Black Cat & Poodle Dog

Black Cat and Poodle Dog is a humorous animal fantasy story about Black Cat trying to get Poodle Dog in trouble by having her go on a wild adventure outside. The story’s ending has a twist when the reader realizes just how clever Poodle Dog really is. The story is narrated from Black Cat’s perspective with some dialogue and thought bubbles.

Black Cat and Poodle Dog is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text and depict the characters’ facial expressions as mischievous, worried, and clever. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the illustrative text as well as the information, layout, and design of comic strips.The story ends with a Comic Strip summarizing the events through illustrations, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia. An activity on designing and writing a simple comic strip is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (wall/walls) and homonyms (right/write). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (couldn’t). Focus on long and short vowel a and look at suffixes and base words (stopped).

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