What could that scary sound be? Join Bobby and his dad in a search for a screeching monster with a short reading passage. In addition, learners show their understanding with a series of comprehension questions and a lesson extension.

Concepts

reading comprehension, short stories, summaries

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Add to a reading assessment or homework packet
• A great story to read for Halloween
• Prompt learners to describe a time they heard something scary and it turned out to be something else

Classroom Considerations

• The font for the story is a little small and hard to read
• The questions provide a scale for learners to rate their confidence for each skill

Pros

• A good example when describing mood for your literary analysis lesson
• Provides an answer key
• Writing prompt is a great homework assignment or group activity

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4