Sleepy Hollow Chapter 3

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​Vocabulary:

• neighborhood: all the houses near you house

• ride: to go on a horse

• music: people listen or dance to this

• dance: to move your body and feet to music

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​Chapter 3
It is early evening when Ichabod arrives at Van Tassel's farmhouse. All the farmers from the neighborhood are at the party with their families.

When Brom arrives, everyone is happy to see him. (Not Ichabod, of course!) Brom's horse is big and strong. His name is Daredevil, and only Brom can ride him.

Multiple Choice

What is the SETTING of the party?

• early evening, Van Tassel's farmhouse

• late afternoon,

  Tarry Town school house

• Friday night, Brom's barn

Multiple Choice

What is a NEIGHBORHOOD?

• all the stores near your house

• all the schools near your school

• all the houses near your house

Drag and Drop

All the

Placeholder

from the ​

Placeholder

are at the party

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

farmers

neighborhood

cows

city

Reorder

Reorder the sentence.

• When

• Brom arrives

• everyone is

• happy

• to see him.

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2

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
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• 5

Multiple Choice

Brom's horse is...

• Gunpowder

• Daredevil

• Mr. Ed

• Maximus

Multiple Choice

Is Ichabod happy to see Brom at the party?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Who can ride Daredevil?

• only Brom

• Ichabod

• Katrina

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​Ichabod feels happy when he sees all the good things to eat and drink in the farmhouse. Then he sees Katrina talking with Brom and he feels angry again.

Someone begins playing music in the next room. Ichabod knows Katrina loves to dance. He smiles when he remembers Brom can't dance.

Multiple Choice

What makes Ichabod feel HAPPY?

• seeing the food and drink

• seeing Brom talk to Katrina

• seeing the ladies from his church

Multiple Choice

What makes Ichabod feel ANGRY?

• seeing the food and drink

• seeing Brom talk to Katrina

• seeing the ladies from his church

Multiple Choice

What does Ichabod hear in the other room?

• people talking and laughing

• music

• people telling ghost stories

Dropdown

Ichabod knows Katrina loves to

Select answer

.

Reorder

Reorder the following sentence.

• Ichabod smiles

• when he

• remembers

• Brom

• can't dance.

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2

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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• follow: to go after someone

• bridge: people can go across a river on this

• step: to put your foot down

• disappear: to go away suddenly

• flash: a sudden light

• fire: this is red and hot, and it burns

​Vocabulary:

Match

Match the following words to their picture

bridge

step

disappear

flash

follow

• bridge

• step

• disappear

• flash

• follow

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​Ichabod knows he sings well, and he also dances wonderfully.

When the dancing finishes, people begin to talk about the ghosts in Sleepy Hollow.

Brom tells the most exciting story.
"Some nights when I ride through the village, the Headless Horseman follows me," he says.

Multiple Choice

What can Ichabod do well?

• sing and dance

• laugh and joke

• walk and talk

Multiple Choice

What happens when the dancing finishes?

• People talk about the ghosts in Sleepy Hollow.

• People eat and gossip about Brom and Katrina.

• People leave before the Headless Horseman comes out.

Reorder

Reorder the following words to make a sentence.

• Brom

• tells

• the most

• exciting

• story.

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2

3

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Brom tells a story about the ________ who follows him home.

• Headless Horseman

• Evil Witch

• Ghost of Tarry Town

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​"When I get to the bridge in front of the old church, "Brom goes on, "The Headless Horseman always stops. His horse can't step on to the bridge! And the rider and horse disappear in a flash of fire.

Multiple Choice

The Headless Horseman can't cross the _______.

• road

• bridge

• graveyard

• farm field

Multiple Choice

What happens to the Headless Horseman when Brom crosses the bridge?

• shoots fireballs at Brom

• throws pumpkins at Brom

• disappears in a flash of fire

​Soon the party is over, and everybody begins to leave. Before Ichabod goes, he tells Katrina about his love for her.

But something goes badly wrong, and soon Ichabod leaves Van Tassel's farmhouse quickly and quietly.

Without looking left or right, he rides away through Sleepy Hollow.

The night is very dark. Ichabod thinks about Katrina and he feels terrible. Then he hears a noise.

Multiple Choice

After the party, what does Ichabod tell Katrina?

• He loved the party.

• He loves her.

• He wants her to sing with him.

Multiple Choice

We can INFER that Katrina said she did NOT love Ichabod because...

• the story said that "things did not go well."

• the story said "Katrina said she didn't love him"

• the story showed a picture of Katrina slapping Ichabod

Multiple Choice

Where does Ichabod ride after the party?

• to the church

• through the farm fields

• through Sleepy Hollow

Reorder

Put the sentence in the correct order.

• Ichabod

• thinks about

• Katrina

• and he feels

• terrible

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

What is the setting now?

• dark night

• cold night

• rainy night

Multiple Choice

What does Ichabod hear as he rides home?

• an owl

• a ghost

• a noise

• a laugh

​VOCABULARY:

shoulder: this is between your arm and your neck.

weakly: not strongly; an action done without strength

figure: someone that you can't see very well; the shape of a body

Match

Match the following vocabulary words to their picture.

shoulder

weakly

figure

fire

• shoulder

• weakly

• figure

• fire

​He looks back over his shoulder and sees something big, black, and frightening in the dark night behind him.


He's very afraid. At first, he can't speak. In the end he asks weakly,
"Who are you?"

The figure doesn't answer.

Multiple Choice

What does Ichabod see?

• something big, black and frightening

• something huge, dark and scary

• something enormous, creepy, and terrifying

Multiple Choice

What does Ichabod ask the Headless Horseman?

• Who am I?

• Who are you?

• Where are we?

• What is it?

Multiple Choice

What is the Headless Horseman's response?

• he doesn't answer

• he throws fire at Ichabod

• he says "RUN!"

Reorder

Reorder the following sentence.

• The

• figure

• doesn't

• answer.

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2

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4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

​Then, take the poll on the next slide.

Poll

_______ runs away.

Poll

_______ runs after Ichabod.

Poll

_______ feels afraid.

Poll

_______ suddenly can't sing very well.

Poll

_______ thinks the horseman can't get nearer.

Poll

_______ hits Ichabod with something.

Poll

_______ leaves Sleepy Hollow.

Poll

_______ stays in Sleepy Hollow.