The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Title
The City Mouse and the Country MouseReading Text
The City Mouse visits his friend in the country. The Country Mouse lives in a cozy nest and eats simple food from her garden, like corn and carrots. The City Mouse thinks the country is boring. He invites her to the city. The city house is enormous, but the mice actually live in the dark basement. When they try to eat a feast of cake and cheese in the dining room, a scary cat attacks them! The cat has sharp claws. The Country Mouse is very scared. She decides that she prefers her quiet home and goes back to the country immediately.
Activities
Vocabulary
- Text: Small, warm, and comfortable.
- Text: The room at the bottom of a house, under the ground.
- Text: A large meal with a lot of good food.
- Text: A home for a bird or a mouse.
- Text: Very, very big.
- Text: When you cannot escape or leave a place.
- Label: CozyAnswer: A
- Label: BasementAnswer: B
- Label: FeastAnswer: C
- Label: NestAnswer: D
- Label: EnormousAnswer: E
- Label: TrappedAnswer: F
- Before: The country mouse lives in aAnswer: cozyAfter: home inside a tree.
- Before: The city mouse says his house isAnswer: enormousAfter: with 20 rooms.
- Before: However, the mice actually live in the darkAnswer: basementAfter: downstairs.
- Before: They found aAnswer: feastAfter: of cheese and cake on the dining table.
- Before: They wereAnswer: trappedAfter: in a hole because the cat was waiting outside.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: The city mouse visits a friend.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: She eats food from her garden.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: The cat has sharp claws.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: I want to go back home.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: The city is too loud.
Comprehension
- Text: The Country Mouse eats food from a supermarket.Answer: false
- Text: The house in the city is very small.Answer: false
- Text: The mice live in the basement of the city house.Answer: true
- Text: A cat attacks them while they are eating.Answer: true
- Text: The Country Mouse decides to stay in the city forever.Answer: false
Written Expression
- Text: Which life do you prefer: the city or the country? Why?
- Text: Why did the Country Mouse leave the city?
Here are some example answers:
1. City vs Country:
- "I prefer the city because there are many restaurants."
- "I like the country because it is quiet and peaceful."
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