Period 9 - "River Rescue"

What do Enid's actions in the beginning of the story tell you about her?

• Enid loves living in the jungle

• Enid does not like to swim

• Enid loves to read

What is Enid's motivation for reading to her friends every evening?

• She wants her friends to love reading as much as she does.

• She wants to show them how well she can read.

• She wants to teach them about making a dam.

What action shows that Enid likes her friends more than books?

• Enid is reading about a beaver building a dam.

• Enid puts down her book when she hears a cry for help.

• Enid tries to read to her friends.

How do the actions of Enid's friends change from the beginning to the end of the story.

• Enid's friends now want to play with her.

• Enid's friends now like listening to her stories.

• Enid's friends do not go swimming any more.

What event shows that Enid's love of reading is a useful trait?

• Enid understands magic.

• Enid knows how to build a dam.

• Enid knows how to swim across a river.

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

The only thing Enid loved and adored more than her jungle home was reading. She read stories about a girl with ruby red shoes and a beaver and his dam.

What is a synonym for loved?

• hated

• cherished

• disliked

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

Enid ran toward Mabel's voice. When she reached the river's edge, she was surprised and shocked by what she saw.

What is a synonym for shocked?

• happy

• pleased

• stunned

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

Her friends began helping her, assisting Enid in building the dsam.

What is a synonym for helping?

• necessary

• assisting

• basic

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

The usually calm, flat, clear water was now dark and swirling with splashing white waves. On the other shore, on the opposite side of the river, was tiny Mabel.

Which words give a clue to the meaning of opposite?

• dark and swirling

• calm, flat

• the other shore

Synonyms are words that are similar or mean the same.

Choose the meaning of the word opposite.

• on the other side or across from

• without moving

• to move around in a circle