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GENRE

Humorous Fiction - A made-up story written to make the reader laugh.

STRATEGY

Generate Questions - You should always ask yourself questions as they read to help them understand the story.

SKILL

Make Inferences - You should use your own prior knowledge and information from the text toe make inferences about the characters or plot.

a special vehicle that carries sick or injured people to a hospital

AMBULANCE

the days of the week except Saturday and Sunday

WEEKDAYS

causing no injury

HARMLESS

moved like a snake

SLITHERED

to say one is sorry; to make an apology

APOLOGIZE

real

GENUINE

a heavy, stiff paper used to make boxes and posters

CARDBOARD

STORY WORDS

galactic-: in the same group of stars as Earth

python: a snake that wraps around its prey to crush it

anaconda: another type of snake that crushes its prey

asp: a small poisonous snake

cobra: a poisonous snake