Scared of Dogs!
"Oh, no, there isthere's a dog! I amI'm going to cross the road. Are you come?"coming I said to my friend Pam, looking worriedlyworriedly at the big, angry-lookinging alsationalsation growlinging at the letterboxletterbox a few houses away from where we were walking.walking.
"You are such a scaredy-cat!y-cat! Cross the road if you want to, but I'm not afraid of a silly old dog!" she said back to me.
I crossedcrossed the road and kept on walkingwalking down the other side of the street. I kept looking to see what Pam would do next. She walkedwalked like she did notdidn't have a care in the world until she got to where the mean dog was waiting for her. It gave a ferociousferocious growl and leaptleapt out at her. She screameded and ran. She ran and ran, cryingcrying and screaming,screaming, with the dog followingfollowing her, barkinging and growling.growling. I do notdon't think it was playinging a game with her. I think it wantedwanted a bite of her! But I ran and ran on the other side of the road, feeling scared but also tryingtrying not to laugh. One part of me thought, 'Silly girl! It servesserves her right!'
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Comprehension Clarify these words: alsation, scaredy-cat, ferocious. Retell what has happened in this Slice of Life. What prediction can you made about what might have happened next? Make inferences or give opinions about:
What question could you ask about this Slice of Life? Visualise these uses of descriptive language: the big, angry-looking alsation growling at the letterbox; you're such a scaredy-cat; she walked as though she didn't have a care in the world; Make a connection with this Slice of Life. |
Word Study Verb endings: What happens when we add s, ed and ing to: come, worry, keep, leap, scare, cry, try. Other affixes: What happens when we add other prefixes and suffixes like ly to these words: worried. What two words make up these compound words: letterbox. What two words make up these contractions: there's, I'm, didn't, don't. |