descriptive Writing

2. How does Ruby feel about herselfat the beginning, middle, and end of the passage?Give at least two examples from the selection to support your answer.

3. FEELINGS http://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventory http://www.triptico.co.uk/resources/word_magnets/WordMagnets.html scared anxious worriednervous Secure, confident, thrilled, happy

4. BEGINNING How does she feel? ________________ First Example: Ruby is peeking from behind the door. Second Example: Ruby tiptoed to her seat

5. MIDDLE1. How does Ruby feel in the middle? 2 different feelings.2. First example: Ruby felt insecure when she copied Angela’s sweater and flower girl dress. Ruby did not think people would like her.3. Second example: Ruby was sad because Angela sent a note telling Ruby not to copy her. A big tear rolled down Ruby’s nose.

6. END1. How does Ruby feel? 2. First example:3. Second example:

7. How did Ruby feelabout herself at the END of the passage? Give at least two examples from the selection to support your answer. 1. At the end of the passage, Ruby felt confident and thrilled. She was finally confident that she could be herself and did not have to copy Angela. 2. The first example was when Ruby led the class dancing around the classroom. 3. The second example was when Ruby and Angela hopped home together.