Name: ________________________________
Date: ___________
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Rocks In His Head
Sequence Activity
Please put these sentences in order by numbering them 1 -10. You may use your book to
help you.
“I may have rocks in my head,” he (my father) said, “but I
think bad times are coming.
So my father took the job as night janitor at the museum.
People said he had rocks in his pockets and rocks in his
head.
On rainy days when my father could find no other work,
he’d take the bus to the science museum.
They came to buy gas, and they came to play chess, and
they came to look at the rocks.
She (Mrs. Johnson) said, “I told them I need somebody
with rocks in his head and rocks in his pockets.”
When he grew up, my father decided to open a gas station.
My father spent a lot of time looking for any job he could
find.
“If you think those rocks are ever going to do you any
good,” said my mother, “you’ve got rocks in your head.”
When he was a boy, my father collected rocks.