Ready Reading Lesson 12

Read the following sentence from paragraph 1.

Fresh snow has fallen overnight and blankets the ground, the rocks, and the massive boulders with a silent quilt of white.

What do the words quilt of white mean in this sentence?

• A. warm blanket

• B. layer of snow

• C. slippery ice

• D. pebbles and dust

The following question has two parts. First, Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A. Read the sentence from paragraph 1 about the author's brother.

When I turn around, he is standing there with his head covered in a thick crown of snow.

What does this sentence really mean?

• A. The brother has made a crown from the branches.

• B. The brother has a pile of snow on his head.

• C. The brother is turning in circles to look at the snow.

• D. The brother was wearing a thick cap to keep off the snow.

Part B. Select TWO details in these sentence from paragraph 1 that support the answer in Part A.

• Suddenly, nearby, I hear a soft thump.

• I hear my brother gasp.

• He laughs and points up.

• The branches above him hold armfuls of snow.

• They are ready to have a snowball fight with us.

Read these sentences from paragraph 2:

I pull my foot out, finally, only to find that it's just my sock that has escaped. My boot is still buried.

What has happened to the narrator?

• A. The narrator has buried her boot and sock in the snow.

• B. The narrator has lost her sock during the hike.

• C. The narrator's boot is still stuck in the snow.

• D. The narrator's boot and sock have been taken.

Read the following sentence from paragraph 4.

In a flash, she is gone.

The author uses words in a flash to show that the deer runs...

• A. through a bright light

• B. in a clumsy way

• C. very quickly

• D. when lightning struck

5. When the deer runs away, the narrator says, "In the woods, her white tail waves her goodbye." Which is the BEST literal restatement of this idea?

• A. The deer turns and waves goodbye from the woods.

• B. The deer tail begins twitching as it enters the woods.

• C. The deer uses her tail to wave goodbye to the children.

• D. the deer's tail is the last thing the narrator sees as the animal leaves.

6. 6.

• tired

• hungry

• unhappy

• confused

7. 7. Read these two sentences from the story. Both use words in nonliteral ways. What do you think each sentence means?

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