Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
阅读理解问题
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1. In "Spring," Frog played a trick on Toad. What trick did he play? Why did he do it?
Frog tricked Toad into thinking it was May by changing the calendar pages. Frog did not want to wait a month to play with Toad. He did not want to be lonely. It was a selfish thing for Frog to do.
2. In "The Story," Toad could not think of a story. How did Frog think of a story?
Frog told Toad all the things that Toad did to try to think of a story.
3. In "A Lost Button," did Toad find his button? Where was it? What did he do with all the buttons he found?
Toad's lost button was in his house. Toad sewed all the buttons he and Frog had found on his jacket, and he gave the jacket to Frog.
4. In "A Swim," what did Toad ask others not to do? Did they obey him?
Toad asked others not to look at him because he didn't want them to laugh at his funny swimsuit. The others did not obey him. They all looked at him and laughed at his funny swimsuit.
5. In "The Letter," what did Frog do? Was Toad surprised?
Frog wrote Toad a letter to surprise him. Toad was not surprised, because Frog gave the letter to a snail to deliver. The snail took four days to deliver it.
6. Frog wrote Toad a letter. Frog's letter to Toad was the first letter Toad received. Help make Toad even happier by writing him a letter. Tell him about your day and let him know that you've written a letter so he will no longer feel sad at mail time.
A List
1. Why did Toad make a list?
Toad made a list to help him remember all the things he had to do that day.
2. What made Toad unsure of what he had to do?
Toad had a list to remind him what to do, but the wind blew it away. Toad could not run after and catch the list because that action was not one of the items on his list.
3. How was Toad able to go to sleep?
Toad could do nothing else that day because he did not have his list. As it grew dark, Toad remembered that the last task on his list was to go to sleep. He wrote those words in the dirt, crossed them out, and fell asleep.
The Garden
1. What did Frog tell Toad to do to make his own garden?
Frog told Toad to plant seeds, give the seeds quiet, and let the sun warm and the rain nourish them.
2. What did Toad do for his flower seeds?
Toad planted the seeds, put out candles for them at night, sang songs, read poems, played music, and fell asleep.
3. Toad thought his seeds were no longer afraid. Why did he think this?
Toad thought his flower seeds were no longer afraid because they started to grow.
Cookies
1. Toad made cookies. What was good and what was bad about them?
The cookies were so tasty (good) that Toad and Frog could not stop eating them (bad).
2. What did Frog say will power was?
Frog said that will power was when someone attempted to not do something that he or she really wanted to do.
3. Frog and Toad did not eat all the cookies. What did Frog do with them?
Frog put the cookies in a box, tied a string around it, and placed the box on a high shelf. Then he took them down, opened the box, and gave them to the birds to eat.
Dragons and Giants
1. What did Frog and Toad wonder?
Frog and Toad wondered if they were brave.
2. What did Frog and Toad think would prove they were brave?
Frog and Toad thought they could prove they were brave by climbing a mountain.
3. What hardships did they face on their climb?
Frog and Toad escaped a large snake, an avalanche, and a hawk.
4. Do you think Frog and Toad were brave? Frog and Toad did many brave things, but they hid under covers and in a closet when they returned home.
Discuss how courage is doing something of value, usually to serve someone else, even if you are scared. Frog and Toad were scared, but they climbed the mountain anyway. So in that sense, they were brave; but there was no purpose behind what they did, so what they did was more foolish than brave. They put themselves at risk for no reason.
The Dream
1. Toad had a dream. Who was the main person in his dream?
Toad was onstage and in a costume. He was introduced as being the greatest Toad ever. Toad had all the attention.
2. What was Frog's role in Toad's dream?
Frog was in the audience and was a friend. He cheered for Toad and admitted that he couldn't do amazing things—play the piano, be on the high wire, or dance—like Toad did.
3. What did Toad's dream teach him?
Toad learned that if he only thought about how great he was, there would be no room in his life for a good friend like Frog. Toad chose to be a friend to Frog, and not be so selfish.
Write a paragraph: Frog and Toad spend many days together. They help each other, eat with each other, go on adventures together, and treat each other well. Pretend you have a good friend like Frog is to Toad. Write a story about something you did together and how the day turned out.
我们从days with the frog and toad开始,今天听了tomorrow,按照先读后听的顺序重复两至三遍,提问,了解对课文的理解程度,掌握后再往后进行。
开局不错,生词不多,只有scrub和down in the dump不太理解,用英文解释一遍后可以掌握。晚上准备进行第二章,复习第一章。