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Frightened Lion

Title

The Frightened Lion

Reading Text

One night, Lion is getting ready to sleep. Suddenly, he hears a strange sound: 'Tap, tap, tap.' He is very afraid! He thinks there is a monster outside the window. Lion wants to protect himself, so he puts on a bicycle helmet and holds a baseball bat. He hides under his bed with a blanket over his head. However, it is not a monster. It is a little frog! The frog is wearing tap shoes and dancing. The lion's imagination made him scared for no reason.

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:
  • Text: A scary creature that is not real.
  • Text: To speak very quietly.
  • Text: A hard hat worn to protect the head.
  • Text: A warm cloth used to cover oneself in bed.
  • Text: Very silly or funny to look at.
  • Text: To make a long, high sound because of fear.
Items:
  • Label: Monster
    Answer: A
  • Label: Whisper
    Answer: B
  • Label: Helmet
    Answer: C
  • Label: Blanket
    Answer: D
  • Label: Ridiculous
    Answer: E
  • Label: Squeal
    Answer: F
Fill In The Blanks:
  • Before: The lion thinks there is a scary
    Answer: monster
    After: outside his window.
  • Before: He puts a bicycle
    Answer: helmet
    After: on his head for safety.
  • Before: When the lion is scared, he hides under his
    Answer: blanket
    After: .
  • Before: Sometimes our
    Answer: imagination
    After: makes things seem scarier than they are.
  • Before: The lion looks
    Answer: ridiculous
    After: hiding with a baseball bat.
Scrambled:
  • Text: To be generated
    Answer: Lion is getting ready for bed.
  • Text: To be generated
    Answer: He hears a strange sound.
  • Text: To be generated
    Answer: A frog is dancing outside.
  • Text: To be generated
    Answer: The noise is not scary.
  • Text: To be generated
    Answer: He hides under the bed.

Comprehension

Questions:
  • Text: Lion hears a sound while getting ready for bed.
    Answer: true
  • Text: The sound is coming from the television.
    Answer: false
  • Text: Lion thinks the sound is a monster.
    Answer: true
  • Text: Lion hides in the bathroom.
    Answer: false
  • Text: The noise was made by a dancing frog.
    Answer: true

Written Expression

Questions:
  • Text: What things are you afraid of (e.g., spiders, the dark)? Why?
  • Text: Do you have a favorite bedtime story or routine? Describe it.
Examples:

Here are some example answers:

1. Fear:

  • "I am afraid of spiders because they have too many legs."
  • "I don't like the dark, so I sleep with a light on."

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