G-Choose the correct answer: 1- Who is Mr. Keene? - A teacher at school .

1. By Sharon Creech Name:------------------------ Class 4/ • G-Choose the correct answer: • 1- Who is Mr. Keene? • - A teacher at school. • - The principal of the school. • 2-How do the teachers and students feel about going to school in summer? • -They were happy. • - They were sad. • 10

2. E-Answer the following questions: • How does Mr. Keene feel about the teachers, students and school? -He feels proud of the teachers and children. He says it’s a fine school. • 2. Why does Tillie go to see Mr. Keene? • To tell him about the things they are not learning because of coming to school everyday and in summer. • 3. What does Tillie do on Saturdays and Sundays? • She climbs a tree, pushes her brother on a swing and throws sticks to her dog. • F-Use the word in a sentence • Announced :The teacher announced that we are the winners. Dear Parents: Please make sure that your son/daughter can read the words mentioned in each page before reading. Example: If your child is going to read p.1 to p.3, he/she has to read the main vocabulary in each page before reading the story. 9

3. C-Match each word with its meaning: • announced - leader of a school • principal: - made known • proud: - very nice • fine - pleased for someone’s • work. • D-Use the words in good sentences: • Principal : Our school principal is nice. • Proud : My mom is proud of me. • Page 1 • Principal : leader of a school • Proud: pleased for someone’s work • fine: very nice. • Strolled: walked slowly • Page 3 • Announced: made known 8

4. A-Choose the correct words from the box to complete the following sentences: • Proud-announced-principal-fine • 1- Mrs. Jane is the school principal. • 2- Our class is a fine class. • 3- They announced that we are the winners. • 4- The teacher is proudof our hard work. • B-Use this word in a sentence: • fine: Our school is a fine school. Mr. Keene was a principal who loved his school. Everyday he saw the children in their classes learning shapes, colors, numbers and letters. He is so proud of them. He said “Aren’t these fine children? Aren’t these fine teachers? Isn’t this a fine, fine school?” Tillie is a girl who goes to Mr. Keene’s school. 7 1

5. to learn how to swing and skip and you need to learn how to climb a tree…” “… And from now on we will not have school on Saturdays or Sundays or in summer.” Everyone was happy and they said “ What a fine fine school with fine teachers, fine children and a fine, fine principal.” On the weekends_ Saturdays and Sundays_, Tillie climbed her favorite tree and took her dog Beans on walks and pushed her brother on a swing and tried to teach him how to skip. 6 2

6. Tillie said “ My dog Beans hasn’t learned how to sit and my little brother hasn’t learned how to swing or skip and I haven’t learned how to climb very high in my tree.” The next morning Mr. Keene said “This is a fine school but not everyone is learning, there are dogs who need to learn how to sit. And brothers who need One day Mr. Keene said “ I love this school. It’s a fine school. Let’s have school on Saturdays , too.” All the teachers and students didn’t want to go to school on Saturdays, but nobody said anything to Mr. Keene. Each Saturday Tillie went to school. A month later, Mr. Keene announced “ This is a fine school, let’s have school on 5 3

7. Sundays.” Again nobody said anything to Mr. Keene. Each Sunday Tillie went to school. A month later, Mr. Keene announced “ This is a fine school, let’s have school in the summer.” One day Tillie went to see Mr. Keene. She said.”We are learning nice things at school, but not everyone is learning.” Mr. Keene said “What? Who is not learning?” 4