Coraline, Ch. 3 Cloze Review

Name Period Date Coraline, Ch. 3 – Cloze Review

Directions: Use the words in the word bank to complete the cloze activity below.

WORD BANK black drawing flat key pyramid bricks explore gloves kitchen rats chicken father grandmother London sing clothes fingers (sticks) hallway man white home

The next day Coraline’s mother took her to town to buy . Her father was going to for the day. Despite Coraline’s begging, her mother refused to buy her a pair of green . When Coraline asked her mom how they might get into the empty

, her mother said Coraline would have to walk through .

As soon as they got home, Coraline’s mom raced off to get some fish (sticks) for dinner.

Coraline’s family did not use the room; it was only “for best.” It was filled with furniture inherited from Coraline’s . Since her mother was gone,

Coraline got the from its hiding place above the door and she opened the door to the empty flat. To her surprise, it opened into an empty .

After a moment, she knew where she was: she was in her own . In the kitchen

Coraline found a woman who looked like her mother, except that she had very skin and her eyes were big buttons. For lunch, her other mother served Coraline roasted

. After lunch, her other mother suggested that Coraline might want to play with the in her room. When Coraline entered her room these creatures formed a

and began to a creepy song. It was then that the crazy old from upstairs appeared at Coraline’s door. Although he invited her upstairs, she told him she was going outside to . As she left, her other told Coraline that they would be waiting for her to come back.