Unit 11
The ball hit the wall next to the cat. The frightened cat leapt up and knocked over a plant pot. The pot crashed onto the ground. “Oh no!” moaned Danny. The pot smashed and leaves and soil went everywhere. Mom dashed out of the house. “What happened?” she yelled. Then she saw the plant pot. “It wasn’t me,” Kim said. “It was the cat.”
1 “ Please don’t play next to the house.” Why did Mom say that?
2 Why was Danny ‘out’? 3 Which of these is true?
• Question 3: Identify cause and effect by asking pupils to list what happened in the last line on page 79 and paragraph 1 on this page. 1) Danny threw the ball. 2) Kim hit it. 3) The ball hit the wall. 4) This frightened the cat. 5) The cat jumped. 6) The pot fell and broke. • Question 4: Tell pupils to look for context clues in surrounding sentences to determine meaning. • Question 6: This asks pupils to express opinions and there may be disagreement. Encourage discussion. a) The ball hit the pot. b) The ball hit the cat. c) The cat knocked over the pot. 4 Find these words in the story. For each one, think of another word that means the same. a) smashed b) yelled c) dashed 5 Which two of these words describe Kim? a) careful b) careless c) untidy d) disobedient 6 Whose fault was it that the pot fell over? Was it the cat’s fault or Kim’s? Why do you think that?
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