初级章节书1月份推荐阅读的书目Mercy Watson， 是由 Kate DiCamillo 所著。
Kate DiCamillo
这位作家是一位著名的儿童文学作家， 以几本纽伯瑞的获奖小说而闻名。 她的作品有绘本， 小说， 和像Mercy Watson这样的初级章节书读本。
小说有：
THE TIGER RISING
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE 获奖小说， 已经被拍成同名电影
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX 另一部获奖小说， 同样有电影（动画）
Kate DiCamillo
这位作家是一位著名的儿童文学作家， 以几本纽伯瑞的获奖小说而闻名。 她的作品有绘本， 小说， 和像Mercy Watson这样的初级章节书读本。
小说有：
THE TIGER RISING
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE 获奖小说， 已经被拍成同名电影
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX 另一部获奖小说， 同样有电影（动画）
说说我的看法高级模式
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阅读理解
Mercy Watson Fights Crime
by Kate DiCamillo
Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4
1. What did the Watsons do at night?
Mr. And Mrs. Watson tucked Mercy into bed with a good night song.
Then they went to their room to go to sleep.
2. What woke Mercy, and why did that sound wake her?
The sound of the toaster being moved woke Mercy because she loved
eating, especially hot, buttered toast.
3. Mercy went downstairs to eat. What did she find?
Mercy interrupted a little man, Leroy Ninker, who was in the process
of stealing many kitchen items.
Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8
1. Mercy caught a bad guy in the kitchen. What did she do?
Nothing. Mercy didn't know anything about thieves. She was only interested in eating.
When there was nothing to eat, she fell asleep on the kitchen floor.
2. What did Mercy smell, and where was it?
Although Mercy thought her neighbors might be making sugar cookies, the
butter smell was coming from Leroy. Before he tried to climb over Mercy, Leroy ate a Butter Barrel Candy.
3. Mercy liked what she smelled. What did the smell cause her to do?
Mercy ran toward her neighbor's house with Leroy on
her back. She thought they might be making sugar cookies.
Chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12
1. Why did Leroy yell, "Yippie-i-oh"?
Leroy wanted to be a cowboy. As
Mercy ran around the yard with Leroy on her back, he felt like a cowboy,
so he yelled, "Yippie-i-oh," which was a cowboy term.
2. The Lincoln sisters saw Mercy in the yard. What did they do?
Baby and Eugenia Lincoln called the police because Mercy
was disturbing the peace.
3. The Watsons saw Mercy in the yard. What did they do?
The Watsons were concerned for Mercy. They called the fire department.
Chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16
1. Why didn't Mercy move off of Leroy?
Mercy wanted to know where the
butter smell came from. She sat on Leroy to sniff him until she found his Butter Barrel Candy.
Then she remained sitting on him because she was enjoying the candy.
2. What did people have to do to get to the bad guy?
The policeman and firemen had to lift Mercy off of Leroy to arrest him.
3. Tell why Mercy was or was not a hero.
Mercy was not a hero. She found the location of the butter smell and ate a
Butter Barrel Candy. By doing that, she accidentally sat on Leroy so the police could arrest him.
Write a paragraph:
Mercy Watson will do almost anything for food, especially things that smelled like
butter. It's her favorite. What is your favorite food?
Write a paragraph that describes the food you like most and then tell
what you would do to get it.
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阅读理解
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride
by Kate DiCamillo
Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4
1. Mrs. Watson did the same thing each week. What did she do?
Mrs. Watson
made Mr. Watson and Mercy a large lunch every Saturday.
2. Mercy did the same thing each week. What did she do?
Mercy ate Mrs. Watson's meal and then sat in the driver's seat
of the car. She refused to get out of the driver's seat until Mrs. Watson promised to make hot,
buttered toast for her when she returned. Then Mercy moved over to the passenger seat.
3. The Lincoln sisters did the same thing each week. What did they do?
Eugenia and Baby Lincoln watched Mr. Watson
and Mercy leave for their Saturday drive. Eugenia complained that Mr.
Watson was not a good driver and that Mercy was a pig, not a child.
Chapters 5, 6, and 7
1. One day, things changed. On that day, what stayed the same for Mercy?
Mrs. Watson made a large meal. Mr. Watson and Mercy went for a drive. Eugenia Lincoln complained.
2. On that day, what did Baby do?
Baby Lincoln was not on the porch with her sister, Eugenia Lincoln. She hid herself
in the back seat of Mr. Watson's car.
3. What happened because of Baby?
Because Baby Lincoln was in the back seat of the car,
Mr. Watson did not watch the road, and Mercy began driving.
Chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11
1. Eugenia looked for her sister. She did not find her. Eugenia blamed Mercy, the pig. Why did she blame the pig?
Eugenia blamed Mercy because Mercy was a pig. Eugenia blamed Mercy for almost everything that went wrong.
2. Mrs. Watson listened to her neighbor. Then she went to work. What did she do?
Mrs. Watson set about her task of making
and buttering toast. She told Eugenia that there was no sense in worrying.
3. What did Baby do?
Baby climbed into the front seat, put on her seat belt, and then applied her foot to the brake pedal.
Chapters 12, 13, and 14
1. What happened when the car stopped?
Mr. Watson and Baby Lincoln were
fine because they wore their seatbelts. Mercy was not wearing a seatbelt. She flew through the air.
2. What laws were broken?
Mr. Watson was ticketed for speeding, letting a pig drive, and not stopping when the police
asked him to pull over.
3. How did Mrs. Watson make the day better?
Mrs. Watson made the day better by feeding everyone hot, buttered toast.
Write a paragraph:
Mercy Watson should not have driven the car. Pigs do not drive cars.
When she did, bad things happened.
What is something you want to do but are not supposed to do?
Write about doing this thing (pretend you did it) and all the bad things that happened because you did it.
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Mercy Watson to the Rescue
by Kate DiCamillo
Chapters 1, 2, and 3
1. What scared Mercy? How did she solve that problem?
Mercy liked it when
Mr. and Mrs. Watson sang their goodnight song, but she did not like it when they left her alone in a dark bedroom. She solved the problem by climbing into bed with them.
2. What did Mr., Mrs., and Mercy Watson dream?
Mr. Watson dreamed about driving a car that went extremely fast. Mrs.
Watson dreamed about cooking hot, buttered toast for Mercy. Mercy dreamed about eating hot, buttered toast.
3. What happened to Mr. and Mrs. Watson's bed? What did Mercy do?
The bed with Mr., Mrs., and Mercy Watson began to
fall through the floor. Mercy hopped off the bed and hurried to the kitchen to eat breakfast.
Chapters 4, 5, and 6
1. Who lived next door to Mercy?
Write two things about each woman. Baby and
Eugenia Lincoln lived next door. Eugenia was good in emergencies and had an opinion about everything. Her younger sister, Baby Lincoln, always agreed with Eugenia to her face, but Baby did not always believe everything her sister said. For example, Eugenia thought that pigs should live on farms. Baby agreed when Eugenia said this, but Baby liked Mercy, and she liked Mercy living next door.
2. How did Mercy help Mrs. Watson?
Because Mercy was trying to find something to eat, she frightened Baby Lincoln, which
made Eugenia call the fire department. That is exactly what Mrs. Watson wanted. She wanted the fire department.
3. What did Eugenia figure out?
Eugenia figured out that there was no monster at her sister's window. She knew Mercy
was at the window.
Chapters 7, 8, and 9
1. The firemen arrived. They parked. Why did they think they were called?
The firemen saw Eugenia chasing Mercy and thought the pig chase was the emergency.
2. Baby talked to the firemen. She told them that Eugenia called them. Why does she say Eugenia called them?
Baby Lincoln told the firemen that Eugenia called them because she, Baby, saw a monster at her window.
3. What did the firemen hear? What did they do?
The firemen heard a distant cry for help. They went into the Watsons'
house and saved Mr. And Mrs. Watson. Then the bed crashed through the boards to the first floor.
Chapters 10, 11, and 12
1. Eugenia chased Mercy. Eugenia caught Mercy. What happened to Mercy when Eugenia caught her?
Nothing. The Watsons praised Mercy for saving them. Everyone thought she was a hero, except Eugenia. Eugenia believed that pigs belonged on farms and not in houses.
2. Mrs. Watson was happy. She was safe. How did she thank everyone for their help?
Mrs. Watson invited the firemen and her neighbors to breakfast.
3. How was or wasn't Mercy a hero?
Mercy was not a hero. She was a pig who wanted to eat. In her pursuit of food, she
accidentally caused the right things to happen at the right time.
Write a paragraph:
Pretend that you have a pig like Mercy for a pet. Write a paragraph about how she helped
you finish your homework or get ready for school.
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Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride & Mercy Watson Fights Crime Teacher's Guide 教师教学活动指南
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/Candlewick/MercyWatsonSeries_TG.pdf