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    Bricks ° Readins with Reading Skills What Ben Can Do Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies Reading Skill Main Idea and Supporting Details My New Best Friend Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Social Studies Reading Skill Places and Events Get Chubby to the Tub ‘calistic Fiction / Social Studies Fiction Reading Skill Sequence of Events How to Take a Bath Nonfiction: Informational Story / Social Studies Reading Skill Organizing Details The Odd Race Nonfiction: Fairy Tale / Physical Education Reading Skill Compare and Contrast My First Race Fic in: Realistic Fiction / Physical Education Reading Skill Understanding Feelings 12 18 4 30 36 & Kitten Stories The Story of Miss Moppet 42 Fiction: Fairy Tale / Social Studies Reading Skill Visual Imagination Why Dogs Chase Cats 48 Fiction: Fairy Tale/ Social Studies Reading Still Contrasting Characters aD Rain, Rain, Rain Wet Walk 44 Fiction: Realistic Fiction / Science Reading Skill Cause and Feelings Questions about Weather 60 ‘Nonfiction: Informational Story / Science Reading Skill Giving Titles, a Enjoy Cartoons! Calvin and Hobbes 66 Fiction Cartoon / Social Studies Reading Skill Inforring Personality Famous Cartoon Character: Garfield 12 Nonfletion: Informational Story / Social Stu Skill Making a Prediction Based on Characters A Unit 1. New Family 8 What Ben Can Do 1 My brother Ben is a ten-month-old boy. He can’t walk. He can’t talk. But he can do many things. Do you know what Ben can do? Ben can go walking with us. He can ride in a stroller. He watches many things with his eyes open. He takes a nap with his eyes closed Ben can express his feelings. He cries when he is hungry or unhappy. He laughs when he is full or happy. He frowns when he gocs number two. Ben can fly in the air. He plays with Dad. Dad lifts him up. Ben controls Dad. Dad is a plane. Ben is a pilot. Ben can make a mural. He draws pictures on the walls. He uses crayons and lipstick Nobody knows what the pictures mean. He is an artist. Ben can make asong. He plays the piano. He makes songs. He does not look at the notes. He is a pianist and a = composer. Ben can keep my secrets. He just listens to them. He never tells them to anyone. When I broke the window, Ben did not tell Mom. He is an honest baby. And he can be my best friend. Ben % is only ten months old. But he can do many things. Dre U a tL hel) A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. nap a fact that is not told to anyone else 2. express to say or show what a person thinks 3. feeling a picture painted on a wall 4. frown : someone who makes music 5. liftup an emotion such as love and anger 6mural a short sleep 7. composer not lying or cheating in one’s friendships 8 secret to bring upward; raise 9. honest to winkle the face to show unhappiness B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. Heisa . He wrote great songs. pilot © policeman ©nap @® composer 2. Our class is making a on the wall. It will be a great picture. ® pet ® song ©mural @ friend 3. Shh... Don’t say it to anyone. Please keep my * @ food @® friend Osecret @ stroller 4, Are you okay? I want to know your ‘ @ feeling © saying © sleeping @ listening 5. He never tells a lie. He is an man. @ honest ® ugly © angry @old Ce eure eu a ae) A. Check True or False. 1. Ben plays with Dad. 2. Ben frowns when he is happy. B. Choose the best answers. 1. Who is telling the story? @ Ben's brother Ben’s mother 2. What is the story mainly about’? @eclassmates © brother’s baby 3. What can Ben not do? @makeasong talk 4. What is true about the story? @ Ben can fly a plane. © Ben is a baby. C. Write the best answers. 1. How old is Ben? AO-months eld oT OF OT @F @Ben’s father @ Ben @©Ben @ school ®keep secrets @ draw pictures ® Ben has no friend, @ Ben can run. 2. What does Ben use when he makes a mural? croyon: Reading Swill Up Main Idea and Supporting Details Astory is about a main idea. Supporting details tell many things about the main idea. Choose and write what Ben can do. cep my seuets + lift Dad up + express his feelings * make a mural walk talk ‘fly in the air = make a song * look at the notes ‘*keep my secrets take notes © break a window * control a pilot Story Summary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. brother can do ten many months My Ben is only er months old, but he on so u things. Be ce cal Write or say your own opinions. @ What is number two in the story? © Ben can't walk. But he can go walking with his family. How does this make sense? I get up. I go to the kitchen. Only Grandma is there “Where are Mom and Dad?” Grandma smiles and answers, “Oh, my girl. Do you know you will have a new best friend soon?” “No. I have no idea.” I already have many friends: Karen, Boe, Noa, and my classmates. I don’t need more friends. I just miss my mom and dad! I have breakfast and I go to school. After school, I find my grandma at school. She is waiting for me in the car. My mom is supposed to be here. What's going on? Unit 1. New Family ‘Cynthia, let’s go to the hospital,” says Grandma. “No, I don’t want to go to hospital! I am perfectly okay,” I cry out. Grandma says, “Calm down, baby. You will see your new best friend.” = She starts driving, " When I get to the hospital, I see my My dad and grandma go toa room. I follow them. There is a bed in the = room. My mom is in the bed. “Are you okay? You look exhausted,” I say. My mom says, “I am fantastic, dear.” Llook around the room. My best friend Karen is not there. Karen is at her home! = I find something cute and small with my mom. “What is it? It’s so cute and small,” Task my mom. My mom says, = “It’s your new best friend. Cynthia, she is your baby sister.” i “Is she my baby sister? I like her!” I say. “| will love my best friend forever. Hey, little girl, I am your sister. Nice 10 meet you.” . And I kiss my baby sister. A. . Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. get uy to stay to see something or someone get up y is 2. classmates for all time; always 3. need “ * to want 4. miss = * to want to see S.waitfor + * to come or go after 6. follow * very preity 7.cute + to wake up; get out of bed 8. forever * students who are in the same class 1.1 don’t more food. Iam full. @ miss (need © drink @ hate 2. Nancy will you here. She wants to see you. @®come from ask for © wait for @ goto 3. Linda is a good mother. She will love her son now and @ never @ forever © only @ really 4, [want to see my mom and dad. I my parents. @like © get Omiss @ ask 5. The dog @ missed me to the house. © needed © looked @ followed Comprehension Check. Uj A. Check True or False. 1. Cynthia does not have Mom and Dad. 2. Cynthia’s grandmother can drive a car, 8B. Choose the best answers. 1, What is not true about the story? @ Grandma knows what’s happening. (6) The girl is a student. @ Mom is sick. @ Dad goes with mom. 2, Who usually picks Cynthia up? @ Grandma ® Mom © Dad @ baby sister 3. How does the baby look? Choose two answers. @ small @Ouall ©eute @ beautiful 4. How does Cynthia think at the end of the story? @® ‘Iwill love my sister for all time.’ @® ‘I will love my mom more.” © ‘like to have more classmates” @ “My best friend is Boe.” C. Write the best answers. 1, What are the names of Cynthia’s friends? or 2. Where are the mom and baby? Pet) seo) Places and Events Events happen in specific places. You can understand the event of the story by the places. Where the events happen in the story? Choose and fill out the chart. home hospital = Cynthia gets up. ‘we * Cynthia kisses her baby sister, * Cynthia cannot find mom and dad.”": * Cynthia sees her mom and a cute baby. * Grandmother is waiting for Cynthia.» They go off to the hospital. : Story Summary Up Complete the summaty by filling in the blanks. baby forever grandma hospital new sister ‘One day, Cynthia can not see her mom and dad. Her__9° = just tells her she will have a__© best friend. After school, Cynthia goes to ae" to see her mom and dad. There is a with them. The baby is her new best friend. Cynthia says she will love her * fweer Bur Race Write or say your own opinions. @ Who was the new best friend? @ How does Cynthia's feeling change? Unit 2. Bath Get Chubby to the Tul Uh, oh. Look at Chubby. He is wet and dirty. Oh, dear, he stinks. What did he do? Where did he play? I can’t stand him! Okay! Let’s give Chubby a bath! I cannot do it by myself because he hates having a bath, Help me get Chubby to the tub. Mom and Steve, Ineed your help. In order to wash Chubby, we need a tub, soap, and a hose. Thank you! Let’s get ready! Excellent! A tub, soap, and a hose are ready. Come here, my silly sweetie, Chubby, and I will give you a big bone for your supper. I know you will love the big bone. Come on! My silly sweetie, Chubby, get in the tub. We will rub. We will scrub. We will get you clean. Gorgeous! My silly sweetie, you will look very handsome. You won't = stink anymore. All other dogs in the town will like you. Oh, dear! Where is he going? Chubby is gone. Chase fat, stupid Chubby! He is running away. = Oh, no! Wet Chubby is rolling in the mud. I get him but Chubby gets Steve gets him but Chubby gets away! Mom gets him but Chubby s away again! We are rolling in the mud. Finally I get him. Oh, my! Look at us. All of us are wet and muddy. We need a hot bath. Let's get in the tub together! Neola eT Re) A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. stink + alone 2. stand + any of the hard parts inside a human or an animal 3. by myself prepared for doing something 4. ready dinner 5. bone to give off a bad smell 6. supper to move somewhere by turning over and over 7.run away to leave or escape from a place or person 8.roll to bear difficult things 9, muddy covered by mud |. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. Give the dog a and he will be your friend. @ bone bun © boon @ bark 2. Uh, oh. I played in the park on a wet day, and I got @ nervous ® mad @© muddy @ clean 3. It’s time to start the race. Let's ! © goto bed @ get ready © eat supper @ get muddy 4. Chubby is wet and dirty, and he Z @ stinks ® eats ©mubs @ hates is the last meal of the day. ® Breakfast © Brunch @ Lunch @ Supper Ce uur eur cae) A. Check True or False. 1. The boy in the story likes Chubby’s smell. oT GF 2. Chubby likes having a bath. oT oF B. Choose the best answers. 1, What is Chubby? @ a fat boy @®a friend @adog bone v What do they do to get Chubby clean? @ roll in the mud @rubandserub ©needabath — @chase Chubby 3. What does Chubby do when the bath is ready? @ It runs away. @® It loves his bath. © It eats a bone. @ It plays with other dogs. s What is true about the story? @ Chubby loves to take a bath. @® Chubby is thin. ®They will take a bath together, @ Chubby smells good. C. Write the best answers. 1. Who helps the writer give a bath to Chubby? 2. What does the writer need in order to give a bath to Chubby? Reading Skill Up Sequence of Events Sequence of events is the order of a story. You can understand a story better in the order. What happens in the story? Put the events in the right order. 4* The boy wants to give @ bath to Chubby. The boy needs help. * Chubby comes into the tub. * The boy's mother gets him. °* Chubby is gone and is rolling in the mud. * The boy, his brother, and mother will take a bath. 2 The boy, his brother, and mother get ready. 8 PSrersw. Story Summary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. bath Chubby dirty hates hot tub ‘Chebby is wet and He needs a bath. But he__°"" to havea bath_I start getting in the tub with my brother and mom. But Chubby sens out of the sib . He makes a mess and we get dirty. We need a together. Be omg Write or say your own opinions. © Is Chubby female or male? How do you know? + ® Ifyou had to give a bath to Chubby, what would you do? -. How to Take a Bath Taking a bath is an important job. When I take a bath, I wash my body. What about you? This is how I take a bath. v I fill the bathtub with water. | use not too much and not too little. The water is warm. It is not hot, and it is not cold. | dissolve bath soap in the tub. | like a bubble bath. ¥ | take off my clothes. | put my clothes in the laundry basket. ¥ | feel cold. Quickly | step into the bathtub. ¥ Now | wash my body. First | wash my face. Then | wash my hands and my arms. Next | wash my legs and my feet. | wash between my toes too! My mom washes my back because | cannot reach my back. | wash my stomach and my chest. ¥ Then | wash my hair. | shampoo my hair. | close my eyes tight. Then | rinse it off three times. When | am clean, | step out of the bathtub, | dry my body and hair with a towel | put my pajamas on. Finally | empty the tub and clean the bathroom. ‘eel clean and healthy when I take a bath, And after taking a bath, Ican Save a sound sleep. I like to take a bath Vocabulary Build Up A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1, important 2. fill 3. dissolve 4. take off 5. laundry 6. reach 7. put on 8. empty B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. to remove everything from inside something to mix something completely with liquid the dirty clothes which need to be washed to make or become full to remove something, especially clothes to dress in to touch necessary or of great value 1. You have to your shoes at home. @ take off ® wash off © tum off @ take over 2. The King is ac person in the country. @ important © healthy 3. Fredrick climbed the mountain to @ empty @ reach 4, The trash can is full. ® Dissolve @® Reach © correct @ clean the top. @ dissolve sugar in warm water. @ Puton @ Dissolve Pe uu Reta eo) A. Check True or False. 1. The writer uses much water when she takes a bath. OT &F 2. The writer washes her back by herself. B. Choose the best answers. 1. What is the story about? @ how to clean a bathroom ® how to dry wet hair © how to fill a bathtub @ how to take a bath . What does ‘take a bath’ mean in the story?” ® swim in the pool ©® put on pajamas © step into the bathroom @ wash the body 3. When do ‘I’ get out of a bathtub? after shampooing my hair @® when putting pajamas on © after cleaning the tub @ after washing my body 4. Which of the following is true? Tclean my chest after washing my hair. ‘The water in the tub is neither cold nor hot, I take out the laundry basket after a bath. ® Luse a dryer after a towel. C. Write the best answers. 1. How does the writer feel when she takes a bath? 9:0 2, How many times does the writer rinse off her hair? Cee) mel) Organizing Details The details support main ideas. You can understand main ideas better by organizing details. Read the main ideas and write details supporting them. WET CCS Sat | prepare for the bath. I start to take a bath. Hinish my bath. | get out of the bathtub. +1 dry my body and hair. | put my pajamas on. *1 take off my clothes. + | wash my face. +I wash my hands, arms, legs, and feet. + I clean the bathroom. +1 wash my hair. * I go into the bathtub. 41 fil the bathtub. Sfory Summary Up ‘Gemplete the summary by filling in the blanks. "bath bathtub clean clean how mom pajamas step towel is very important. This is_b°~” Ltake a bath. 1 fill =e with water. I take off my clothes and step into the ‘Sehtub. I wash my body. Sometimes my helps me. Then I wash my Sek When Tam 0 . I dry my body with a and put my : on. Finally I ae the bathroom. Bee ‘Write or say your own opinions. ® Whatisa seep sound sleep? seo ~ ® The writer likes a bubble bath. What is your bathing style? Unit 3. My Race “Ready, set, go!” Rabbit and Turtle started to run Rabbit went up the first hill. The turtle with a cap started crawling Slowly. Rabbit was so fast. Turtle could not see her. Rabbit could not see Turtle either. Then the turtle hid behind the bushes, Rabbit got to the top of the first hill. She saw Turtle. The turtle with a cap was ahead of her, “Oh!” said Rabbit. She ran faster to the valley. She passed the turtle with the cap. Rabbit was so fast. Turtle could not see her. The turtle hid behind the bushes, Rabbit got to the valley floor. There was the turtle ahead of her again. The turtle looked slow, Rabbit ran and ran. She left Turtle far behind. Sut every time she got to a hilltop or a valley, Shere was Turtle again with the cap. That was very odd. Rabbit wanted to win the race. So she ran fast and passed the turtle with the cap. Finally, Rabbit turned the last corner. She early got to the finish line. She ran as fast as he could. ied Rabbit, There was Turtle again. as sitting behind the finish line. He was sailing. That was really odd! Rabbit had always won before. But this time, Turtle won the race! Rabbit was puzzled. turtle with the cap smiled and four other s with caps laughed at Rabbit behind the Bushes. Vocabulary Build Up A. Match the words to the correct definitions. Lecrawl » strange 2. hide x > almost 3. behind * at or to the back of someone or something 4. ahead * before; in front 5. pass * wo go oa place where others cannot see you 6.0dd confused because you don’t understand something 7.win to go past something or someone 8.nearly + to move slowly along the ground on the hands and knees 9. puzzled * to come first in a game . Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. L amin a car. The car goes fast. I many trees and buildings. @ hide ® win © smile @ pass .. Kelly was a fast runner, She always ran @ ahead of © above © within . My team the game. We are happy. ® crawled ® laughed © passed |. We played hide and seck. Ben a trashcan. ® waited for @& hid behind won, ) hid with 5. Tyson wears an hat, He looks funny. ahead @ odd eeu Reus eel} Check True or False. 1. The turtles wore T OF 2. Rabbit won the race. OT @F | © Choose the best answers. | 1. What is not true about the story? ® Rabbit was not fast. ® Turlle was not stupid. | Rabbit and Turtle had a race. @ The turtles won. 2. Where did the turtle hide? ® behind bushes © under the tree © in the well @ near the stream 3. Where did Rabbit and Turtle not go? ) valleys © finish line © hilltops @ waterfalls 4. Why did Rabbit say, “Oh!”? @ She was happy. (& She was puzzled. © She was excited. @ She was sick. ©. Write the best answers. 1. What did Rabbit want? +s win 2. How many turtles were there in the race? 5 OTT Tene) Compare and Contrast You can find the similarities and differences between things in a story by comparing and contrasting. Write about Rabbit and Turtle. What is different and what is the same? had 010K wari) > io wanting fillyp ad volky fast + slow + wanted towin + ran alone *lost shadarace + won had friends swore acep +smile *cried ‘* went to a hilltop and valley Sea he) ‘Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. behind caps odd race Turtle Reddit and Turtle hada Rabbit was fast and passed Turtle many Gmes. But _ tr won. That was really oes - Turtle and his friends with laughed the bushes. Bul mela Write or say your own opinions. ® How could Turtle win? And why did the turtles laugh at the end of the story? ® Do you think that Turtle did a right thing? My First Race My dad woke me and my twin brother up. He whispered, “James and John, today is a sports day.” I knew today was the sports day of our church and I was going to be ina race. [did not want to get up. I was sleepy. My twin brother, John jumped out of bed. He got ready to go in a hurry. I slowly got ready. I wanted to sleep more. My family and I went to Central Park. I found the kid’s short distance race table, We got our race numbers there. I pinned the number on the back of my shirt, My number was 101 and my brother's was 100. I did not like the number. I wanted to go back to bed. It was time to line up at the start. My brother asked, “Are you nervous?” “About what?” asked. He said, “About losing.” It did not matter to me who won or lost. I was going to run very slowly, like a turtle. I did not want to race. “Ready, set, go!” The runners began running. I went slowly. The other kids passed me. Unit 8. My Raco jason bumped into me. He laughed at me and stuck his tongue out. This made me mad. I wanted to catch him. I started running fast. I forgot about going slowly like a turtle. Soon I was running like a rabbit. I was passing Jason and other kids. There was no one ahead of me. My heart was beating. I ran to the finish line. It was like a dream. My dad and mom ran up to me mm their excitement. “James, you were so fast! You took only 13 seconds!” Isaw Jason. I smiled at him. ic looked the other way. “The winner of kid’s short distance race is James Brown.” My name was called. I got a trophy. After that day I wanted to keep racing. Vocabulary Build Up A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. whisper to speak ina soft, low tone 2. hurry to say something in a loud voice 3. distance worried and anxious 4. nervous to hit your body or car against something 5. bump into the amount of space between two places 6. stick out to pound; thump Te catch a condition of moving very quickly 8. beat to stop someone or something that is moving to make part of your body come forward ». call . prea from the rest of your body |. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. .. Gill is very before taking a test. She has wet hands. @ mad @® nervous leepy 1 Amy. I saidfher, “Tam sorry.” @ passed behind @ looked after © got to @® bumped into 3. A policeman ran after the man. The policeman wanted to him, ® pass catch 2 mis @ lose 4. Ben got up late. He ran to school in a(n) © excitement © whisper @ catch Comprehension Check Up & Check True or False. 1. James got up very quickly tp 2. The winner of the race got a medal. © Choose the best answers. ® He did not care about racing. © He wanted to win. 2. Why did James start to run fast? © John was a fast runner, ©) James's father shouted, 3. What might James do after the race? He will get up late. He will be a friend to Jason, 4. What is not true about the story? ® John and James are twin sis © James got a trophy, © Write the best answers. 1. What number did James get? 2. What did James want to do when he saw Jason? Unit 3. My Race oT OT OF 1. What did James think about racing in the morning? © He liked to jog. @ He wanted to do better than Jason. ® James did not want to run like aturtle. @ Jason made James mad, ©/He will keep racing. @ He will have a rabbit. e g i 3 a z E 3 EOC ee) Understanding Feelings Awriter’s feeling can change in a story. You can understand the story better by understanding his or her feelings. Write the sentences that show the changes of James's feelings. Sequence | Feeling Eten iecu cues In the morning During the race *He did notwantto race.» He slowly got up. 2 He wanted to catch Jason. +I gid not matter to him who won or lst. (5 + He started running fast. + He did not like the number, 101. 2 * Winning was like a dream. —_* He smiled at Jason. 1B +Ho wanted to keep racing. _* He was sleepy. § * He was running like a rabbit. * His heart was beating. plete the summary by filling in the blanks. Semped keep mad racing run turtle did not want to _ He ran slowly like a__wile at But Jason __boxpd into James and he made fun of James, That made mes run fast because James was __° - Finally James won the race and Wanted to tel le or say your own opinions, ‘n Jumped out of bed. He got ready to go in a hurry. What can you infer from sentences? How long did it take you to finish a 100m race? How did you fee! then? Unit 4. Kitten Stories THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET This is Miss Moppet. Miss Moppet is a cat. es oo She has heard a mouse! She wants to catch it cto This is the Mouse. He wants to make fun of Miss Moppet. Miss Moppet finds the Mouse. She is going to jump to the Mouse. Miss Moppet jumps too late. She misses the Mouse and hits her own head. It is a very very hard cupboard! The Mouse watches Miss Moppet. It is on the top of the cupboard, She holds her head with hands. He thinks she is looking very ill. Miss Moppet ties up her head in a duster, and waits for the Mouse to come. The Mouse peeps out from behind the cupboard. = The Mouse comes sliding down. Miss Moppet looks worse. The Mouse comes a little nearer. Miss Moppet holds her poor head in her paws. She looks at him through a hole in the duster. The Mouse comes VERY close. And suddenly Miss Moppet jumps on the Mouse! The Mouse has teased Miss Moppet. Miss Moppet thinks she will tease the Mouse. She ties him up in the duster. She tossed the Mouse about like a ball. But she forgot about the hole in the duster. When she unties the duster, there is no Mouse! He has wiggled out and run away. He is dancing a jig on the top of the cupboard! Urey Ue DC Meo) A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. make fun of * to throw lightly; fly 2. miss . to move easily along a surface 3. tie up the foot of an animal with four legs 4. slide not far way Spaw |, (0 fasten something together using string, rope or something similar 6. close to not catch something 7. tease to make a joke about someone to laugh at someone or say unkind 8.1085 oss things about them . Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. Ms. Wang ___ the box with a blue ribbon. @ tossed @ tied up © missed @® moved 2. Don't me. [am not your toy. @tell © dance to © hear @ tease 3, Wendy is on the top of the hill with her sled. She will the hill. @ look at ® goup @ slide down @ climb 4, a ball to Dan. He will shoot. @ Toss @® Guess, © Look around = @ Jump on 5, Cats do not have hands, They have ® paws ® slides 5 @ purrs eT ur Ren ae) A. Check True or False. 1. Miss Moppet likes the Mouse very much. oT @F 2. The Mouse can dance a jig. aT OF B. Choose the best answers. 1. Why does the Mouse think Miss Moppet is ill? @ She holds her head. @ She has a runny nose. © She has bad food. @ She has a cold. 2. Which word is similar in meaning to the underlined word? The Mouse comes VERY close. @ far © near © under @up 3. Why does Miss Moppet want to tease the Mouse? @ The mouse is her friend. ® The mouse likes to be teased. © The mouse has teased her. @ The mouse enjoys a ball game. 4, Why is the Mouse not in the duster? @ The duster has a hole. ® The duster hides the Mouse. © The Mouse dances a jig. @ The cupboard is close. C. Write the best answers. 1. Where is the Mouse in the beginning of the story? 2, What is the Mouse doing at the end of the story? so"9 © boo em) Visual Imagination You can visualize the story events and characters. Visual imagination helps you understand and remember the story more vividly. Make the cartoon of the story. Draw pictures and add speech balloons. Eide pled al | a eas Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. away behind close duster ill mouse runs Miss Moppet is a cat, She finds a__» ed the cupboard. She tries to catch the Mouse but fails. She looks itl - When the Mouse comes doe, to Miss Moppet, she ties the mouse up in the___cvsier . But the Mouse sone omy and dances a jig. stn east NK and Act Out Write or say your own opinions. © Why does the Mouse come close to Miss Moppet? sieht she we king wy © Do you know any other story of a cat and a mouse? sendy tleefoy Long, long ago, Dog and Cat were a couple. Dog worked hard for his wife. They were happy together. But every night Cat said, “I am too sick. [ cannot make you any dinner.” Cat did nothing and lay on the couch when Dog made dinner, Dog was very kind. He understood Cat and worried about Cat because he loved her. Dog was tired after a day’s hard work. But Cat just stayed home all day long. When Dog came back home, Cat lay on the couch and waited for Dog to make dinner. He soon got sick of making dinner, Unit 4, Kitten Stories: 2 One day, Dog said to Cat, “Honey, I am going to work. Take care.” But instead, he hid in the cupboard and watched Cat. He wondered if she really was sick. As soon as Cat thought Dog had left, she started playing games with Kitten. They laughed and ran about. Cat wasn’t the least bit sick. She was a liar! Suddenly, Dog jumped out of the cupboard. When Cat saw him, she put amarble in her mouth and pretended to be sick. She said to Dog, “[ have a toothache.” She was a liar! » Dog got so mad at her. He started chasing her around and around the house. Ever since that time, dogs have chased cats. Sore Vou Cela m elo) A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. couch * * someone who tells lies | 2.understand —* * very angry or annoyed | B.getsickof — * Se asofa 4. liar : + tobe tired, disgusted, or upset | 5. marble . + runafter 6. pretend . + toactina false way in order to trick | T.mad . + to know how someone feels 8. chase . * avery small ball made of colored glass B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1.Tam baseball. I don’t want to play it. i ® enjoying @& getting sick of © learnin; @ fond of a is | 2. Jake has a cavity so he has a 1 @ headache ® marble © cat @ toothache | 3. Nina is me. She does not talk to me. ) @ mad a ® looking at © loving N 41 you. I know what you did. iq @ chase ® jump to @understood — @ play games with | 5. When I was young, I played with . Tt was very fun. @ marbles © couches @ fields @ liars Ce Urine rae) A. Check True or False. 1. Cat was a hard working wife. oT &F 2. Cat chased Dog. OT oF Awe 9" B. Choose the best answers. 1. What kind of story is “Why Dogs Chase Cats?” @ news article ® science fiction © journal @ American folktale 2. Why did Dog not go to work one day? @ He wanted to wateh Cat. @ He was going to have a surprise party. © He wanted to play games with Cat. @ He was sick 3. Where did Dog hide? @® under the couch ® in the kitchen © in the closet @/in the cupboard 4, Why did Dog get mad at Cat? @ Cat lied. © Dog hated Kitten.© Cat was sick. @ Dog hated working 5. What is not true about the story? @ Dog was married to Cat. © Cat had a toothache. © Cat played with Kitten. @ Dog chased Cat. C. Write the best answers. 1. Who made the dinner all the time? 2. What did Cat say when Dog jumped out of the cupboard? sv tod « otha eT Contrasting Characters Characters are people in a story, play, or movie. You can find differences between the characters by contrasting the characters. It helps you understand the story better, Write what Dog and Cat did. Arial ee) + worked hard © + did nothing + made dinner °» chased after the other character {3+ played games with Kitten © * got mad at the other character © + pretended to be sick © + ligd to the other character © +hid in the cupboard © + lay on the couch « put a marble in his/her mouth © + laughed and ran about —— o Story Summary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. chase cupboard lied mad sick watch Dog worked hard for his wife, Cat. But Cat just did nothing. She told Dog she was see - Dog made every dinner for her. It was very tiring. He wanted to woth Cat one morning. He hid in the __

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