Unit 4 Week 1 Lesson 10

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to create mental images when reading a story?

• It helps us remember the story better.

• It allows us to understand characters' feelings and points of view.

• It makes reading more fun.

• It helps us read faster.

Multiple Choice

Which word from the vocabulary list best describes something you do without thinking, like blinking or sneezing?

• contraption

• involuntary

• devoted

• sergeant

Multiple Choice

Based on paragraphs 1 and 2, what can you infer about the relationship between Cracker and Willie?

• Cracker is afraid of Willie

• Cracker is devoted to Willie and feels safe with her

• Cracker does not care about Willie

• Cracker is angry with Willie

Open Ended

As we read paragraph 2, what mental images did you see?

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 3, which of our vocabulary words did you hear?

• a) devoted
  

• b) sergeant
  

• c) contraption
  

• d) scrunched

Multiple Choice

How does the author help you picture the scene from Cracker’s point of view?

• A. The story tells what Cracker sees, smells, and feels.
  

• B. The story tells what Willie’s father is thinking.
  

• C. The story shows what the man in uniform is planning.
  

• D. The story explains what Willie’s mother says to the man.

Multiple Choice

What clues help you make mental images of how Cracker feels when she sees the man in uniform?

• A. “She smelled something uneasy in the air.”
  

• B. “She wagged her tail happily.”
  

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  C. “She ran to the man and jumped up on him.”
  

• D. “She licked the man’s face.”