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Pre-Reading

▶Before You Start Reading

1. Look at the picture on the front cover. What can you see in the picture?

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2. What do the people in the classroom wear?

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3. Look at the Contents page of the book. What story can you predict from the

chapter list?

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4. What do you wear on Halloween? What is your favorite costume?

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During Reading

▶Word Game Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

EX) Green is to trees as blue is to sky.

Big is to small as tall is to short.

1. Shore is to beach as clothing is to __________________.

2. Attractive is to attraction as attentive is to ____________________.

3. Doctor is to hospital as __________________ is to university.

4. Play is to theater as __________________ is to science lab.

5. Teacher is to tutor as job is to __________________.

occupation costume attention experiment professor

▶ Read the book again, and answer the questions.

1. What new game did Harry think of for recess?

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2. What objects sank in the water experiment?

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3. When did Harry arrived at the classroom on Halloween?

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4. Who held the flashlights when Miss Mackle was reading a story?

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▶Who wears what? Read the book again and fill in the table below.

Name Category Costume

Doug fairy tale and myth a centaur

Miss Mackle

Mary

Ida

Song Lee a surgeon

Dexter

Sidney

Harry occupation

▶The Best Costume What costume would you like to wear next

Halloween? What does it look like and what category does it belong to?

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Post Reading

▶ Character trait Organizer Think about the people in the story and

write a list of each one’s character traits. Find passages in the book that show

these traits and write the page and paragraph of each.

Name Traits Page Paragraph

Harry

Song Lee

Doug

Mary

Dexter

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▶Book Report Reread and complete the book report.

▶About the Book

Title

Author Publisher

▶Character Analysis

Character Name Description

▶Summary

▶Your opinion

Parent’s Signature Teacher’s Signature

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Answer Key

page 3

▶Word Game

1. costume

2. attention

3. professor

4. experiment

5. occupation

▶ Read the book again, and answer the questions.

1. tombstone kickball

2. a potato and a grape

3. After Marry waved her wand and said, “Magic pixie dust, make Harry appear at

the door!”

4. Ida and Dexter