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Reading Comprehension
Volume 3, Number 27, March 30, 1998
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Read the selection without stopping to choose the correct missing words. Then read it again, pausing to underline the correct words. Finally, read the selection again to see if it makes sense.
A Story Starter:
. . . It was a warm __1__
morning, and Miss Joan was in a very good mood. The clock read 6:00
a.m. and the weather was so unseasonably warm, that Miss Joan had
opened every __2__ in her apartment. She climbed onto her treadmill,
aimed the remote control at the TV, and happily jogged along.
. . . “This is going
to be a __3__ day,” she thought as she heard the weather
forecast. It was going to be warm and sunny all day with a zero percent
chance of rain. The date was April 1, but the meteorologist promised
that the forecast was no joke. “I’ll take my
wonderful little kindergartners out for two or three recesses today.
We’ll check our new flower garden and all will be right with
the world!”
. . . But sadly, good moods do
not come with long-term warranties. And as Miss Joan joyfully ran
along, a significant chain of __4__ was unfolding at Tiger Elementary
School.
. . . “Good
__5__.”
. . . Mr. Smitty jumped right
off the ground. “Mr. El, I didn’t see you coming.
What are you doing here at six in the morning?”
. . . “Watching __6__
set up a bird feeder outside your classroom, I guess.” Mr. El
put down the little blue box he was holding and helped Mr. Smitty lift
the wooden structure into place.
. . . “Do I hear
something moving in that box?” Mr. Smitty inquired.
. . . Mr. El sighed.
“Yeah, I had to get up really early to take care of my little
__7__ friends. I __8__ four mice in the live traps I set last night. I
didn’t have the heart to kill them but they’re
taking over the house. I figured I’d get here early and let
them go, over there by the woods.” He pointed to a large
stand of maple and birch trees that bordered the far side of the
playground.
. . . Mr. Smitty smiled.
“That reminds me of the time Miss Joan had a mouse in her
desk. She actually spent her own money to buy a desk that was
mouseproof.”
. . . “That desk is
solid,” Mr. El remarked, “her candy is safe enough.
No mouse could get in there unless someone opened the drawer and
invited it in.”
. . . Both men looked
simultaneously at the little blue box. Mr. El tried unsuccessfully to
suppress a smile.
. . . Mr. Smitty chuckled.
“You are an evil man,” he said.
. . . Mr. El displayed an
innocent expression. “I have no idea what you’re
talking about.”
1. spring summer winter evening
2. cabinet jar book window
3. windy rotten beautiful March
4. flowers paper events steel
5. morning afternoon evening better
6. me them workers you
7. feathered reptile rodent canine
8. put caught heard destroyed
Now it's up to you to be the author and write the rest of the story.
Copyright 1998 RHL