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Friday 24 May 2013

No More Cats


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?
            This book is about no more cats
3. In your own words explain why Dad did not want another cat.
           Because Rusty died
4. What did Dad plan to do about the stray cat?
           He was thinking of taking it to SPCA
5. Why is it more difficult to find a new home for an adult cat?
           When its a little kitten its cute and now its not
6. When had the old cat carrier box last been used?
           when rusty wasn't sick
7. Who was Rusty? Explain what had happened to him.
           He died because he was sick so SPCA put him to sleep
8. In your opinion was Dad fond of cats? Use evidence from the story to support your
           ideas.
          yes
9. When the writer got home from soccer what did she find?
           She found the dad on his favourite chair watching the motor channel with the cat on his  lap        
10. Explain why Dad thought Furry would be a good name for the stray cat.
             when the dog was chasing cat the cat was fast to escape
11. Complete the key vocabulary table:
Word
what you think it means
dictionary definition
sleek
straight things
without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
cunning
is it naughty

willful, wayward, misbehaving.
pounce
when it hops a lot
to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
lean
its like when someone is lying down but not fully  
                                                                   
to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
lounge
the living room
to pass time idly and indolently.
stroke
kind of like patting
a hitting of or an upon any thing

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.)

I touched my friend Brandon’s sleek hair
I heard something in the lounge went and looked
The cat is very cunning
the cat always ponce’s
My sister leans on the window
sometimes i sleep in the lounge
I stroked the fury cat




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