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tortoise
eagle
lovely
log
story
everything
shiny
juicy
flying
dizzy
low
shell
high
bright
golden
great
feathers
wings
wish
climbed
rock
air
jumped
puddle
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landed
called
splat
replied
clouds
rose
wings
little
made
smiled
watched
longer
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This is a story about a ______________. _________________________ a tortoise could want. He had a _______________________, ______________ apples to eat and _____________________________. But he wasn’t happy. All day long, he saw an eagle in the sky. Flying low. Flying high. It had ____________________ and ___________________. “I wish I could fly,” said the tortoise. Tortoise: I’ll try. He ______________ onto a rock…jumped into the air…and flopped onto his belly. Tortoise: OOF! He climbed up a tree…jumped into the air…and landed splat in a puddle. Tortoise: URRGH! He called to the eagle. “Will you take me into the sky? ______________________________.” “What will you give me?” the eagle replied. “You can have my log and my apples.” “Very well,” said the eagle. “_______________________________.” Up and up the eagle rose…up through the clouds to the bright blue sky. Eagle: __________________! The tortoise looked at the ground. It was a very long way down. He felt ______________. “Eagle,” he said. “___________________________.” Tortoise: Please take me back! So the eagle took the tortoise _______________________. “Little tortoise,” said the eagle. “You have no feathers and no wings.” “Keep your apples and your log.” “__________________.” The tortoise smiled. He watched the eagle go. ________________________. ________________________. And ____________________________.
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1) Why wasn’t the tortoise happy on page 5? ________________________________________________________ 2) How did the tortoise try to fly? ________________________________________________________ 3) How did the tortoise convince the eagle to take him into the sky? ________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The tortoise had everything a tortoise could want. The eagle had silver feathers and great big wings. The tortoise did not like being in the sky. The tortoise did not wish to fly anymore at the end.
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Stone Soup Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
poor
knock
rest
while
woman
opened
cottage
soup
show
water
stone
pot
shiny
fire
added
bubbled
onion
tasted
chopped
yummy
better
popped
licked
potato
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meat
still
lips
bowls
magic
supper
smiled
washed
Key words
Key phrases
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Once, _________________________________, He came to a cottage. An old woman _______________________. Poor man: May I rest here for a while? Old woman: No! __________________. “____________________________________,” said the man. “You can?” said the woman. “_____________________.” She put a big pot of water ________________________. Old woman: Oof! The old man added ___________________________. The soup ______________. The old man ______________ it. Poor man: Mmm. Yummy! “_______________________________________,” he said. So the old woman chopped an onion and _______________________. The soup bubbled. The old man tasted it. “_____________________________,” he said. So the old woman chopped a potato and popped it in. The soup bubbled. The old man tasted it. He licked his lips. “____________________________________.” So the old woman chopped some meat and popped it in. The old man put it into ______________. “It is yummy,” said the old woman. “_________________________.” The old man smiled. He washed the stone and put it in his pocket. “__________________________,” said the woman. “We can have soup.”
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1) What did the poor man said he could make? ________________________________________________________ 2) What was added into the soup? ________________________________________________________ 3) What did the man do with the stone at the end? ________________________________________________________ B) Choose the correct ending for each sentence from the list on the right.
A. Once, there was __________________________________ B. I can make soup from _____________________________ C. She put a big pot of water on _______________________ D. Some meat would make it __________________________
a stone. a poor man. better still. the fire.
C) Fill in the labels on the picture below. Choose from the words in the box.
cat
dog old woman
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The Genie in the Bottle Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
genie
fisherman
bottle
fishing
caught
nets
again
slimy
shells
yuck
threw
seaweed
sock
caught
something
huge
cried
old
poured
else
pulled
smoke
sighed
stopper
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tummy
growled
rumbled
kind
snapped
care
whooshed thought
Key phrases
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fit
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This story is _________________________, a ______________ and a BIG bad ______________. Once upon a time, a fisherman __________________. He _______________________ again and again. He caught slimy seaweed…shiny shells…and a _____________________. Fisherman: Yuck! Then, ____________________________________. “A fish!” he cried. But it wasn’t. It was ______________________________. He pulled out the ______________ and looked in. “Empty,” he sighed. And ___________________________. CLUNK! Suddenly, _______________________________. The smoke turned into _______________________. “Help,” cried the fisherman. “A genie!” The genie’s _____________________. “I’m hungry,” he growled. “I’m going to EAT you!” Meow! “That’s not very kind,” said the fisherman. Genie: I don’t care. “_____________________,” shouted the genie. “I’ve been in that bottle for a long, long time.” The fisherman thought fast. Fisherman: __________________________________________. “You were inside this bottle?” he asked. “YES,” snapped the genie. The fisherman laughed. “You’d never fit,” he said. “Watch,” said the genie. Whoosh He whooshed back in…and the fisherman pushed the stopper in hard. Fisherman: Whew! Genie: Grrrrrrr. Then the fisherman went on fishing…and ______________________ for dinner.
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1) 2) 3)
B)
What did the smoke turn into? __________________________________________________________ What did the Genie wanted to do? __________________________________________________________ What did the fisherman do after the genie went back into the bottle? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________
Match each word in line A with a word in line B to make pairs from the story.
A. slimy
shiny
B. bottle
seaweed
smelly
old
huge
tasty
fish
sock
shells
face
C)
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
A. B. C. D.
The fisherman wanted to catch a bottle. The genie wanted to eat the fisherman. The fisherman shouted at the genie. In the end, the fisherman caught a fish.
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family
South Pole grandpa
cold box
grandma
warm
penguin
morning
yummy
skating
skated
sister
frozen
swimming
lake
sliding
dived
afternoon
hill
boiling
swam
slid
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Once, there was ________________________ called Perry. Perry and his family lived at the South Pole. ______________________________. Perry: Brrrrr! One day, _____________________________. He saw something yummy inside. But he was too cold to eat it. Perry went to see his grandpa. “____________________________, Grandpa,” he said. “__________________,” said Grandpa. “That will warm you up.” Perry: Okay. Perry went to the ______________________. He skated up and down… Perry: Wooooo! …and round and round. Perry: Wheeee! He skated all morning. “Are you warm, now?” “N…no,” said Perry. Perry went to see his grandma. “I need to get warm, Grandma,” he said. “___________________,” said Grandma. “That will warm you up.” Perry: Okay. Perry dived into the water. Splash! He _________________________… Perry: Woooo! …and round and round. Perry: Wheeeeee! He _________________________________. “Are you warm, now? “N..no,” said Perry. Perry went to see his sister, Pippi. “I need to get warm, Pippi,” he said. “____________________________,” said Pippi. “_____________________________.” Perry: Okay. Perry went to the top of the hill. He slid all the way down… Perry: Woooo! …and round and round.
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Perry: Wheeee! He slid around _______________________. “Are you warm now?” everyone asked. “Yes, _____________________,” said Perry. _________________________. “_____________________________,” he said. Perry: Ah, lovely and cool. Everyone: Oh, Perry! Section 3: Reading Comprehension A) Read The Chilly Little Penguin and answer the following questions.
1) Where did Perry and his family live? ____________________________________________________________ 2) What did Perry find? ____________________________________________________________ 3) Why did Perry want to get warm? ____________________________________________________________
A. B. C. D.
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
It was always warm at the South Pole. He saw something yummy inside the box. Grandma told Perry to try skating. Inside the box was ice cream.
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There was a Crooked Man Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
crooked
mile
sixpence
mouse
bought
upon
man
walked
stile
caught
little
house
snatched
smell
fish
lived
together
hungry
dish
chased
found
anywhere
angry
outside
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followed smelled
shed
sack
garden
snuggled
kittens
against
Key words
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There was a ____________________…and he ______________ a ____________________. He found a ______________________…upon a __________________. He bought a ____________________…which caught a _____________________. And ______________________…in ___________________________. The crooked man was hungry. So he ___________________________. His crooked cat could smell it. And she snatched it off the dish. The ________________________. He _______________________ outside. He couldn’t see her anywhere. She’d ____________________________. The man smelled __________________________. So he followed where it led…across his crooked ______________…into his crooked ______________. And there upon a sack…snuggled up against each other…were ______________________________…and their kind but crooked mother.
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1) What did the crooked man do with the crooked sixpence he found? ___________________________________________________________ 2) Where did the crooked cat hide? ___________________________________________________________ 3) What did the crooked man find in his crooked shed? ___________________________________________________________ B) Match each word in line A with the word that rhymes with it in line B. A. mile mouse fish outside led other B. house
dish
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The Little Giraffe Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
lived
happened hungry
world drank
stuck
looked
little
wise
earth
tomorrow
magic
visited
drink
dry
rhino
began
grew
leaves
taller
grass
reach
forgot
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Once, there was _______________________. He was the first giraffe in the world. He lived in East Africa…with ___________________, Rhino. Every day, _____________________________. But ________________ ____________ and ________________________. Rhino: I’m hungry. Giraffe: So am I. _______________________________. So they went to see…the wise man. Giraffe: We’re hungry. Rhino: ______________________________? “_______________________,” said the wise man. “I’ll make a magic drink for you.” The next day, the little giraffe visited the wise man. “Here’s the drink!” he said. “Where’s Rhino?” The little giraffe didn’t know. The little giraffe ____________________. He grew taller…and taller… “Now you can reach the leaves high in the trees,” said the wise man. Rhino ______________________________. Rhino: Mmmm… ________________________________. “There you are,” said the notso-little giraffe. Rhino: What happened to you? “____________________________________,” he said to Rhino. Rhino: Where’s mine? There was no magic drink left. Rhino _________________ with dry grass. _____________________ with the giraffe and the wise man. And he was angry with himself. He’s still angry today.
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1) Who was the little giraffe’s best friend? ___________________________________________________________ 2) What did the wise man make for the little giraffe and Rhino? ___________________________________________________________ 3) Why was Rhino angry? ___________________________________________________________ B) Match the words in line A with the words in line B to make pairs from the story.
A. little
best
hot
B. friend
earth
man
dry
wise
giraffe
sun
C) Number the sentences in story order from 1 to 4.
A. B. C. D.
“Now you can reach the leaves high in the trees.” He grew taller... and taller... _____ “What happened to you?” _____ The little giraffe began to drink. _____
_____
D) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The little giraffe was the second giraffe in the world. The little giraffe’s best friend was Rhino. The wise man made a magic drink. The little giraffe grew shorter after drinking the magic drink.
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The Daydreamer Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
Daisy
gold
farmer
sell
pretty
thinks
milk
money
market
lay
eggs
hen
sets
coin
soon
myself
dress
sparkly
shoes
prince
palace
dressed
princess servants
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golden
twirl
gates
whirl
spilt
gone
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p3 p10
to set off in all the land
twirl and whirl gone spilt fables collection Ancient Greece versions told bowl thief cucumbers
p14
to get dressed by myself cheer up there’s no use all around the world
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_______________________. “Take my milk to market,” says the farmer. Farmer: I’ll give you a gold coin. “Yes!” says Daisy. And _____________________________. “Soon I’ll have some money,” she thinks. Daisy: I can buy a hen. ______________________…lots of eggs. _____________________. I’ll have lots of money! I’ll buy _________________…and sparkly shoes. But I won’t get dressed by myself. I’ll have ______________ to help me! _________________. I’ll be a princess. We’ll live in a palace…with golden gates. We’ll have a ball. I’ll twirl and whirl in my new dress. SPLISH! SPLASH! SPLOSH! ___________________________! Poor Daisy. _________________! Lady: ___________________________________________.
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1) What is a daydreamer? i) Someone who wakes up late. ii) Someone who has a dream every day. iii) Someone who imagines things that probably won’t happen. iv) Someone who falls asleep in the daytime. 2) What did Daisy think she could buy with 1 gold coin? ___________________________________________________________ 3) How would the hen help Daisy get lots of money? ___________________________________________________________ 4) What happened to the milk in the end? ___________________________________________________________ 5) Can you finish these sentences? Choose the right ending. i) Daisy has... ...golden gates. ii) Daisy will buy... ...no money. iii) Daisy will be... ...the milk. iv) The palace will have... ...sparkly shoes. v) Daisy spills... ...a princess. A. B. C. D.
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Daisy had no money. Daisy dreamt of marrying a princess. Daisy dreamt of buying a rooster. Daisy dreamt of being a Queen.
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The Baobab Tree Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
talking
talked
African
soil
grew
thirsty
world
gods
angry
fair
forest
taller
fed
flowers
even
moaning
make
cross
grabbed
fruit
cried
turned
peace
ground
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This story is about ________________________ and some angry African gods. A long, long, long, time ago ________________________. One day, _____________________________. They called it the Baobab tree. __________________________________. Baobab tree: I don’t like this soil. It’s too hot. I’m cold. ________________________… The gods grew a forest of tall trees. Baobab tree: Why can’t I be taller? It’s not fair! I want to be taller. The Baobab tree _____________________. The gods made trees with flowers. The Baobab tree was even more fed up. Baobab tree: ____________________________? _________________________. “Stop moaning!” they said. Baobab tree: __________________________! Then the gods _____________________________. “I want fruit,” said the Baobab tree. “Stop!” cried the gods. They grabbed the Baobab tree and ______________________________. Baobab tree: Hey! _________________________________. God: Peace at last! ____________________________________. No one has ever heard the Baobab tree say another word.
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1) 2) 3)
A. B. C. D.
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The talking tree is called Baobao. The talking tree was very quiet. The gods turned the talking tree upside down. The talking tree wanted fruit.
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king
except
ears
month
servant
secret
donkey
prison
story
sent
woodcutter
harp
hair
lovely
sick
putting
jail
thought
shocked
cried
soon
promise
burst
chopped
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concert
tune
better
strange
roared
forward
mind
learned
freed
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This story is about a king, Meg, a ______________, the king’s best friend, a tree, a woodcutter and a harp. There was once _______________________. He didn’t even tell his best friend. No one knew…except the servant who cut his hair. Every month, __________________________. Then __________________________. King: Shh! In July, it was Meg’s turn. Meg saw the king’s ears. Meg: Er…_________________________… ________________________________, but she didn’t say. As soon as Meg had finished, the king cried, King: Off to jail! “______________________________,” said Meg. “She needs me.” The king thought of his own mother. He didn’t like putting people in jail. “Okay,” said the king. “Promise you’ll never tell anyone.” Meg: I promise! That night, it was all about Meg could think about. _______________________. Meg: I’m going to burst! At last, ______________________. She wouldn’t tell anyone. She’d tell a tree! Meg: The king’s got donkey’s ears! So she did. Now Meg felt much better. Later, a woodcutter chopped down the tree. ___________________________. One day, the king gave a huge concert. But the new harp played a very strange tune. The king’s got donkey’s ears… The king’s got donkey’s ears… “___________________________!” the king roared at Meg. The king’s best friend came forward. “_________________________,” he said. “We all know.” “And you don’t mind?” asked the king.
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“____________________!” So the king freed all the servants. And he learned to love his ears.
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Section 3: Worksheet A)
Read King Donkey Ears and answer the following questions.
1) What did the king learn to do? i) Cut his own hair. ii) Play the harp. iii) Love his ears. iv) Keep a secret. 2) How often the king have a hair cut? ___________________________________________________________ 3) Whose turn was it to give the king a hair cut in July? ___________________________________________________________ 4) Who or what did Meg tell the king’s secret to? ___________________________________________________________ Answer TRUE or FALSE.
A. B. C. D. C)
The king had no friends. The king had his hair cut every month. Meg cut off the king’s ears. Meg kept the king’s secret.
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Number the sentences in story order.
i) ii) iii) iv)
The tree became a harp. Meg told a tree. The harp played a strange tune. A woodcutter chopped down the tree.
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Clever Rabbit and the Lion Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
clever
great
jungle
cried
sharp
roared
paws
rabbit
lived
animals
claws
king
going
worry
plan
stopped
deep
become
small
weak
hid
bigger
wide
sharper
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river
shook
looked
leaped
swept
rushing
seen
save
water
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______________________________, in a ____________________ lived a ____________________. He had great big paws and very sharp claws. “____________________________,” roared Lion. “I’m going to eat you all up.” “No!” cried the jungle animals. “You’re small and weak,” said Lion. “________________________.” “Don’t worry,” said Clever Rabbit. “I have a plan.” The next day, _______________________________. “Where are you all?” roared the Lion. “_______________________!” “Here I am,” said Clever Rabbit. “_______________________.” “I tried to come before, but a great big lion stopped me.” “I’m the only lion in the jungle,” roared Lion. “Oh no, you’re not,” said Clever Rabbit. Clever Rabbit: This lion has _______________ and ________________. “____________________________. I’ll eat him up and then I’ll eat YOU.” Clever Rabbit led Lion to the deep, wide river. “________________________,” said Clever Rabbit. Lion looked into water. Another lion looked back. _____________________. So did the other lion. Lion leaped at the lion in the water…and __________________. “At last,” cried Clever Rabbit. “__________________.” The jungle animals came rushing out. “Help!” called Lion. “Save me.” “We can’t,” said Clever Rabbit. “________________________.” Lion let out one last ROAR!...and ___________________________.
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Section 3: Worksheet A) Read Clever Rabbit and the Lion and answer the following questions.
1) What did Lion want to do in page 4? ___________________________________________________________ 2) What did Clever Rabbit say in page 4? ___________________________________________________________ 3) Where did Clever Rabbit lead Lion? ___________________________________________________________ B)
C)
Match each word in line A with a word that means the opposite in line B.
A. clever
big
strong
before
wide
B. small
after
narrow
weak
stupid
Number the sentences in story order.
i) ii) iii) iv)
Lion looked into the water. Lion leaped at the lion in the water. Clever Rabbit led Lion to the river. Another lion looked back.
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D) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Lion wanted to eat all the jungle animals. Clever Rabbit was worried about Lion’s threats. Clever Rabbit led Lion to the deep, wide river. Lion drank the river water.
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How Elephants lost their Wings Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
elephants
gods
houses
backs
looped
yelled
stomped
wings
peacocks
ground
crowed
loop
tummies
noisy
flew
smashed
roosters
shook
invited everywhere through landed
trick
broken
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This story is about ____________________, two gods, houses, _______________ and banana trees. Once upon a time, _________________________. They flew everywhere. They flew high into sky…and down to the ground. They even ________________________. Sometimes, the gods flew on their backs. But the _______________________. Trees and houses shook below them. Cock-a-doodle-do! They ______________________ and __________________. They landed on houses…and fell right through. Soon all the trees were broken and ________________________________. “__________________________,” said the gods, and they thought of a trick. They invited the elephants to a grand feast. The elephants ate…and ate. When their tummies were full, they slept. The gods ____________________________. They gave them to peacocks and the banana tree. The ___________________________. They shouted and they stomped. But they didn’t get their wings back and ____________________________.
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1) What did the elephants yelled and crowed like? ___________________________________________________________ 2) What happened to the houses the elephants landed on? ___________________________________________________________ 3) Who did the gods give the elephants’ wings to? ___________________________________________________________ B) Which word is wrong? Cross it out, then write the correct word at the end. A. Once upon a time, elephants could swim. _______________ B. Sometimes, the children flew on their backs. _______________ C. Trees and flowers shook below them. _______________ Answer TRUE or FALSE.
A. The elephants were silent and did not make a sound. B. The elephants flew into trees and smashed them. C. The gods took the elephants’ wings and gave them to banana trees. D. The elephants got their wings back in the end.
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Brer Rabbit and the Blackberry Bush Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
rabbit
prickly
bush
eaten
boil
growled fox
pie
throw
nasty
wriggled
trap
stuck
picked
smile
silly
landed
growled
deeper
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Section 3: Reading Comprehension A) Read Brer Rabbit and the Blackberry Bush and answer the following questions.
1) What did Brer Rabbit ask Brer Fox not to do? _____________________________________________________________ 2) Where did Brer Rabbit land after he was thrown through the air? _____________________________________________________________ 3) Where was Brer Rabbit born? _____________________________________________________________
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This is a story about Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and a ___________________ __________. Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox were __________________. Brer Rabbit: Take that! Brer Fox: Take this! One day, Brer Fox ______________________. Twang! went the trap. Brer Rabbit: Brer Rabbit wriggled…and wriggled…but he was stuck. “Got you!” growled Brer Fox. “Now I’m going to eat you all up!” “Hurray!” said Brer Rabbit. “____________________________________?” asked Brer Fox. “Oh yes,” said Brer Rabbit. “Fry me…boil me…______________________!” “But please…” “Don’t throw me in the blackberry bush!” Brer Fox smiled a nasty smile. Brer Fox: Silly rabbit! He picked up Brer Rabbit. Then ________________________________. Brer Rabbit ______________…right in the middle of the blackberry bush. THWUMP! Brer Rabbit laughed. He _____________________________ and prickly blackberry bush. Brer Rabbit: _________________________________________! Brer Fox growled. He couldn’t get Brer Rabbit.
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The Dragon and the Phoenix Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
dragon mountain shining magic
phoenix thousands
forest lake
dark
shiny
river
beautiful
washed
sand
swam
pebble
island
stayed
polished
brighter
pearl
queen
stars
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heaven
guard
shine
steal
ours
gone
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This is the story of Dragon Mountain, Phoenix Mountain and a shining lake. _____________________________________________, in China…
In the morning, _________________________. The dragon looked in the magic river. The phoenix looked in the dark forest. No pearl there…Then they saw it ________________________. They flew up to Heaven and saw the Queen. Dragon: That pearl is ours! Queen: No, it’s mine. _______________________________…It landed on the ground and became a shining lake. Dragon: We must never leave it. The dragon and the phoenix lay beside it. _______________________.
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Long, long ago, _______________________________________. A dark forest grew on the other side of the river. Deep inside the forest lived a phoenix. Every day, ___________________________________. Every day, the phoenix flew in the sky above. One day, __________________________ in the river. A shiny pebble lay on the sand. Phoenix: It’s beautiful! The dragon washed it in the river. The phoenix polished it with a feather. And ______________________________. The dragon and the phoenix stayed on the island…watching the pearl. The pearl shone _________________________…brighter than the sun. It was so bright, the Queen of Heaven saw it shine. “_______________________!” she said. That night, she sent a guard to steal it.
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1) Where did the dragon live? ___________________________________________________________ 2) What did the phoenix polish the pebble with? ___________________________________________________________ 3) Who did the Queen of Heaven send to steal the pearl? ___________________________________________________________ B)
Match the words in line A with the words in line B to make pairs from the story.
A. bright B. river C)
magic lake
dark pearl
sandy forest
shining island
Which word is wrong? Cross it out, then write the correct word at the end.
A. Long, long ago, a dragon lived beside a mountain river. .................................. B. Deep inside the river lived a phoenix. ................................... C. A dark pebble lay on the sand. ................................... D. The pebble became a phoenix. ................................... D) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The dragon lived inside a magic river. The phoenix lived outside the forest. The dragon and the phoenix found a shining pebble. The pearl shone brighter than the stars.
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Bears Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
bears
climb
forest
spring
cuddle
cubs
fight
walking
lick
feeds
partner
snug
Artic
curled
milk
den
female
polar
thick
warm
hairy
panda
coats
munch
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bamboo mountains
tough
paws
grass
berries
sniffs
claws
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A big brown bear is ___________________________. She stands up. She climbs a tree using her long, _________________. Then she sniffs out juicy berries to eat. Bears have thick, ___________________ and big, __________________. Some bears go to rivers to catch fish. Panda bears ____________________________________. They munch on tough grass called bamboo. Polar bears live in the icy Artic. Their thick, hairy coats keep them warm. Each year, _____________________________. Then the female bear digs a den. She _______________________________ inside the warm, snug den. They are called cubs. And they are __________________________. At first, they can’t see or hear. The cubs cuddle up close to their mother. ___________________________. Now it is winter. They all stay ___________________ inside the den. At last, it’s spring. They climb out into the sun. ______________________. They climb trees. They lick each other’s noses. This shows ____________________. Their mother is close. ________________________.
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1) How does a bear climb a tree? ___________________________________________________________ 2) Where do panda bears live? ___________________________________________________________ 3) Where do female bears give birth to baby bears? ___________________________________________________________ B)
Bears eat lots of different things. Which of these are not mentioned in the book?
A. Fish C)
B. Honey
C. Berries
D. Bamboo E. Seals
F. Insects
Can you finish off each sentence? Choose the right ending.
A. All bears... B. Panda bears... C. Polar bears... D. Female bears... E. Baby bear cubs...
...live in the icy arctic. ...are as small as apples. ...dig dens. ...have thick, heavy coats and big furry paws. ...live high up on cold mountains.
D) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Bears have thick, heavy coats. Bears have big, furry paws. Bear cubs are as small as apples. American black bears live in Malaysia.
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Old Mother Hubbard Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
Hubbard
year
doggie
lead
flying
speed
steak
cupboard
thief
pair
cash
hurried
reward
butcher
relief
flash
snag
picked
Spot
lane
winter
bone
treat
money
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closed
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p4 p6 p9 p10 p12 p14 p15
bone bare shut up butchers lane
p19 p20
‘Til [short for “until”] plenty doggie-sized treat picked out
p22 p23
hurried speed tripped lead cash [informal] relief reward
p25
steak
p21
p12 p18 p19 p21
came to a stop what was what Stop thief! in a flash went flying
p23
along with my dear
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Old Mother Hubbard _________________________, to _____________ her poor doggie a bone. But when she got there, ______________________________. And so the poor doggie had none. Old Mother Hubbard _________________________ and put on her ______________________. “We’ll have to go out,” she said with a shout, “before all the ______________ are closed.” __________________________, through wind and through rain, went Old Mother Hubbard and Spot. “Till they came to a stop, at Bob’s Butcher’s Shop. And they went in to see what was what. There was ________________________, for a doggie-sized treat, but the old lady picked out a bone. Then came the snag, when _______________________ – she had left all her money at home.
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1) 2) 3)
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
A. When Old Mother Hubbard got to the cupboard, it was bare. B. The doggie’s name is Dot. C. Old Mother Hubbard wanted to fetch her doggie a sausage. D. Old Mother Hubbard forgot to bring her umbrella.
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What was the name of Old Mother Hubbard’s dog? ___________________________________________________________ What was the butcher’s name? ___________________________________________________________ Why did Old Mother Hubbard go to the cupboard? ___________________________________________________________
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Snails Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
snails
foot
feelers
inches
biggest
Africa
winter
smash
bottom
hatch
sticky
plants
trails
follow
slimy
blobs
swoops
jelly
ponds
creep
tongues
branches
slime
oozes
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________________________, inside flower pots and _________________, lots of ___________________. The snails wait until it is dark. _____________________________. Snails have soft bodies and hard shells. Slime oozes out from under a snail’s body. It helps snails slide over the ground…up branches…and even upside down. __________________________________. They rub their tongues over leaves to eat them. Snails feel their way around with feelers. _______________________________________, too. Their eyes are on the ends of the longer feelers. A bird swoops down. It is looking for food. The snails hide in their shells. The bird can’t get them. ______________________. Some kinds of snails live in ponds. And some kinds ______________________. _____________________. They can grow longer than your arm. Snails lay lots and lots of eggs. On land, ________________________________________. A baby snail is inside each egg. Pond snails __________________________ on plants. Their eggs are inside blobs of jelly. _____________________________. After a few weeks, _______________________________. They eat and eat and eat. The snails’ bodies grow – and so do their shells. It’s easy to find snails. ________________________________. Section 3: Reading Comprehension
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What do snails smell with? ________________________________________________________ On land, where do snails lay their eggs? ________________________________________________________ Where are the snails’ eyes located? ________________________________________________________
USBORNE FIRST READING: LEVEL TWO
A) Read Snails and answer the following questions.
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Date: ____________________
USBORNE FIRST READING: LEVEL TWO
Volunteer: ___________________________
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