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Make Predictions: What I predict will happen
the gossip monster • Level v • 1
Instructions: Before reading the book, fill in the first row with your prediction. While reading in the middle of
the book, fill out the middle row with changes in your prediction. When finished, tell what actually happened in
the final row.
Confirm: What actually happened
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SKILL: Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Revise: Changes to my predictions
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Instructions: Write the causes and effects in the correct sequence in the boxes below in order to show how one event effects another.
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Effect:
the gossip monster • Level v • 2
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SKILL: cause and effect
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1. “I don’t want you to __________________________ me,” the kid taunted.
(attack, attacks)
2. “Did he __________________________ someone else in the hospital?” one of them asked.
(put, puts)
3. “I always __________________________ kickball with you guys.”
(play, plays)
the gossip monster • Level v • 3
Instructions: Choose the correct subject or verb for each sentence from the parentheses and write the word
on the line.
4. “I’ll __________________________ the sentence into Sayid’s ear.”
(whisper, whispers)
5. “Just __________________________ exactly what you hear,” Mr. Sanchez instructed.
(repeat, repeats)
6. “I __________________________ that my students wouldn’t feed gossip monsters.”
(hope, hopes)
7. “No, and I __________________________ they aren’t true,” I said.
(know, knows)
9. “Why would you __________________________ something so awful about Del?”
(say, says)
10.I had truly __________________________ Del for completely selfish reasons.
(hurt, hurts)
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SKILL: subject-and-verb agreement
8. “Rumors tend to __________________________ like wildfire,” Mr. Sanchez said.
(spread, spreads)
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Present-tense verbs
SKILL: suffix -ed
Past-tense verbs
the gossip monster • Level v • 4
Instructions: Use your book to find all the regular past-tense verbs. Write all the past-tense verbs in the
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