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BOOKS
1–5
TEACHER’S RESOURCE GUIDE
TEACHER’S RESOURCE GUIDE BOOKS 1–5
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Three Watson Irvine, CA 92618-2767 Website: www.sdlback.com Copyright © 2006 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, with the exception below. Pages labeled with the statement Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 are intended for reproduction. Saddleback Educational Publishing grants to individual purchasers of this book the right to make sufficient copies of reproducible pages for use by all students of a single teacher. This permission is limited to a single teacher, and does not apply to entire schools or school systems. ISBN 1-59905-015-3 Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 06 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
CONTENTS Notes to the Teacher . . . . . . . . 4 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BOOK 1 Main Ideas and Details Book Pages 5–32 . . . Book Pages 33–59 . . Book Pages 60–76 . . Vocabulary Book Pages 5–32 . . . Book Pages 33–59 . . Book Pages 60–76 . . Working with Words . . BOOK 2 Main Ideas and Details Book Pages 5–34 . . . Book Pages 35–60 . . Book Pages 61–75 . . Vocabulary Book Pages 5–34 . . . Book Pages 35–60 . . Book Pages 61–75 . . Working with Words . . BOOK 3 Main Ideas and Details Book Pages 5–36 . . . Book Pages 37–59 . . Book Pages 60–76 . . Vocabulary Book Pages 5–36 . . . Book Pages 37–59 . . Book Pages 60–76 . . Working with Words . .
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BOOK 4 Main Ideas and Details Book Pages 5–37 . . . Book Pages 38–62 . . Book Pages 63–76 . . Vocabulary Book Pages 5–37 . . . Book Pages 38–62 . . Book Pages 63–76 . . Working with Words . . BOOK 5 Main Ideas and Details Book Pages 5–40 . . . Book Pages 41–62 . . Book Pages 63–75 . . Vocabulary Book Pages 5–40 . . . Book Pages 41–62 . . Book Pages 63–75 . . Working with Words . .
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GENERIC EXERCISES Personalizing the Reading Experience I . . . . . . . . . . . . Personalizing the Reading Experience II . . . . . . . . . . . Creative Writing I . . . . . . . . Creative Writing II . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Study . . . . . . . . . Sequencing a Story . . . . . . . .
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NOTES TO THE TEACHER Nonfiction has never been so much fun! Saddleback’s new series of STRANGE BUT TRUE STORIES sets a new standard for high-interest reading materials. It’s all here—stories ranging from the peculiar to the preposterous, from the fascinating to the downright frightening, from the odd to the awful. Yet all the selections are based on eyewitness accounts or the solid scholarship of serious investigators. The correlated exercises in this Teacher’s Resource Guide are specifically designed to extend the learning experience for all your students. There are seven reproducible worksheets for each book in the series, as well as six generic exercises that can be used with all the books. The MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS worksheets test traditional comprehension skills. We suggest that you use these for informal assessment of student progress. The VOCABULARY worksheets help students enrich their personal “word banks” by reviewing sophisticated or unfamiliar words from the stories. Crossword and hidden-word puzzles on many worksheets add an element of fun your students are sure to appreciate. In addition, there’s a WORKING WITH WORDS worksheet for each book. This exercise reinforces important language-arts skills and concepts such as parts of speech, common and proper nouns, compound words, and spelling. Both the STRANGE BUT TRUE books and the correlated exercises are intended to build students’ confidence along with their reading skills. But above all, we at Saddleback hope that the exciting new STRANGE BUT TRUE STORIES will be a pleasure, for both you and your students.
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ANSWER KEY BOOK 1 MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 5–32) A. 1. Roswell 2. aliens 3. banker 4. coincidence 5. hearing 6. hypnosis B. 1. sugar 2. communicate 3. Cataracts 4. helium 5. dreamed MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 33–59) A. 1. coffin 2. bodyguard 3. underwater 4. England 5. inside a coffin 6. vanished B. 1. solstice 2. ground 3. burial 4. predictions 5. astrology MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 60–76) A. ACROSS: 1. Michigan 3. molasses 6. government 7. gray DOWN: 2. Alaska 3. manhole 4. bolt 5. Armory B. 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. b 5. a 6. c VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 5–32) A. ACROSS: 3. escort 5. earplugs 6. fiancée 8. anesthesia DOWN: 1. experiment 2. reluctant 4. radar 7. image B. 1. fatigue 2. orders 3. practiced 4. alerted 5. sight 6. trick 7. disloyal 8. peaceful 9. boiling 10. rosy 11. black 12. perished VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 33–59) A. ACROSS: 3. shortcut 6. squadron 8. energy DOWN: 1. assassin 2. actor 4. trenches 5. pulse 7. lungs B. 1. mysterious 2. bison 3. holy 4. predict 5. answer 6. correct 7. dawn 8. normal 9. brightened 10. past 11. decayed 12. poor VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 60–76) A. B B. 1. hovering L A A 2. seeped T E L L E P U G 3. pellet C N A N A G E N T N 4. launch, H O U M O O C I I D I I H R missile N I S T E 5. batch I E R S P V 6. excursion P N U I U O O C L R H 7. agent X E S E E P E D E 8. rehearsals E S L A S R A E H E R 9. eruption 10. audience 11. Opinion
WORKING WITH WORDS 1. thunderstorm, something, spacecraft, football, lightweight, anything 2. Charles Coghlan, Prince Edward Island, Canada, England 3. terrible, worst, grim, suicidal 4. helium, liters, parachute, altimeter 5. friends, portrait, coincidence, relieved, tragic, beauty
BOOK 2 MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 5–34) A. 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. a B. 1. island 2. silent 3. neighbor 4. Body 5. 19th 6. anthropologist 7. army MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 35–60) A. 1. pilots 2. evidence 3. plague 4. colony 5. white 6. legends 7. glowing B. 1. hanging 2. nine 3. tower 4. narrator 5. smother 6. Robert MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 61–75) A. ACROSS: 2. skeleton 5. specimens 7. abusive 8. element DOWN: 1. strum 3. delusions 4. anatomy 6. degrees B. 1. engines, hydrogen 2. estimate, taste 3. Philadelphia, museum 4. Donner, California 5. pioneers, animals VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 5–34) A. ACROSS: 5. critics 6. random 8. controversy 9. inherit DOWN: 1. parlor 2. maid 3. military 4. frantic 7. ravine B. 1. computer, ship 2. twins, psychotherapy 3. desperation, spirit 4. rate, decomposition 5. acres, corpses 6. Witch, milk VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 35–60) A. ACROSS: 3. ancestors 4. desert 6. reservation 7. patrol 8. wingspan DOWN: 1. generations 2. unforeseen 5. elite B. 1. wholly 2. injury 3. casket 4. decomposes 5. toxin 6. mysterious 7. combined 8. overlooked 9. accepted 10. silence 11. apparent 12. complex Strange But True Stories
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VOCABULARY (NOVEL A. D A I R C V E N D O S C F E E R V A I T U I E D A L R O T S A U C E N O I T
PAGES
R A F T R R E D E N D A C N A R U C T R S E A T U P E
61–75) C S U R V I V O R S R
Y R O S N E S E B O
B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
aircraft sensory saucers descendants curator obese reputation vendor fraud perceive survivors
WORKING WITH WORDS 1. smoke, field, built, deal, lay, vowed 2. technology, calculated, mechanical, unusual, mechanism, accurately 3. desolate, five, local, mysterious, another, two, brown, weird, frightening, next, bad 4. desperation, corpse, illegal, grieving, tenant, profitable 5. nocturnal, random, controversy, sophisticated
BOOK 3 MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 5–36) A. 1. 2,000 2. bark, scream 3. Nyos 4. smothered 5. Chicago’s 6. myth B. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. b MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 37–59) A. 1. dead, living 2. cemetery 3. Australia 4. funeral 5. burning 6. collided 7. drifting B. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. F MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 60–76) A. B. 1. sauropod S N O I L L I M S S A 2. crimp, N S P I R I T S D V kidnapped E E E A 3. capital E S A U R O P O D G R R C P L E 4. acid I A A I 5. millions D N T G C P 6. magicians D I N M A I P I 7. savage, K A R spirits C S N A I C I G A M 8. sneer 9. replica 10. reign VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 5–36) A. ACROSS: 2. hooves 5. gas 6. gate 8. supernatural 9. oxygen DOWN: 1. pressure 3. volcanic 4. Cemetery 7. silence B. 1. e 2. d 3. h 4. a 5. c 6. g 7. b 8. f 9. e 10. h 11. g 12. b 13. d 14. a 15. c 16. f
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VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 37–59) A. ACROSS: 1. sorcery 6. epidemic 8. disease DOWN: 2. remains 3. cremated 4. tribe 5. legend 7. omen B. 1. dead 2. exhibit 3. immediate 4. employed 5. slept 6. cloaked 7. report 8. field 9. ordinary 10. partial 11. disgrace 12. brilliant 13. appeared 14. curved 15. kindly 16. evening VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 60–76) A. S S E T O M E R K S B. 1. tunnels 2. remote L L S N E A R E E O O C 3. labor U O N I M L 4. rogue G C B N T R E U 5. monk H Y A A U E U S 6. slaughter T L T T I 7. statue E I A T O R D N T A N 8. seclusion, E S D B meditation M R O G U E 9. batteries W A T E R F R O N T 10. cylinder 11. waterfront WORKING WITH WORDS 1. a. WORD USED IN SENTENCE: departed HOMOGRAPH: opposite to the right side b. WORD USED IN SENTENCE: past tense of feel HOMOGRAPH: a fabric of compressed fibers c. WORD USED IN SENTENCE: thin, with little or no fat HOMOGRAPH: 1. to rest against something; 2. not productive or prosperous 2. cemetery, physical, ambulance, emergency 3. something, downhill, rockslide, outside 4. sale, sees, too/to, wood 5. epidemic, superstitious, sorcery
BOOK 4 MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 5–37) A. 1. pursuers 2. 140, 17 3. Jacob Waltz 4. 1693 5. Apaches 6. knife B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. a MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 38–62) A. 1. trained, 41 2. Revolution, an unfamiliar 3. English, stages 4. British, Philadelphia 5. attack, White Marsh 6. smell, thousands B. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. T CORRECTED SENTENCES:
1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin . . . 4. . . . Kozuka was killed . . . 5. . . .in 1951. MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 63–76) A. ACROSS: 1. foreman 5. investors 6. Atlantis 8. niece DOWN: 2. revenge 3. research 4. infant 7. sonic B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. a
VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 5–37) A. ACROSS: 2. poverty 3. ore 5. suspects 7. witchcraft 8. sacred DOWN: 1. burros 2. prospectors 4. Hysteria 6. sect B. 1. discussion 2. meet 3. precisely 4. devastating 5. prehistoric 6. ritual 7. unsure 8. fruitful 9. airy 10. denied 11. calm 12. inflate VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 38–62) A. ACROSS: 2. sentries 5. incredible 6. abnormal 8. detect DOWN: 1. heroine 3. tavern 4. network 7. mole B. 1. remote, island 2. astronauts, spacecraft 3. India, spores 4. mustard, documented 5. mother, mining 6. commander, cease 7. pamphlets, war VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 63–76) A. B. 1. extinct 2. spirits, rifle D M L W T I B A H N I A A 3. quartz, I E R Z N prisms N X U E D 4. income D Q S P I R I T S M L U I A I A 5. supernatural E A P N E N R 6. dwindled D R C L C K 7. fossils E I T O F T P S Z M I 8. inhabit U M E R 9. maze, S S L I S S O F landmark WORKING WITH WORDS 1. speech, courts, group, girls, seemed, times 2. overdue, earthquakes, Yellowstone, supervolcano, sunlight 3. Africa, Dogon, West Africa, Egyptians, Libya, Dr. Griaule, Sirius 4. mail, in, so, for, one, great 5. propaganda, civilian, guerrilla, skirmishes
BOOK 5 MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 5–40) A. 1. c 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. b 6. c B. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. T MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 41–62) A. 1. Titan 2. survived 3. had not 4. cobra 5. Atlantic 6. plenty of B. 1. fossils 2. monster 3. coroner 4. bookstore 5. treasury 6. executed MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (NOVEL PAGES 63–75) A. ACROSS: 4. languages 6. mansion 7. allies 8. cypress DOWN: 1. confessed 2. hoax 3. metal 5. royalty 6. matter
B. 1. More than 5,000 crop circles have been seen in more than 40 countries. 2. Why are the stalks of grain in crop circles bent but never broken? 3. In 1969, Uri Geller met the prime minister of Israel. 4. Geller used his powers to search for gold, oil, and minerals. 5. At school, Nostradamus studied to be a doctor. VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 5–40) A. ACROSS: 1. counselor 3. leper 6. identity 7. empress 8. false DOWN: 1. cholera 2. medical 4. exiles 5. minister B. 1. boxing, image 2. rivals, points 3. Jockey, saddle 4. dream, marathon 5. fouled, bench 6. round, heavyweight 7. Governor, militia VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 41–62) A. ACROSS: 4. bow 5. expedition 7. omens 9. curse DOWN: 1. looted 2. cabin 3. afterlife 6. tomb 8. local B. 1. animal, human 2. corridor, London 3. Bigfoot, Northwest 4. aquatic, reptile 5. Sonar, sound 6. maid, insane VOCABULARY (NOVEL PAGES 63–75) A. B. 1. crop, mazes D E C F S 2. fantasy C R O P M I E N 3. psychic, O A H A O M Y celebrity F N C T I A T A S Y S T Z I 4. predictions N S C S E R C A R 5. propaganda T P I S R B 6. pranksters, A D N E S R E T S K N A R P L pattern Y R E 7. demons P R O P A G A N D A C 8. acres 9. feats WORKING WITH WORDS 1. luxury, watertight, enormous, poorly written icy, rich, famous 2. photographic, Massachusetts, monastery, comfortable 3. athletic, sheriff, governor, citizens 4. China, Russia, Nepal, California, Ohio, Florida, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti 5. hieroglyphic, archeologist, expeditions, Pharaoh
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MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–18)
A. Circle or write in a word to complete each sentence. 1. In 1947, an alien spacecraft may have crashed in ____________________, New Mexico. 2. Five ( witnesses / aliens ) were found in the wreckage. 3. The first portrait Marcellin painted was of a French ( artist / banker ). 4. Marcellin’s friends insisted that the unexpected deaths were only a ( coincidence / misfortune ). 5. Of our five senses, ____________________ is the most difficult to block. 6. Dr. Levinson used ____________________ to jog the patients’ memories. (BOOK
PAGES
19–32)
B. Unscramble the words to complete the sentences. 1. Jess, a diabetic, worried that his blood GUSRA ____________________ level might drop overnight. 2. Smokey knew how to MICENUMCATO ____________________ with her hearing-impaired family. 3. STRACTACA ____________________ had nearly blinded Merlin. 4. The lawn chair was held up by balloons filled with LIEMUH ____________________. 5. Mrs. Holbourne EDMARED ____________________ that her husband was stranded on a sinking ship.
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MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
33–49)
A. Circle or write in a word to complete each sentence. 1. Charles Coghlan returned to his boyhood home in a ____________________. 2. Lincoln’s ( physician / bodyguard ) urged him not to go to the theater. 3. Justin Bunker was ____________________ for 20 minutes. 4. Stonehenge is a famous megalith in ( France / England ). 5. In a dream, Lincoln saw himself ( as a ghost / inside a coffin ). 6. Many ships and planes have ____________________ in the Bermuda Triangle. (BOOK
PAGES
50–59)
B. Unscramble the words to complete the sentences. 1. Wyoming’s mysterious wheel of stones marks the summer COLISETS ____________________. 2. All the stone wheels that have been found are built on high NUGDOR ____________________. 3. Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound is a Native American LIARUB ____________________ place. 4. Jeane Dixon refused to take money for any of her SNITCIDOREP ____________________. 5. Besides LORSTAGYO ____________________, Dixon used dreams and mind-reading to foretell the future.
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MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
60–76)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1
2
M
A
ACROSS
3
M 4
1. The S.S. Eastland was scheduled to take her passengers across Lake ___. 3. A river of ___ roared through the streets. 6. Georgi Markov complained about the Bulgarian ___. 7. The Drury Lane ghost is called the “Man in ___.” DOWN
B
5
A
6
G
7
G
2. A pilot saw two strange objects in the sky over Fairbanks, ___.
4. The UFO shot a ___ of light at the F4 Phantom fighter plane.
3. Several flying ___ covers derailed a train.
5. Oprah’s TV studio was once the home of the Second Regiment ___.
B. Circle a letter to answer the question or complete the sentence. 1. What three words have witnesses used to describe UFOs? a. enormous, silver, round b. noisy, armed, colorless c. silent, wingless, agile 2. What forced the government to release reports of UFOs? a. the Freedom of Information Act b. demands by the American people c. a request from the United Nations 3. How many died in the S.S. Eastland tragedy? a. 8,000
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b. 800
c. 218
4. About how many years ago did the Eastland tragedy occur? a. 65
b. 90
c. 125
5. The man whose skeleton was found in Drury Lane Theater a. had been murdered. b. died in the 19th century. c. had starved to death. 6. Theater people think the “Man in Gray” a. is out for revenge. b. is a prince in disguise. c. brings good luck.
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–18)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1
3
5
ACROSS
2
E
R E
4
R
E
3. The captain ordered two MPs to ___ Dennis off the base. 5. Some surgeons have their patients wear ___.
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6. Marcellin painted a portrait of his ___. 8. Even under ___, some patients can hear doctors talking.
F
7
I
8
A
DOWN
1. In one ___, patients listened to music during surgery.
4. The ___ screen at the army air base lit up.
2. Marcellin had always been ___ to paint portraits.
7. Francois Noel wanted a lasting ___ of her youthful beauty.
(BOOK
PAGES
19–32)
B. Read the boldface words from the stories. Then write a word from the box to complete each pair of synonyms or antonyms. alerted orders
perished disloyal
rosy sight
SYNONYMS
peaceful practiced
trick black
boiling fatigue
ANTONYMS
1. exhaustion / _________________
7. faithful /_________________________
2. commands / __________________
8. anxious / ________________________
3. trained /______________________
9. freezing / ________________________
4. warned / _____________________
10. pale / ____________________________
5. vision / _______________________
11. blonde / _________________________
6. stunt / ________________________
12. survived / _______________________
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
33–49)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1
2
A 3 S
A 4
T
5
ACROSS
P
O
6
3. The boys took a ___ to the sledding hill.
7
S
L
6. The ___ went out on a practice bombing run.
8
E
8. Do the megaliths have radioactive ___? DOWN
5. The frozen boy had a faint ___.
1. Lincoln was killed by an ___. 2. Charles Coghlan wanted to be an ___.
7. Justin’s ___ and stomach were partly filled with icy water.
4. In the Bermuda Triangle, the ocean floor has deep ___. (BOOK
PAGES
50–59)
B. Read the boldface words from the stories. Then use words from the box to complete the pairs of synonyms and antonyms. dawn past
bison normal
holy poor
mysterious brightened
SYNONYMS
12
answer correct
predict decayed
ANTONYMS
1. puzzling /_____________________
7. sunset /__________________________
2. buffalo / ______________________
8. unnatural / ______________________
3. sacred /_______________________
9. faded /___________________________
4. foretell /______________________
10. future / __________________________
5. reply / ________________________
11. preserved / ______________________
6. accurate / ____________________
12. wealthy / ________________________
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
60–76)
A. Find and circle the hidden words. Words may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it. ___ AUDIENCE
___ PELLET
___ OPINION
___ MISSILE
___ EXCURSION
___ AGENT
___ ERUPTION
___ BATCH
___ HOVERING
___ LAUNCH
___ REHEARSALS
___ SEEPED
B A T C H S C V B H A E
O T E N O I N I P O X P
C R L A U D I E N C E S
V E L W M R G A U A V L
J S E N E I I R D M B A
L D P A O A S O W C S S
M A U G P I Z S B U E R
I G U E O C T E I R E A
S C Y N E G L P N L P E
W X F T C K P D U K E H
P N R O S H O S L R D E
L H G N I R E V O H E R
B. Now use the puzzle words to complete the sentences about the stories. 1. A UFO was seen ____________________ over the outskirts of Tehran. 2. Sticky molasses ____________________ out of the cracks in the sidewalk. 3. The umbrella had been rigged as a ____________________ gun! 4. The pilot threw a switch to ____________________ a ____________________. 5. The distilling company wanted to make one last ____________________ of alcohol. 6. The S.S. Eastland was an ____________________ ship. 7. The CIA ____________________ said the public would be frightened by the UFO report. 8. The Drury Lane ghost often shows up during ____________________. 9. Trapped sewer gas caused an ____________________ of manhole covers. 10. The ____________________ didn’t think the actress was very funny. 11.
____________________ polls show that many Americans believe in UFOs.
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WORKING WITH WORDS (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–76)
1. Find and write the six compound words that appear on the first page of “The Roswell Mystery.” (Hint: A compound word is one word, such as basketball or grandfather, made by combining two or more words.) ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
2. Find and write the four proper nouns that appear on the first page of “The Dead Man’s Journey.” (Hint: A proper noun, such as Willow Street or Atlantic Ocean, names a particular person, place, or thing.) ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
3. Find and write the four adjectives that appear on the first page of “Under the Knife—and Listening.” (Hint: An adjective is a word, such as yellow or unhappy, used to describe a noun or pronoun.) ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
4. Find and write the four words on the first page of “The Lawn Chair Pilot” that match the definitions below. ____________________: a very light gas with no color or odor ____________________: metric unit of capacity equal to 1.0567 quarts (plural) ____________________: large cloth device that opens to slow the descent of something dropped from an airplane ____________________: instrument that shows how high an airplane is flying 5. Find and circle the correct spellings of words found on the second page of “The Deadly Portraits.”
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frends / friends / freinds
portrat / portrate / portrait
coincidence / coinsidense
releived / relieved
tragic / tradgic / tragick
beuty / beauty beutay
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MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–19)
A. Circle a letter to correctly complete the sentence or answer the question. 1. Lizzie Borden’s dress was stained with either paint or a. food.
b. oil.
c. blood.
2. The Beast of Gevaudan was hunted in the ___ century. a. 17th
b. 18th
c. 16th
3. What did the taped voices seem to convey to Friedrich Jurgenson? a. personal information b. secret codes c. cries for help
4. Who said he received pictures of the dead on a TV screen? a. an English psychologist b. a Swiss engineer c. a Swedish scientist 5. The king of what country sent hunters after the Beast of Gevaudan? a. Spain
b. England
c. France
6. After the Bordens’ death, what did Lizzie and her sister buy? a. a huge house on the hill b. a new horse and carriage c. an apartment in New York
(BOOK
PAGES
20–34)
B. Circle the word that correctly completes each sentence. 1. The Antikythera computer was named after the ( city / island ) where it was found. 2. The ( secret / silent ) twins were imprisoned when they took drugs and stole things. 3. A ( neighbor / relative ) accused John Bell of cheating on a business deal. 4. Dr. Bill Bass’s “laboratory” is called the ( Anatomy / Body ) Farm. 5. A mischievous spirit haunted the Bell home in the (18th / 19th ) century. 6. Dr. Bass was an ( astrologist / anthropologist ) at the University of Tennessee. 7. Andrew Jackson said he’d rather face an ( onslaught / army ) than the Bell Witch.
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
35–50)
A. Unscramble the words to complete the sentences. 1. Five SLOTIP ____________________ saw Mothman flying over a golf course. 2. To the Shadow Wolves, “sign” is any physical CEENDIVE ___________________. 3. Some nursery rhymes tell the story of the APGLUE ____________________, or “Black Death.” 4. The queen sent Sir Walter Raleigh across the ocean to establish a YONLOC____________________ on Roanoke Island. 5. Virginia Dare was the first ITHEW ____________________ child born in America. 6. Many Native American GELSEND____________________ tell of giant bird-like creatures. 7. Witnesses say the tall, winged man’s eyes were strangely red and WOGGNIL ____________________. (BOOK
PAGES
51–60)
B. Circle a word to correctly complete each sentence. 1. The crime of body snatching was punished by ( imprisonment / hanging ). 2. Burke and Hare’s killing spree lasted about ( nine / four ) months. 3. To make his wife happy, Gene put his evil doll in the ( spare / tower ) room. 4. Dr. Watson was the ( author / narrator ) of the Sherlock Holmes stories. 5. Burke had figured out a way to ( smother / strangle ) a person without damaging the body. 6. ( Robert / Gene ) was about three feet tall and made of straw. 16
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
61–75)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1
S
2
S
ACROSS
3
D
71/2-foot-tall
2. The ___ of a man is on display.
5. Dr. Mutter donated his collection of ___.
4
A
5
S
6
D 7
A
7. Everyone knew that Keesberg was an ___ husband. 8. In 2004, scientists created a small amount of ___ 115.
8
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DOWN
1. The ___ of a guitar felt like someone blowing on the woman’s ankles.
4. Odd examples of human ___ are on display at the Mutter Museum.
3. People with synesthesia are not suffering from ___.
6. Bob Lazar told the reporter about the ___ he had earned.
B. Unscramble and write in words to complete the sentences. 1. Bob Lazar is currently working on NESINGE ____________________ fueled by ____________________. 2. Scientists STIETEAM ____________________ that about one of every 2,000 people can hear, smell, feel, or ____________________ color. 3. You will have to go to ____________________ if you want to visit the Mutter UMSUME ____________________. 4. Only 46 members of the NERDON ____________________ party reached ____________________ alive. 5. Desperately hungry, the weary ____________________ ate their NASLAIM ____________________, one by one.
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–19)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences. 1 P
2
M
ACROSS
3
M
5. ___ of EVP say the voices of the dead can’t be recorded. 6. Some said the voices were picked up from ___ radio broadcasts.
4
6
F
5
C
R
8. Without scientific proof, the ___ about EVP will surely continue. 9. Was Lizzie Borden eager to ___ her parents’ money?
7
8
R
C
DOWN
1. Andrew Borden was murdered in the downstairs ___.
9
I
2. Lizzie asked the family’s ___ to come quickly.
4. As the killings went on, the king became ___.
3. Capt. Duhamel, a ___ man, went after the beast.
7. The hunters trapped the beast in a ___ in the woods.
(BOOK
PAGES
20–34)
B. Write in or circle words from the stories to complete the sentences. 1. An ancient, mechanical ( compass / computer ) was found in the wreckage of a Greek __________________. 2. At 13, the silent __________________ were sent to a ( psychopathic / psychotherapy ) center for treatment. 3. In a moment of ( depreciation / desperation ), John Bell told a friend about the mischievous __________________ in his house. 4. At first, Dr. Bass didn’t know much about the body’s __________________ of ( decomposition / determination ). 5. The university gave Dr. Bass three __________________ of land and a few ( profiles / corpses ) of homeless men. 6. The Bell __________________ spilled ( milk / tea ) and stole sugar. 18
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
35–50)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences. 1
G
ACROSS 2
3
U
3. Some of the Croatoans’ ___ had been white people.
A 4
D
4. The O’odham ___ is in southwestern Arizona.
5
E
6
R
6. A little boy had wandered onto the ___ with his dog. 7. The first ___ of Shadow Wolves was made up of seven men.
7
8. Witnesses said the Mothman’s ___ was 10 feet across.
8
P
W
DOWN
1. Children have played nursery rhyme games for ___. 2. Because of ___ circumstances, White didn’t return to Roanoke for three years. 5. The Shadow Wolves are an ___ U.S. Customs Service tracking patrol. (BOOK
PAGES
51–60)
B. Read the boldface words from the stories. Then use words from the box to complete the pairs of synonyms and antonyms. mysterious decomposes
silence apparent
injury toxin
SYNONYMS
wholly casket
complex accepted
combined overlooked
ANTONYMS
1. entirely / _____________________
7. separated / ______________________
2. wound / ______________________
8. noticed /_________________________
3. coffin / _______________________
9. refused /_________________________
4. decays / ______________________
10. sound / __________________________
5. poison /_______________________
11. invisible / _______________________
6. unexplained /_________________
12. simple / _________________________
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
61–75)
A. Find and circle the hidden words. Words may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it. ___ SURVIVORS
___ OBESE
___ PERCEIVE
___ CURATOR
___ AIRCRAFT
___ SAUCERS
___ REPUTATION
___ VENDOR
___ CREDENTIALS
___ FRAUD
___ DESCENDANTS
___ SENSORY
D V C V F R A U D T S W
A E U P E H O K U L A N
I N S L G V H E A R U O
R D W C J L I I R O C I
C O A S E K T E Y T E T
R R B Q C N J X C A R A
A F N U E P D O K R S T
F D Z D V S C A J U E U
T K E S N W S M N C X P
S R H F B A F L D T B E
C O S U R V I V O R S R
L P Y R O S N E S E B O
B. Now use the puzzle words to complete the sentences. 1. It is rumored that alien ____________________ are stored and studied at Area 51. 2. A rare neurological condition causes a ____________________ mix-up. 3. One Area 51 project involved no less than nine flying ____________________. 4. Keesberg’s ____________________ marked the graves of his wife and children. 5. Dr. Mutter paid the salary of a museum ____________________. 6. The ____________________ Soap Woman died during a yellow fever epidemic. 7. The judge thought Keesberg’s ____________________ wasn’t worth more than a dollar. 8. One woman saw hot coals bursting from the mouth of the ice cream ____________________. 9. Bob Lazar’s critics say that he’s a ____________________. 10. Some people ____________________ written numbers, letters, and words in color. 11. Some of the ____________________ had resorted to cannibalism. 20
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–75)
1. Find and write the six words that appear on the first page of “The Bell Witch” that rhyme with the words below. _____________ / oak
______________ / reeled
_____________ / stilt
_____________ / peel
______________ / sleigh
_____________ / loud
2. Find and write the six four-syllable words that appear on the first and second pages of “The Antikythera Mechanism—An Ancient Computer?” (Hint: A syllable is a single sounding of the voice. Sun, for example, is a one-syllable word; sunshine is a two-syllable word.) ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
3. Find and write the 11 adjectives that appear on the first page of “The Mothman Mystery.” (Hint: An adjective is a word, such as gold watch or tall man, that describes a noun or pronoun.) _______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
4. Circle the correct spellings of six words that appear on the first and second pages of “Burke and Hare—The Body Snatchers.” desperation / desparation ilegal / illegal tenant / tenent
courpse / corpse grieving / greiving profitible / profitable
5. Write the words from “EVP—Is This How the Dead Talk to Us?” that match the definitions. ____________________________: happening during the night ____________________________: made or done without planning or purpose ____________________________: argument or debate ____________________________: very complicated and based on the latest techniques, etc. Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–21)
A. Circle or unscramble a word or number to correctly complete each sentence. 1. Some ( 200 / 2,000 ) people claim to have seen the Jersey Devil. 2. The Jersey Devil is said to KRAB __________________ and MACERS __________________. 3. More than 1,700 people died at Lake ( Nyos / Manoun ). 4. The carbon dioxide in the air ( burned / smothered ) the animals as well as the people. 5. “Resurrection Mary” is one of COGAICH’s __________________ most famous ghosts. 6. Some people call Mary’s story an urban ( myth / mystery ). (BOOK
PAGES
22–36)
B. Circle a letter to show how each sentence should be completed. 1. ___ took revenge for his father’s murder. a. Bram Stoker b. Vlad Dracula c. Captain Doom 2. Elizabeth Bathory bathed in her victims’ ___. a. bathtubs b. tears c. blood 3. Racetrack Playa is an old ___ in Death Valley. a. sand dune b. lake bed c. hillside 22
4. It would take ___ mile-an-hour winds to move a big boulder. a. 400-
b. 700-
c. 500-
5. Mary Mallon was a ___ of typhoid fever. a. victim b. discoverer c. carrier 6. Explorers have found ancient underwater cities off the coasts of ___. a. Greenland, Norway, and Denmark b. Egypt, Japan, and India c. Peru, Chile, and Argentina
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
37–49)
A. Circle or unscramble a word or words to complete each sentence. 1. Colma is the only city in the world where the ( dead / living ) outnumber the ( dead / living ). 2. Colma’s economy depends on MYECERET ____________________ workers. 3. The Fores’ island is 100 miles north of ( Africa / Australia ). 4. Cannibalism is a ( wedding / funeral ) ritual to the Fore people. 5. Rescuers hurried to save the crew of the ( sinking / burning ) ship. 6. Some say their ships have almost COLDELID ____________________ with The Flying Dutchman. 7. Is the Baychinco still FRITGIND ____________________ among the Arctic ice packs? (BOOK
PAGES
50–59)
B. Write T or F to show whether each sentence is true or false. 1. _____ Making death masks was Marie Antoinette’s special talent. 2. _____ To make a death mask, a wax mold was filled with damp plaster of Paris. 3. _____ During the Gold Rush, an American opened a wax museum in Sacramento, California. 4. _____ The featured display in the new wax museum was a scene from the French Revolution. 5. _____ A TV reporter saw the figure of the tax collector pull off its own head! 6. _____ When he was last seen, Orion Williamson was heading for his own pasture. 7. _____ Many blame Fred Noonan for the loss of Amelia Earhart’s plane. 8. _____ Luckily, Earhart was later found on tiny Howland Island. Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
60–76)
A. Find and circle the hidden words. Words may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it. ___ SAUROPOD
___ CAPITAL
___ MILLIONS
___ SAVAGE
___ KIDNAPPED
___ CRIMP
___ MAGICIANS
___ ACID
___ SPIRITS
___ REIGN
___ REPLICA
___ SNEER
B S N E E R M D A C X L
X L A Z O X I S E O K P
S E S V S C G C W I F C
N Z P H A N Y B D S A S
O P I O U L F N L P G N
I E R J R H A P I T M A
L D I E O P E T H K B I
L H T T P A A O N L G C
I Q S E O L V G E J R I
M U D Y D S I R P I E G
S A V A G E L C M O S A
C P E W R T K P A H Q M
B. Now use the puzzle words to complete the sentences. 1. The natives’ description sounded like a ____________________ dinosaur. 2. After being drugged by a ____________________, the victim would find himself ____________________. 3. Alexandra didn’t want her tulpa to accompany her to the ___________________ of Tibet. 4. The batteries’ iron rods had been partly eaten away by ____________________. 5. We all know that dinosaurs were wiped out ____________________ of years ago. 6. Usually, mind creatures are produced by highly skilled ____________________. 7. Surely, the ____________________ lions were really evil _________________! 8. The monk’s cheerful smile was turning into a crafty ____________________. 9. One scientist built an exact ____________________ of the Baghdad battery. 10. The lions’ ____________________ of terror had lasted nine months. 24
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–21)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1
P
2
ACROSS
3
H
V
2. The Jersey Devil’s back feet are ___. 4
5. Carbon dioxide is a kind of ___. 6. Human handprints were embedded in the cemetery ___.
5
C
G
6
7
G
S
8
S
8. Is the Jersey Devil a natural or ___ being? 9. The carbon dioxide sucked the ___ from the air.
9
O
DOWN
1. As more gas is trapped at the bottom of a lake, the ___ builds.
4. Resurrection ___ is located on Archer Avenue.
3. Lake Nyos is inside a ___ crater.
7. The awful ___ warned Che that something bad had happened.
(BOOK
PAGES
22–36)
B. Draw lines to match the boldfaced words from the stories with their synonyms or antonyms. SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
1. movies
a. witnesses
9. real
a. differ
2. infamous
b. officials
10. isolated
b. common
3. coast
c. lethal
11. horrified
c. ill
4. observers
d. notorious
12. royal
d. mild
5. deadly
e. films
13. fierce
e. imaginary
6. evidence
f. just
14. agree
f. boring
7. authorities
g. proof
15. healthy
g. delighted
8. unfair
h. shoreline
16. fascinating
h. exposed
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
37–49)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1
S
3
ACROSS
2
R 4
C 5
1. The doctor didn’t believe that kuru was caused by ___.
6
T
L
E
6. A disease called kuru was becoming an ___. 8. Could cannibalism be the cause of the terrible ___?
7
8
O
D
DOWN
2. The pioneers’ ___ were trucked to Colma.
5. The story of The Flying Dutchman has become a ___.
3. Some ___ bodies were sprinkled in the garden.
7. Some believe that seeing The Flying Dutchman is a bad ___.
4. The Fore were a very primitive ___. (BOOK
PAGES
50–59)
B. Add vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to complete the synonyms and antonyms of the boldface words from the story. SYNONYMS
1. deceased / d __ __ d
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ANTONYMS
9. special / __ r d __ n __ r y
2. display / __ x h __ b __ t
10. entire / p __ r t __ __ l
3. instant / __ m m __ d __ __ t __
11. honor / d __ s g r __ c __
4. hired / __ m p l __ y __ d
12. dim / b r __ l l __ __ n t
5. dozed / s l __ p t
13. vanished / __ p p __ __ r __ d
6. encased / c l __ __ k __ d
14. flat / c __ r v __ d
7. account / r __ p __ r t
15. ruthless / k __ n d l y
8. pasture / f __ __ l d
16. morning / __ v __ n __ n g
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
60–76)
A. Find and circle the hidden words. Words may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it. ___ BATTERIES
___ ROGUE
___ CYLINDER
___ MONK
___ SECLUSION
___ LABOR
___ WATERFRONT
___ REMOTE
___ SLAUGHTER
___ TUNNELS
___ MEDITATION
___ STATUE
S L A U G H T E R O D A
H J K S C X J M K L M S
S O P Z K Y G O J E F W
A L R O B A L A D Z R A
E L E C F L S I H C O T
T Y W N S C T B N S G E
O Q V E N A O E T D U R
M U B R T U H A M V E F
E S E I R E T T A B N R
R T O S A U N R E L J O
K N O M E L P W D K H N
S E C L U S I O N P E T
B. Now use the puzzle words to complete the sentences. 1. Portland’s Shanghai ____________________ are open for public tours. 2. Do dinosaurs still live in a ____________________ area of the Congo? 3. In the 1800s the sea captains needed cheap ____________________. 4. John Patterson was determined to kill the ____________________ lions. 5. Alexandra David-Neel decided to create a ____________________. 6. The ____________________ of railroad workers stopped progress on the bridge. 7. The furious sea captain threw the wooden ____________________ overboard. 8. Alexandra went into ____________________ and used ____________________ to dissolve her tulpa. 9. Some think the ancient ____________________ were used to stop pain. 10. Each ____________________ of copper contained an iron rod. 11. Newcomers didn’t know that Portland’s ____________________ was a very dangerous place. Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–76)
1. The italicized words in the sentences from “Tulpas—Mind Creatures of Tibet” are homographs of other words. (Hint: Homographs are words, such as bill meaning “beak” and bill meaning “money owed.” These words look exactly the same but have different meanings.) At the end of each sentence, write a definition of the italicized word. Then define the homograph of that word. a. Alexandra left on a trip. _________________________________________________ HOMOGRAPH:
_____________________________________________________________
b. She felt his hand touch her shoulder. _____________________________________ HOMOGRAPH:
_____________________________________________________________
c. His round face was growing lean. _________________________________________ HOMOGRAPH:
_____________________________________________________________
2. Find and circle the correctly spelled words from “The Ghost Who Loved to Dance.” cemetary / cemetery
physical / physicle
ambulance / ambulence
emergancy / emergency
3. Find and write the compound words on the first page of “Killer Lakes.” (Hint: A compound word is one word, such as airplane or honeybee, made by combining two words.) ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
4. Homophones are words, such as dear and deer, that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Write a homophone for each italicized word from “A Bad Omen: The Flying Dutchman.” . . . was to sail (____________) the seas (____________) forever! . . . afraid the two (_____________) ships would (_____________) collide. 5. Find and write the words that appear on the first page of “Kuru—the Ghost Disease” that match the definitions below. ____________________________: the rapid spreading of a disease to many people at the same time ____________________________: having beliefs based on fear or ignorance rather than reason or scientific fact ____________________________: use of supposedly magical charms and spells for an evil purpose 28
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–20)
A. Circle the words or numbers that complete the sentences. 1. Jack the Ripper wrote taunting letters to his ( pursuers / victims ). 2. About ( 140 / 220 ) suspected witches were jailed, and at least ( 27 / 17 ) died in jail. 3. ( Abraham Thorne / Jacob Waltz ) came to Arizona to hunt for gold. 4. The witch-hunt trials ended in January ( 1693 / 1893 ). 5. Miguel Peralta and his men were driven off Superstition Mountain by the ( Thunder God / Apaches ). 6. Jack the Ripper used a ( gun / knife ) to commit his terrible crimes. (BOOK
PAGES
21–37)
B. Circle a letter to answer the question or complete the sentence. 1. The last time a supervolcano erupted was about ___ years ago.
4. Members of the Dogon tribe say they were visited by
a. 74,000
a. aliens called Nommos.
b. 600,000
b. mermaids and mermen.
c. 885
c. Sumerians and Egyptians.
2. Music from what instruments accompanies the Night Marchers?
5. Who was the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?
a. trumpets and saxophones
a. William Chester Minor
b. nose flute and drums
b. Charles Winsor
c. violin and harp
c. James Murray
3. Hawaiians say that scary stories give them goose bumps, or ___.
6. Volunteers were asked to provide ___ and ___ for dictionary definitions.
a. rashes
a. quotations and examples
b. chills
b. spelling and pronunciation
c. chicken skin
c. capitalization and punctuation
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
38–49)
A. Unscramble and circle words from the stories to complete the sentences. 1. When DENAIRT ____________________ dogs are tested, they accurately detect cancer samples ( 14 / 41 ) percent of the time. 2. In the history of the American LOVENOITUR ____________________, Lydia Darragh is ( an unfamiliar / a familiar ) name. 3. An ( English / American ) woman’s dog detected her cancer in its early GATESS ____________________. 4. In 1777, ( British / American ) troops took over the city of AIHELPIDALPH ____________________. 5. The British were planning a secret CATKAT ____________________ on Washington’s troops at ( Frankford / White Marsh ). 6. A dog’s sense of SLELM ____________________ is ( hundreds / thousands ) of times better than a human’s. (BOOK
PAGES
50–62)
B. Write T or F to show whether each sentence is true or false. Then correct the false sentences on the lines below. 1. _____ Neil Armstrong and John Glenn were two astronauts on the Apollo 11 space flight. 2. _____ A tornado may carry fish hundreds of miles before dropping them. 3. _____ Astronaut Gordon Cooper believes in the existence of UFOs. 4. _____ After hiding for 27 years, Onada was killed by a Filipino patrol. 5. _____ The Japanese holdouts formally surrendered in 1961. 6. _____ Stories of aliens on the moon began to spread after the flight of Apollo 11.
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CORRECTED SENTENCE:
________________________________________________________
CORRECTED SENTENCE:
________________________________________________________
CORRECTED SENTENCE:
________________________________________________________
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
63–76)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences. 1
ACROSS 4
1. Every morning, Mrs. Winchester and her ___ planned the day’s work. 5. A group of ___ decided to use the house as a tourist attraction.
2
3
R
R
I 5
6
F I
7
A
S
6. Some think the skulls were made in the lost city of ___. 8. Mrs. Winchester left everything to Frances Marriot, her ___.
8
N
DOWN
2. The psychic said the spirits were seeking ___.
4. Mrs. Winchester grieved the loss of her ___ daughter.
3. In 1976, a ___ ship netted a Megamouth shark.
7. A ___ transmitter was attached to the Megamouth shark.
B. Circle a letter to answer the question or complete the sentence. 1. What made scientists think the Megalodon was one of the largest fish ever?
4. Some workers in the British Museum worry that the skulls might be
a. a cave painting
a. stolen some day.
b. a fossilized tooth
b. watching them work.
c. a petrified fin
c. afraid of the dark.
2. Mrs. Winchester’s great fortune a. was very well-invested.
5. The ___ shark had seven rows of needle-sharp teeth.
b. brought her great joy.
a. Megalodon
c. didn’t make her happy.
b. Megamouth
3. Many owners of the quartz skulls have given
c. Mealymouth
a. their skulls nicknames.
6. What collapsed the three top floors of Mrs. Winchester’s house?
b. lots of money to charity.
a. the San Francisco earthquake
c. false names to protect their privacy.
b. shoddy workmanship c. the weight of the roof
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–20) 1
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
B 2
3
ACROSS
P O
4
H
2. Whitechapel was an area of terrible ___. 3. Gold ___ was loaded on the pack mules.
5
6
S
S
5. The murder ___ included a surgeon and an artist. 7
7. The girls were charged with the crime of ___.
8
8. To the natives, Superstition Mountain was ___ ground.
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S
DOWN
1. After the attack, the remains of ___ were found for many years.
4. ___ and hearsay were fueling the witch hunt.
2. Some of the Spanish ___ were found with their heads cut off.
6. The Puritans were a very strict religious ___.
(BOOK
PAGES
21–37)
B. Read the boldface words from the stories. Then use a word from the box to match each boldface word with its synonym or antonym. denied ritual
precisely discussion
airy meet
SYNONYMS
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inflate unsure
devastating prehistoric
calm fruitful
ANTONYMS
1. conversation /________________
7. certain / _________________________
2. encounter /___________________
8. barren / _________________________
3. exactly / ______________________
9. dense / __________________________
4. disastrous /___________________
10. claimed / ________________________
5. ancient /______________________
11. turbulence / _____________________
6. ceremony / ___________________
12. deflate / _________________________
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
38–49)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1 2
H 3
S 4
ACROSS
2. Lydia told the British ___ that she needed flour.
5
T
N
I
5. A dog’s sense of smell is ___. 6
6. Cancer patients get rid of ___ cells through their urine.
7
A
8. Some say that dogs can ___ changes in metabolism. DOWN
8
M
D
1. Lydia Darragh is a true ___ of the American Revolution.
4. Gen. Elias Boudinot was the head of America’s spy ___.
3. Lydia found Boudinot in the Rising Sun ___.
7. The woman’s ___ turned out to be a deadly form of skin cancer.
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PAGES
50–62)
B. Circle and unscramble words to complete the sentences. 1. Lt. Onada hid out on a ( recluse / remote ) SLAIND ____________________ in the Philippines. 2. Did Apollo 11 AROASTNUTS ____________________ really see alien ( encampments / spacecraft ) on the moon? 3. The strange red rain in ( India / Africa ) turned out to be fungus ROPESS ____________________. 4. Showers of bean and SUMDART ____________________ seeds have been ( documented / fabricated ). 5. Supposedly, the aliens kept their ( father / mother ) ships near their NIMGIN ____________________ operation. 6. In 1974, Onada’s MOCREDNAM ____________________ told him that all combat activity must ( continue / cease ). 7. The navy dropped MAPSHELPT ____________________ to inform the holdouts that the ( battle / war ) was over. Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
63–76)
A. Find and circle the hidden words. Words may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it. ___ RIFLE
___ FOSSILS
___ PRISMS
___ INHABIT
___ INCOME
___ EXTINCT
___ QUARTZ
___ LANDMARK
___ MAZE
___ DWINDLED
___ SPIRITS
___ SUPERNATURAL
D W I N D L E D P E M S
A Q L C Q X P M F G U S
F U K A S U G O B P H L
M T A R P L A E E J A I
O I S E I I P R I S M S
P B E I R M N S T S I S
L A D X I A H C E Z D O
S H C C T O E X O K C F
D N F U S I B L C M B D
X I R T O C N O F R E C
M A Z E N D L C L I P W
L A N D M A R K T O R L
B. Now use the puzzle words to complete the sentences. 1. Everyone had thought the Coelacanth was ____________________. 2. The ____________________ of the repeating ____________________’s victims were said to haunt the house. 3. The eyes in the carved ____________________ skulls were said to be ____________________ that could reveal the future. 4. Mrs. Winchester had an ____________________ of $1,000 a day. 5. Some people claim the skulls have ____________________ powers. 6. Mrs. Winchester’s fortune had ____________________ by the time of her death. 7. Scientists had learned about Coelacanths by studying ____________________. 8. How many other unknown fish ____________________ the ocean? 9. The house, designed as a ____________________ to confuse vengeful spirits, is now a historic ____________________. 34
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–76)
1. Find and write six words on the first page of “The Salem Witch-Hunt” that rhyme with the words below. _____________ / bleach
______________ / dreamed
_____________ / pearls
_____________ / troop
______________ / sports
_____________ / rhymes
2. Find and write the five compound words that appear on the first and second pages of “The Supervolcano in Our Own Backyard.” (Hint: A compound word, such as barnyard, is made by combining two shorter words.) _____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
3. Find and write seven proper nouns that appear on the first page of “Is an African Tribe Connected to a Distant Star?” (Hint: A proper noun, such as Grand Avenue, names a particular person, place, or thing.) _____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
4. Find and write six homophones that appear on the first and second pages of “The Madman and the Dictionary.” (Hint: Homophones are words, such as lie and lye, that sound exactly alike but have different spellings and meanings.) _____________ / male
______________ / inn
_____________ / sew
_____________ / four
______________ / won
_____________ / grate
5. Find and write four words that appear on the second page of “Soldiers Who Refused to Surrender” that match the definitions below. ____________________: false information used to support particular ideas or beliefs ____________________: a person who is not a member of the armed forces ____________________: part of a small group of fighters who are not members of a regular army ____________________: brief fights between small groups, usually as part of a battle Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–23)
A. Circle a letter to complete the sentence or answer the question. 1. Fred Demara served in which branch of the service? a. Army b. Marines c. Navy 2. Dr. James Barry got ahead in life by making a. no mistakes. b. powerful friends. c. a lot of money. 3. Russia’s royal family was deposed when the ___ came to power. a. aristocrats b. Bolsheviks c. Romanoffs (BOOK
PAGES
4. ___ samples were used to positively identify the royal family. a. Blood b. DNA c. H2O 5. Fred Demara pretended to be Dr. Cecil Hamann and a. Eric Hopkins. b. Ben W. Jones. c. Lewis Haskell. 6. The biggest surprise was that Dr. Barry was a a. bricklayer. b. clever thief. c. woman.
24–40)
B. Write T or F to show whether each statement is true or false. 1. _____ Boxer Charley Mitchell feared that the Corbett fight would attract criminals. 2. _____ Felix Carvajal competed in the 1904 Olympic Games. 3. _____ A horse named Royal Student finished the race last. 4. _____ The fight for the U.S. Heavyweight Championship took place in 1894. 5. _____ One after another, the Sea Lions began to foul out. 6. _____ Horses must jump hedges and ditches in a steeplechase race. 7. _____ The Cuban postal worker walked and hitchhiked 700 miles to St. Louis. 36
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MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
41–53)
A. Circle a word or words from the stories to complete each sentence. 1. Both the Titanic and the ( Futility / Titan ) were about 800 feet long. 2. Linda Morgan was called “the miracle girl” because she ( prevented / survived ) the wreck of the Andrea Doria. 3. The discoverers of King Tut’s tomb were surprised that it ( had not / had ) been looted by robbers. 4. Howard Carter’s pet canary was eaten by a ( cat / cobra ). 5. In 1912, the Titanic sank in the ( Atlantic / Pacific ) Ocean. 6. The Andrea Doria had ( plenty of / not enough ) lifeboats to hold all the passengers. (BOOK
PAGES
54–62)
B. Unscramble the words from the stories to complete the sentences. 1. No SILSOFS ____________________ have been found to help prove Bigfoot’s existence. 2. A newspaper once sponsored a hunt for the RESTNOM ____________________ nicknamed “Nessie.” 3. The RONCERO ____________________ reported that the visitor to Berkeley Square had been “frightened to death.” 4. The house at 50 Berkeley Square is now a ROOTSKOBE ____________________. 5. The Tower of London has been used as a prison, a mint, a zoo, and a RYEURATS ____________________. 6. Like Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard was DEETECUX ____________________ in the Tower. Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
63–75)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences. ACROSS
2
C
H 3
M
4. Nostradamus wrote his book in several ___.
4
6. These days, Uri Geller lives in a comfortable ___. 7. The British said that Centuries predicted a victory for the ___.
1
L 5
R
6
M
8. Nostradamus’s pills contained sawdust from ___ trees.
7
A
DOWN
1. Two Englishmen ___ that they’d made crop circles.
8
C
2. Are crop circles a ___ created by pranksters?
5. European ___ listened closely to Nostradamus’s predictions.
3. Uri Geller’s thoughts have bent ___ and stopped clocks!
6. How is Uri Geller able to exert mind over ___?
B. Find one or more errors in each sentence. Then rewrite the sentence correctly on the lines below. 1. More than 40 crop circles have been seen in more than 5,000 countries. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why are the stalks of grain in crop circles broken but never bent? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. In 1969, Uri Geller met the prime minister of India. _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Geller used his powers to search for spies and criminals. _________________________________________________________________________ 5. At school, Nostradamus studied to be a fortune teller. _________________________________________________________________________ 38
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–23)
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
1
M 3
ACROSS
1. Fred Demara claimed that he’d worked as a ___.
C
2
6
4
5
L E
M
I
3. Dr. Barry complained about poor conditions in ___ colonies.
7
6. After faking his own death, Demara changed his ___.
E 8
F
7. The young woman said the ___ was her grandmother. 8. When the navy realized Demara’s story was ___, he was dismissed. DOWN
1. Dr. Barry helped soldiers suffering from fever and ___.
4. For the Russian ___, Anastasia was a link to the past.
2. At the Cape of Good Hope, Dr. Barry was appointed colonial ___ inspector.
5. In 1970, Demara became the ___ at a Washington church.
(BOOK
PAGES
24–40)
B. Circle or unscramble words from the stories to complete each sentence. 1. The Marquis of Queensbury rules were meant to help BONGIX ____________________ clean up its ( arenas / image ).
5. So many players ( struck / fouled ) out, there were only three men on the CENBH ____________________.
2. The Knights were leading the Sea Lions, their ( rivals / rooters ), by 15 STINOP ____________________.
6. Corbett knocked out his opponent in the third URDON ____________________ to win the ( lightweight / heavyweight ) championship.
3. ECKOJY ____________________ Mick Morrissey plopped down on Royal Student’s ( tail / saddle ). 4. Felix Carvajal’s ( duty / dream ) was to compete in the Olympic NOTHARAM ____________________.
7. ( Governor / Sheriff ) Mitchell threatened to call in the state ITILMIA ____________________.
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
41–53) 1
A. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the stories. Answers are words that complete the sentences.
2
L
C
3
A
4
B
ACROSS 5
4. The ___ of the Stockholm rammed into the Andrea Doria.
6
E 7
5. Howard Carter led the ___ to King Tut’s tomb.
8
7. The discovery of the tomb seemed to be accompanied by bad ___.
9
T M
L C
9. People kept looking for proof of the mummy’s ___. DOWN
1. The Englishmen feared that Tut’s tomb had been ___. 2. When the disaster struck, Linda was asleep in her ___. (BOOK
PAGES
3. Because they believed in the ___, Egyptians buried the dead’s belongings along with them. 6. Tut’s ___ had four chambers. 8. Tom Deal played softball on a ___ Chicago team.
54–62)
B. Unscramble or circle the words from the stories that complete the sentences. 1. Sasquatch appears to be half LAMIAN ____________________ and half ( human / monster ). 2. Catherine Howard frantically ran down a ( stairway / corridor ) in the Tower of NODLON ____________________. 3. Many believe that GOIFTOB ____________________ roams the Pacific ( Southwest / Northwest ). 4. The fuzzy photo showed a huge ( airborne / aquatic ) LITEPER ______________. 5. NORAS _____________ uses ( smell / sound ) to detect underwater objects. 6. In Berkeley Square, a ( duchess / maid ) supposedly went SINEAN _____________ in her bedroom. 40
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VOCABULARY (BOOK
PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
63–75)
A. Find and circle the hidden words. Words may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it. ___ FANTASY
___ MAZES
___ PATTERN
___ FEATS
___ CELEBRITY
___ DEMONS
___ PRANKSTERS
___ ACRES
___ PROPAGANDA
___ PSYCHIC
___ PREDICTIONS
___ CROP
H K C E F A N T A S Y P
A E R S C S E P S R R R
C W O D N O S H D E C O
R L P O K Y D K D T H P
T O M A C S L I M S E A
S E V H T Q C A O K S G
D A I A B T S S P N D A
L C E P I G E W N A R N
B F B O L Z R R O R T D
E Z N L A H C E N P Y A
D S K M E P A S D G U M
O P J Y T I R B E L E C
B. Now use the puzzle words to complete the sentences. 1. Some ____________________ circles are in the form of spinning wheels or ____________________. 2. As a boy, Uri Geller created a ____________________ world. 3. Because of his ____________________ powers, Geller soon became a ____________________. 4. The ____________________ of Nostradamus were collected in a book. 5. Nostradamus’s writings were used as Nazi ____________________. 6. Some thought that ____________________ had created the crop circle’s ____________________. 7. Nostradamus was arrested for joking about ____________________. 8. One crop circle was spread over 11 ____________________ of wheat. 9. Geller was invited to demonstrate his amazing ____________________ on television. Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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PAGES
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
5–75)
1. Turn to the first page of “Two Terrible Shipwrecks.” Then find and write the adjectives that describe the following nouns. (Hint: An adjective is a word, such as red or big, that describes a noun or pronoun.) ____________________ oceanliners
____________________ compartments
____________________ ship
____________________ novel
____________________ water
__________ and __________ passengers
2. Find and write the four four-syllable words that appear on the first page of “The Man of Many Faces.” (Hint: A syllable is a single sounding of the voice. For example, the word moon is a one-syllable word; moonlight is a two-syllable word.) _________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
3. Find and circle the correct spellings of words found on the first page of “The Battle Over Boxing.” athaletic / athletic / atheletic
sherrif / sheriff / sherriff
governor / govenor / govener
citazens / sitisens / citizens
4. Find and write the proper nouns found on the first page of “Monsters.” (Hint: A proper noun, such as Joe Smith or Trump Tower, names a particular person, place, or thing.) THREE COUNTRIES
THREE STATES
THREE NAMES FOR A HAIRY, PART-ANIMAL, PART-HUMAN CREATURE
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
5. Find and write the four words on the first page of “King Tut’s Curse” that match the definitions below. ____________________: ancient pictures or symbols used to stand for words ____________________: one who studies ancient things and people by digging up their remains ____________________: journeys made to explore a place for a particular reason ____________________: the title of ancient Egypt’s rulers 42
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PERSONALIZING THE READING EXPERIENCE I
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
1. Do you believe that some spirits of the dead still roam the earth? Have you or someone you know ever seen or felt the presence of such a spirit? When and where did his occur? Describe what happened. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why do you think some places are said to be haunted or in some other way mysterious? Name an example of one such place and suggest a possible explanation. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Have you or anyone you know ever had a dream or vision of an event that eventually happened? If so, describe the dream. If not, give two reasons why someone might invent such a story. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Some of the world’s “strange but true” stories are based on incredible coincidences. Example: Two of our Founding Fathers, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day. Tell about an “against all odds” coincidence that you’ve read about or personally experienced. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Do you believe that some people are gifted with extrasensory perception (ESP)? Have you known or read about someone who had this “sixth sense”? What could this person do that ordinary people can’t? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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PERSONALIZING THE READING EXPERIENCE II
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
6. What’s your opinion of unidentified flying objects (UFOs)? People all around the world claim to have seen them. Use your imagination. Write two descriptive sentences about the aliens and their spacecraft. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. For what purpose or purposes might creatures from outer space want to visit Earth? Do you think human beings should welcome such visitors or fight them off? Explain your reasoning. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Some psychics and fortune tellers have become famous for predicting future events. Would you want to know what lies ahead in your own life? Give one reason you’d like to know and one reason you wouldn’t. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Many “strange but true” stories are about events that happened in the distant past. What tools do you think modern scientists could use to disprove some of these stories? Give two examples. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10. Describe the scariest monster you ever read about or saw in a movie or on TV. Give two details that made this creature especially frightening. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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CREATIVE WRITING I
Suppose you’re a copywriter at an advertising firm. You’ve been assigned to write two or three interest-grabbing paragraphs to appear on the back cover of this book. Your boss is depending on you! She says that bookstore customers often read the back cover descriptions of several books before deciding which one to buy.
BOOK TITLE:
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
How can you make this book sound like the most exciting book in the store? Write your paragraphs on the lines below. (Hints: Choose colorful adjectives to describe key people and events. Try to “hook” the customer by asking a question that can only be answered by reading the book!)
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_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Strange But True Stories • Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 735-2225 • Fax: (888) 734-4010 • www.sdlback.com
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CREATIVE WRITING II
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
A. Write interesting new titles for any three stories in this book. OLD TITLE
NEW TITLE
1. __________________________________
__________________________________
2. __________________________________
__________________________________
3. __________________________________
__________________________________
B. Think about the main characters in two stories you liked. Write a short paragraph comparing and contrasting these characters. Use precise, colorful words to describe their similarities and differences. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ C. Imagine that you’re a newspaper reporter. You’ve been assigned to “cover” an amazing event described in one of the stories you just read. First, write a headline for your article. Then tell what happened, using as much detail as possible. Feel free to invent any additional information you need to fill out your story. If you need more room, write on the back of this sheet. HEADLINE:
________________________________________________________
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VOCABULARY STUDY
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
A. List 12 words from this book that were unfamiliar to you. ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
B. Now demonstrate your understanding of each word’s meaning by using it in an original sentence. 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________________________________ 6. _______________________________________________________________________ 7. _______________________________________________________________________ 8. _______________________________________________________________________ 9. _______________________________________________________________________ 10. _______________________________________________________________________ 11. _______________________________________________________________________ 12. _______________________________________________________________________
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SEQUENCING A STORY
NAME
_____________________________
DATE
_____________________________
Choose one of the longer stories in any of the books. Then list six story events in the order in which they occurred. Next, cut out the six boxes below and exchange them with a classmate. Finally, take your classmate’s work and arrange his/her boxes in the correct sequence of events. When you’re finished, check each other’s work. 1.
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
2.
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
3.
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
4.
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
5.
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
6.
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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