Green Group
No more cats by Jennifer Beck SJ. pt.1 No.3 2008
1. Take a screenshot of the story and insert into this document.
2. What do you think this story is about?
About no more cats.
3. In your own words explain why Dad did not want another cat.
Because the last cat they had got sick and was put to sleep.
4. What did Dad plan to do about the stray cat?
Feed it for about a week and if it trusts us it won’t run away when you are close and after they have caught the cat they would take it to the SPCA.
5. Why is it more difficult to find a new home for an adult cat?
Because people like cute kittens because its all fluffy.
6. When had the old cat carrier box last been used?
It wasn't used since their previous pet cat Rusty died.
7. Who was Rusty? Explain what had happened to him.
Rusty was the previous cat they had owned before he died when Because he got very sick and then the vet had to put him to sleep.
8. In your opinion was Dad fond of cats? Use evidence from the story to support your
ideas.
Yes
9. Why do you think the writer thought Dad was just plotting to catch the cat?
Maybe Because the dad was going to
10. When the writer got home from soccer what did she find?
Dad on his favorite chair watching the motor race channel on TV leaning back on his chair with the cat sleeping on his lap
11. Explain why Dad thought Furrari would be a good name for the stray cat.
Because he when the dog was going to catch the cat the cat ran fast as a ferrari
12. Complete the key vocabulary table:
Word
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what you think it means
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dictionary definition
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sleek
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straight things
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smooth or glossy, as hair, an animal
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cunning
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its naughty
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skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving
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pounce
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when it hops a lot
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to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
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lean
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Its like lying down on someone but not fully
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to incline or bend from a vertical position
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lounge
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The living room
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to pass time idly and insolently
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stroke
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Kind of like patting
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a hitting of or upon anything
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Use the above words in sentences of your own. You need to use one adjective and
one verb in each sentence. Highlight each one in a different color as shown.
(Example - Sione cut open his packet of chicken noodles and dropped them into the
shiny steel pan of hot water to cook.)
In the afternoon I came and leaned on the plastic window.
I was combing my sleek black hair.
When I heard something in the lounge I went for a look.
I saw my dad stroking a cat.
My dad was thinking of ways the cat could die like the previous cat Rusty.
My dad even thought what happened if it pounced off the neighbours two story house just so it could injure the bird by squashing it. The cat was very cunning.
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