The purpose of this assignment is to help you with comprehension skills.
Directions:
1) Please read the following excerpt (part) of the book, James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl.
2) Write down all of the nouns that you can find (common and proper).
3) Write down all of the verbs that you can find.
4) Use context clues to figure out the meaning of rustling and bristly.
5) Summarize what is going on in the excerpt. Write three sentences clearly explaining what is happening.
6) Make a prediction about what is going to happen next.
"...just behind him, James heard a rustling of leaves, and he turned around and saw an old man in a crazy dark-green suit emerging from the bushes. He was a very small old man, but he had a huge bald head and a face that was covered all over with bristly black whiskers. He stopped when he was about three yards away, and he stood there leaning on his stick and staring hard at James."
Directions:
1) Please read the following excerpt (part) of the book, James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl.
2) Write down all of the nouns that you can find (common and proper).
3) Write down all of the verbs that you can find.
4) Use context clues to figure out the meaning of rustling and bristly.
5) Summarize what is going on in the excerpt. Write three sentences clearly explaining what is happening.
6) Make a prediction about what is going to happen next.
"...just behind him, James heard a rustling of leaves, and he turned around and saw an old man in a crazy dark-green suit emerging from the bushes. He was a very small old man, but he had a huge bald head and a face that was covered all over with bristly black whiskers. He stopped when he was about three yards away, and he stood there leaning on his stick and staring hard at James."
© James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl.
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