Black Cat Goes Away

Black Cat Goes Away is a humorous, realistic fiction about a black cat who jumps into the back of a mailman’s van and hides in a customer’s package. After a customer is frightened by the cat who jumps out his package, the mailman returns the cat to its owner. Dialogue is bolded and in colour.

To begin, the characters and the setting are introduced. Illustrations support interpretation and enhance enjoyment. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Illustrative text is used.

Some sentences begin with dependent clauses. Simple connectives such as and connect two ideas. Adverbs appear throughout. To conclude, two story sequences are presented. One sequence properly aligns with the events of the story while the other does not. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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