Vocabulary
- Halloween
- skeleton
- pirate
- witch
- black cat
- pumpkin
- zombie
- jack-o’-lantern
- ghost
- haunted house
- graveyard
- costume
- candle
- candy
- scaredy-cat
Questions
- Why is the cat hiding?
- What decorations does the big house have?
- Who helps the witch find the cat?
- Why does the lady across the street scream?
- What does the pirate call the cat at the end of the story?
Answers
- The cat is hiding because it is afraid of Halloween.
- The house has a graveyard beside it with a zombie and a ghost. It also has pumpkins.
- A boy in a pirate costume helps the witch look for the cat.
- The lady across the street screams because the witch’s cat jumped out of the jack-o’-lantern.
- The pirate calls the cat a “scaredy-cat.”
Draw a Scene from the Story
Invite your students to draw a scene from the story. They can write a sentence underneath their picture. You can put these examples on the board to review some prepositions of place.
- The witch is on the street.
- The zombie is in front of the fence.
- The ghost is on the branch.
- The pirate is behind the door.
- The cat is in the jack-o’-lantern.
