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The Landlady Pre-Reading

The Landlady Pre-Reading

Assessment

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English

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RI.8.1, RI.6.5, RL.5.3

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Standards-aligned

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Frances Nicolaides

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7 Slides • 8 Questions

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The Landlady Pre-Reading

by: Roald Dahl

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Given the information in the text, answer the following questions! Use clues from the text and your own ideas to select the best answer!

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Multiple Choice

The weather is most likely

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rainy

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hot

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cold

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foggy

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Multiple Choice

The work Billy did was probably

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in a factory

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on a building site

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as a hairdresser

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in an office

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Multiple Choice

The important people at Head Office

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admired Billy

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bored Billy

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pitied Billy

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inspired Billy

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Multiple Choice

Billy was

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starting a new job

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moving to a new job at the same company

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running away from his old job

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managing a new branch for his company

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Multiple Choice

The Head Office had

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expected him to find his own accommodation

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suggested some alternative accommodation

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not been able to find Billy accommodation

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arranged a place for him to stay

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Make a list of adjectives the author uses to give us a positive feeling about the landlady

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Open Ended

Share some of the adjectives used to describe the landlady in a positive way.

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Make a list of adjectives the author uses to give us a negative feeling about the landlady

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Open Ended

Share some of the adjectives used to describe the landlady in a negative way.

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Record the expressions that let us know Billy thinks the landlady is strange.

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Open Ended

What expressions let us know Billy thinks the landlady is strange?

The Landlady Pre-Reading

by: Roald Dahl

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