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Level: Grade 0 • Primer

Lesson 8: Picture Study • Action Story

First Book in Language • The Cat, The Dog, and The Rat
Living Grammar
Part 1.1 Read and discuss • Picture Observation & Story Questions
The tree, cat, and running dog
The Tree, Cat & Dog
chases • flees up tree
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The boy and crouching rat
The Boy & The Rat
watches • hides in grass
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1. What objects do you see in this picture?
6. Did a dog see the cat?
2. Did a cat see a rat?
7. Did he bark at her?
3. Did she run after it?
8. Did the cat run away?
4. Did she catch the rat?
9. Did the dog run after her?
5. Did she bite it?
10. Did the dog catch the cat?
Part 1.2 Memorize: “A word that asserts something, or that tells what any-thing does, is an action-word.”
Story Word Bank (Click to paste into active blank):
saw rat ran it caught bit cat barked her did catch
Part 2.1 Practice Work — Complete the Living Story: Type words or click from the word bank
1. A cat a .
2. She after .
3. She the .
4. She it.
5. A dog the .
6. He at .
7. The away.
8. The dog after .
9. He not the cat.
Part 2.2 Oral Narration: Read the entire living story aloud with expression! Tell what happened next to the cat up the tree!
Bravo! You have written a complete 9-sentence action story!