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Sleeping Beauty Puss in Boots, or The Master Cat

Sleeping Beauty Vocabulary • Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word gaze mean in this fairy tale? Let’s look on page 7 for clues for the meaning of this word. Level P/38 (Answer: look at; Clues/evidence: placed her cradle in the middle of the great hall where all could gaze upon her; everyone wanted to look at the new baby girl) Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: What happened to the invitation for Mordrid? (it sank into a muddy puddle, page 7) • Identify facts and details: How many forest fairies gave the child a gift? (three, Rose pricked page 7) her finger Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension M • Identify cause and effect: What caused Mordrid to be angry? (she was not invited to the party; her feelings were hurt, page 7) a drop of blood fell • Identify sequence of events: What happened when Rose pricked the tip of her finger on the spindle? Use a sequence-of-events chart to answer the question . M (a drop of blood fell from her finger; she fell to the floor; the evil curse had she fell to the floor come true, page 11) Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension M • Make predictions: What clue on page 7 tells you that Mordrid will do something evil curse to cause trouble? (Mordrid was a mean fairy with a quick temper) had come true • Analyze character: What clues on page 11 tell you that Prince James was determined to find the Sleeping Beauty? (he traveled many weeks through the rain and wind; finally he arrived at the castle; he drew his sword to cut through the thorny vines; James made his way through the castle gates; he quickly ran up to the tower) Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses similes to tell what happened to the castle. Find an example of this on page 11. (the vines were as green as emeralds and the thorns were as sharp as razors) • Analyze text structure and organization: What clues does the author use on page 11 to tell you that time is passing? (many years passed; after one hundred years; traveled for many weeks; finally) Y04799_CTDR.qxd:CTDR Set D 1-4.qxd 8/7/09 2:45 PM Page 2

Puss in Boots, or The Master Cat Vocabulary a long • Use synonyms to determine word meaning: What does the word woe mean

feather his boots in this fairy tale? Let’s look on page 14 for clues for the meaning of this word . M

M (Answer: sadness; Clues/evidence: of course, there was no need for such sadness) Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: The cat hid Charles’s clothes . . . (under a rock, page 17) • Identify facts and details: Who owned the meadow? (an evil ogre, page 18) Charles gave cat Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Identify details: What did Charles give the cat? Use a web to answer the question . (his good leather boots; his last sack of flour; his only hat; a long feather for luck, page 15) • Identify cause and effect: Since the ogre turned into a tiny mouse, the cat . . .

M (gobbled him up, page 20) M his hat his flour Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Make predictions: What clues on page 19 help you predict the trick that the cat will play on the ogre? (“I hear you can change yourself into any creature”; “He said that you do not know how to change yourself into tiny creatures like birds or mice. He said that you couldn’t do it even if you tried.”) • Make inferences: What clues on pages 17 and 19 tell you that Charles believed in the cat? (trusting his clever cat; he did not know what his frisky feline was up to, but he liked the plan so far) Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses similes to tell about the meadow. Find examples of this on page 19 . (it looked like a blanket of flowers; it smelled like heaven) • Evaluate author’s purpose: Why did the author include the illustration of the cat on page 15? (to show how the cat looked with his hat and boots and feather)

Readers’ & Writers’ Genre Workshop ©2009 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.