Reading Crunch Time: The Bullies

1. PART A

What is the meaning of the word soaring as it is used in the text?

• a) growing

• b) flying

• c) rising into the air

• d) very old

1. 1. PART B

2. What is one thing the text says that helps you understand the meaning of

   the word soaring?

2. What are TWO synonyms for the word sway as it is used in the text?

• a) wobble

• b) blow

• c) jump

• d) grow

• e) waver

3. Why is this passage titled, “The Bullies”?

4. PART A

What can you infer happens NEXT in the story?

• a) Fudge runs away and hides.

• b) The other boys come back.

• c) Greggory swims across the river.

• d) Fudge tries to rescue Greggory.

• e) The wind knocks Fudge out of the tree.

4. 4. PART B

5. What does the text say that helps you make this inference?

5. 5. What are THREE similes used in this passage?

• “branch to branch like a monkey”

• ”treed like a raccoon”

• "rapidly

  moving water of the river."

• ”scurried away like cockroaches”

• "moved as quickly as he could down the tree."

6. 6. Which word from the end of the text most clearly indicates that Greggory was in danger in the water?

• sinking
• floating
• flailing
• swimming