From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2.0 Cloze Online.doc · Web viewFrom Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He tried to sit up, but the pain was (1) t_____ (8 letters)

From Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin

The door banged open and he 1) j__________(6). There were three men now:

the officer, who placed a can of Coke on the table, and two men in 2) s__________(5).

“Here’s your Coke, son,” the 3) o__________(7) said. “This is Detective

Simmons and Special Investigator Colbert.”

Cameron stared at the two 4) m__________(3) and wrapped his hands around

the cold can. “Are my parents 5) c__________(6)?” he asked.

The men 6) l__________(6) at each other. “In a little while,” Detective

Simmons said, sitting down facing him. “Now, Neil-- why don’t you tell us what

happened? You 7) t __________(4) Officer Norton you got away. How did you do

that?”

He placed a small black 8) t__________(4) recorder on the table.

Cameron 9) l__________(6) his lips and eyed the tape recorder, listening to its

soft him. “He put me down in the cellar” he started.

“He—who?” the 10) d __________(9) asked quickly.

“Hank Miller. He always put me down in the 11) c__________(6).” The words

came, painful but convincing, because they were the truth. Cameron 12)

s__________(9) some of his Coke and stared at the recorder. Knowing what to say

was easy—13) s__________(6) the words aloud was hard. They’ll know, he heard

Pop’s 14) v__________(5). They’ll know how bad you are. His 15) s__________(7)

cramped from the cold drink.

Charity Browning – MCHS

Cloze Activities Reading Revisited

From Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

. . . "I don't see (1) w_______________[3] he needs an ax," continued Fern,

who was only eight. "Well," said her mother, "one of the pigs is a

(2) r___________[4]. It's very small and weak, and it will never amount to

(3) a________________ [8]. So your father has decided to do away with it."

"Do (4) _________________ [4] with it?" shrieked Fern. "You mean kill

it? Just because it's (5) s___________________[7] than the others?"

Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the (6) ________________ [5]. "Don't yell, Fern!" she said. "Your father is (7) r_______________ [5]. The pig would probably die anyway."

Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran (8) o_______________ [8]. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of (9) spr___________________[10]. Fern's sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.

"Please don't kill it!" she sobbed. "It's (10) un _________________."[6]

Mr. Arable stopped walking. "Fern," he said (11) g____________ly [6], "you will have to learn to control yourself."

"(12) C____________ [7] myself?" yelled Fern. "This is a matter of life and (13) d_____________ [5], and you talk about controlling myself." Tears ran down her (14) ch_____________[6] and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's hand.

“Fern,” said Mr. Arable. “I know more about (15) r____________ ing [7] a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along.”

“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t (16) h____________[4]

being born small, could it? It I had been very small at (17) b____________[5], would

you have (18) k______________ed me?”

Mr. Arable (19) s____________ed [6]. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down

at his daughter with love. “But this is (20) d____________ [9]. A little girl is one

thing, a little runty pig is another.”Cloze Activities Reading Revisited

From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

He tried to sit up, but the pain was (1) t________________ (8 letters). He heard a

familiar clicking (2) n________________ (5 letters) nearby.

“I don’t want a photo of this, Colin,” he said loudly.

“Lie back, Harry,” said Lockhart soothingly. “It’s a simple (3) c________________

(5 letters) I’ve used countless times – “

“Why can’t I just go to the hospital wing?” said Harry through clenched (4)

t________________ (5 letters).

“He should really, Professor,” said a muddy Wood, who couldn’t help grinning even

though his Seeker was (5) i ________________ (7 letters). “Great capture, Harry, really

spectacular, your (6) b________________ (4 letters) yet, I’d say –“

Through the thicket of legs around him, Harry spotted Fred and George Weasley,

wrestling the rogue Bludger into a box. It was still putting up a (7) t________________ (8

letters) fight.

“Stand back,” said Lockhart, who was (8) r__________ (7 letters) up his jade-green

sleeves.

“No – don’t – “ said Harry weakly, but Lockhart was (9) tw________________ (8

letters) his wand and second later had directed it (10) st________________ (8 letters) at

Harry’s arm.

A strange and (11) un_______________ (10 letters) sensation started at Harry’s

shoulder and spread all the way down to his fingertips. It felt as though his arm was being

deflated. He didn’t look at what was (12) h________________ (9 letters). He had shut his

eyes, his faced turned away from his arm, but his worst fears were realized as the people

above him gasped and Colin Creevey began clicking away madly. His arm didn’t hurt (13)

a________________ (7 letters) – nor did it feel remotely like an arm.

. . . As Harry got to his feet, he felt strangely lopsided. Taking a deep (14)

br________________ (6 letters) he looked down at his right side. What he saw nearly made

him pass out again.

Poking out of the end of his robes was what looked like a thick, flesh-colored rubber

glove. He tried to move his (15) f________________ (7 letters). Nothing happened.

Lockhart hadn’t mended Harry’s bones. He had (16) re________________ (7 letters) them.Cloze Activities Reading Revisited

From Telling Christina Goodbye, Lurlene McDaniel

Trisha and friends have wrecked and been brought to the hospital.

When he was 1) f ____________________ (8 letters) stitching up her

head, an orderly came, and as she was being 2) w___________________ (7

letters) down the hall, she caught a glimpse of her 3) r_________________ (10

letters) in a convex mirror hanging in the corridor. Could that be her? Blood

caked the 4) s____________________ (4 letters) of her face and matted her 5)

h_________________ (4 letters). Her lip looked distorted, and one eye was

almost 6) sw____________________ (7 letters) shut. She stifled the urge to

scream.

. . . She wanted her 7) p____________________ (7 letters) more than

anything. She wanted 8) s____________________ (7 letters) to talk to her and

tell her about her friends. . . She passed Tucker, who was being wheeled on a 9) s

____________________ (9 letters) toward radiology. His head was wrapped in

a 10) b ____________________ (7 letters). She was too scared to speak. Where

was Cody? Where was Christina?

She 11) h ____________________ (5 letters) the noise of a stretcher being

moved and darted her eyes toward the 12) s ____________________ (5 letters).

Through a gap in the 13) c____________________ (7 letters), she saw a man

dressed in hospital garb walk away from the rolling bed he had parked out of the

13) w____________________ (3 letters) along a wall. A sheet 14)

c____________________ (7 letters) the form of a body on the bed. A hand hung

downward just under the 15) e____________________ (4 letters) of the sheet.

The fingers never moved. Trisha’s breath caught. Dear God . . . The person on

the stretcher was dead.


From The Bully by Paul Langan

Darrell gave them $3.25, all he had. His hands were (1) tr ______________ (9

letters) when he turned over the money.

“Three bucks? That all you got?” the muscular kid (2) d______________ (9

letters). Darrell just stared at him in open-mouthed (3) t ______________ (6 letters).

Then, without a word, Darrell tried to walk down the (4) s ______________ (8 letters)

past them, but they all (5) m______________ (5 letters) into his path, blocking him.

The large kid raised his (6) f______________ (6 letters) and poked Darrell’s chest.

“I’m Tyray Hobbs. I run things around (7) h____________ (4). Hear what I’m

sayin’?”

“Yeah,” Darrell said, (8) n______________ (7 letters) his head. He (9) w

______________ (6 letters) to go home, not to Uncle Jason’s, but back to Philadelphia.

Once again, he tried to move down the sidewalk. This time, the boys (10) st

______________ (7 letters) aside. But as he (11) h______________ (7 letters) to get

past them, Tyray stuck his foot out. Unable to step over Tyray’s Nikes, Darrell (12)

tr______________ (7 letters) and fell into the gutter. His teeth (13) j ______________

(6 letters) into his lip when he hit the (14) gr ______________ (6 letters). He could

taste the salty blood (15) o ______________( 6 letters) into his mouth . . . .

So this is how it’s gonna be, Darrell thought.

Preview

A new life. A new school. A new bully. That’s what Darrell Mercer faces when he and his mother move from Philadelphia to California. After spending months living in fear, Darrell is faced with a big decision. He can either keep on running from this bully—or find some way to fight back.


From The Gun, by Paul Langan

Two answers are the same.

Preview

Tyray Hobbs wants (1) r ______________ (7 letters). Weeks ago he was one of

the most (2) f ______________ (6 letters) students in Bluford High. But then Darrell

Mercer publicly (3) h ______________ (10 letters) him, and Tyray lost his (4) r

______________ (10 letters). To get it back, he must take down Darrell. But how?

With a (5) b______________ (6 letters) hand, a troubled (6) f ______________

(6 letters) , and no friends in sight, Tyray’s (7) o______________ (7 letters) are

limited. And when the kids he once (8) b______________ (7 letters) start threatening

him, his world (9) c ______________ (10 letters) unravels. Desperate to settle the

score and regain (10) r ______________ (7 letters), Tyray sees only one (11) s

______________ (8 letters) to his problems—a gun.

At once, the four boys (12) cl ______________ (6 letters) in, cautious to avoid

Tyray’s good hand. As they circled, they (13) sn ______________ (9 letters) with

excitement, unnerving Tyray. If they had been (14) g ______________ (7 letters) up

on him with anger, it might have been easier to bear, but they did not even (15) r

______________(7 letters) him enough to take him seriously. He had become a joke,

a fool. He had become a nothing.


From Until We Meet Again by Anne Schraff

“Dad, I’m sorry,” Darcy (1) r __________________ (8 letters), tears welling

in her eyes.

“Darcy, I (2) tr __________________ (7 letters) you!” her father (3)

y__________________ (6 letters) as they walked home. “Do you have any idea what

could have (4) h__________________ (8 letters)?”

“But, Dad, I—“

“I don’t want to hear it, Darcy. What you did was (5) st __________________

(6 letters). I’m so (6) a __________________ (5 letters) right now, I don’t even want

to (7) l __________________ (4 letters) at you. Don’t ask me to (8) t

__________________ (5 letters) you again, not after this.”

Her father (9) st __________________ (7 letters) off, and Darcy (10) f

__________________ (8 letters), tears (11) str __________________ (9 letters) down

her face. She had never been in this much (12) tr__________________ (7 letters).

And she had never felt more alone.

Preview

The summer was supposed to be (13) d__________________ (9 letters). With

the school year over, Darcy Wills looked (14) f __________________ (7 letters) to the

best time of her life. But her plans are shattered by a series of unexpected events.

First, (15) h__________________ (8 letters) news threatens to rip her boyfriend

Hakeem away. And then someone new enters her life, leaving Darcy in a world of

(16) c__________________ (9 letters). Before the (17) s __________________ (6

letters) ends, Darcy makes (18) ch__________________ (7 letters) that profoundly

change her, and beloved piece of her (19) w __________________ (5 letters) is lost

(20) f __________________ (7 letters).


From Dracula by Bram Stoker

I (1) r __________________ (6 letters) the lid of the box and (2) p

__________________ (6 letters) it back against the wall. And then I saw something

which (3) f __________________ (6 letters) my soul with (4) h __________________

(6 letters). There lay the Count, but his appearance was greatly (5) ch

__________________ (7 letters). He looked years younger than before. The white

hair and (6) m __________________ (8 letters) were now a dark iron gray. The

cheeks were fuller, and the skin, (7) u __________________ (7 letters) so pale, had a

fresh pinkness. The (8) m __________________ (5 letters) was redder than ever, and

drops of (9) fr __________________ (5 letters) blood trickled from the (10) c

__________________ (7 letters) of the mouth and down over the (11) ch

__________________ (4 letters) and neck. Even the skin around the deep, (12) b

__________________ (7 letters) eyes seemed swollen. It seemed as if the whole

awful creature were simply stuffed with (13) b __________________ (5 letters).

Preview

This is the first and most (13) te __________________ (10 letters) of all

vampire stories. Jonathan Harker has a job to do. The young lawyer must go to the

mysterious (14) c __________________ (7 letters) of Transylvania to work for a man

he knows as the “the Count.” At first, Jonathan is excited by the chance to travel and

meet new people. But after his arrival in Transylvania, he begins to wonder what’s

going on. People act strangely upon (15) h __________________ 7 letters) he is going

to visit the Count. When Jonathan arrives at the Count’s dark, deserted castle, he too

begins to feel afraid. Soon after meeting his host, Jonathan begins to feel trapped in a

horrifying nightmare.


From Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

“We’re still 1) t___________ (7 letters) it over,” Jesse added.

“”And we figured it’d be very 2) b___________ (3 letters) if everyone knowed

about that spring,” said Mae. “We begun to see what it would mean.” She peered at

Winnie. “Do you 3) u___________ (10 letters), child? That water—it stops you right

4) w___________ (5 letters) you are. If you had a drink of it

5) t _________ (5 letters), you’d stay a little girl 6) f___________ (7 letters). You’d

never 7) g___________ (4 letters) up, not ever.”

“We don’t know how it 8) w___________ (5 letters), or even why,” said Miles.

Pa thinks it’s 9) s___________ (9 letters) left over from—well, from some other

plan for the way the 10) w___________ (5 letters) should be,” said Jesse. “Some plan

that didn’t work out too good. And so everything was

11) ch___________ (7 letters). Except that spring was passed over, somehow or

another. Maybe’s he 12) r___________ (5 letters). I don’t know. But you see,

Winnie Foster, when I told you before that I’m a hundred and four years old, I was

telling the 13) tr___________ (5 letters). But I’m really only seventeen. And, so far

as I now, I’ll stay 14) s___________ (9 letters) until the end of the 15) w___________

(5 letters).”

Preview

The Tuck family has a terrible secret they’ve kept for many

16) y___________ (5 letters); if you drink from the 17) spr___________ (6 letters),

you’ll never die. When Winnie Foster meets the Tucks and learns their 18)

s___________ (6 letters), she finds that immortality and 19) fr___________ (7 letters)

aren’t necessarily the same thing—and that some people will stop at

20) n___________ (7 letters) to get what they want.


From Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

“Do you know what we (1) n___________ (4 letters)?” Leslie called to him.”

Intoxicated as he was with the heavens, he couldn’t (2) im___________ (7 letters)

needing anything on (3) e___________ (5 letters).

“We need a place,” she said, “just for us. It would be so (4) s___________ (6

letters) that we would never tell a (5) p___________ (6 letters) in the whole world

about it.” Jess came swinging back and (6) dr___________ (7 letters) his feet to stop.

She lowered her voice (7) a___________ (6 letters) to a whisper. “It might be a whole

secret (8) c___________ (7 letters),” she continued, “and you and I would be the (9)

r___________ (6 letters) of it.”

Her words stirred inside of him. He’d like to be a ruler of

(10) s___________ (9 letters). Even something that wasn’t real. “OK,” he said.

“Where could we have it?”

“Over there in the (11) w___________ (5 letters) where nobody would come

and mess it up.”

There were (12) p___________ (5 letters) of the woods that Jess did not like.

Dark places (13) w___________ (5 letters) it was almost like being under water, but he

didn’t say so.

“I know”—she was getting excited—“it could be a magic country like Narnia,

and the only way you can get in is by (14) sw___________ (8 letters) across on the

enchanted rope. “Come on,” she said. Let’s find a place to build our castle

stronghold.”

Preview

As the (15) fr___________ ship (10 letters) between Jess and Leslie grows, they create

a new and secret (16) p___________ (5 letters) for themselves alone, one only they

can reach—the Kingdom of Terabithia. Terabithia is a fortress that cannot be (17)

de___________ ed (9 letters), but the (18) br___________ (6 letters) to it is a fragile

one.


From Far North by Will Hobbs

A sightseeing trip for one boy and a trip home for another turns into a disaster when the bush pilot picks a bad river on which to land the plane. What will happen?

We were drifting, (1) c_______________ (10 letters) helpless, as Clint kept (2)

t_______________ (6 letters) to restart the airplane. He had his left hand on the

ignition (3) sw_______________ (6 letters) while with his right (4)

h_______________ (4 letters) he was trying to adjust two levers at the same

(5) t_______________ (4 letters), one with a black (6) k_______________ (4 letters)

and one with a red one. In the midst of all that he was

(7) c_______________ (8 letters) the frequency on the radio and

(8) h_______________ (7 letters) the TALK button. “Mayday! Mayday!” This is

Cessna 6=7=Z=RAY at Virginia Falls on the (9) So_______________ (5 letters)

Nahanni River. Have landed on (10) r_______________ (5 letters), engine out.

Floating toward the falls. Mayday! Mayday!” . . .

(11) Su_______________ (8 letters) I spotted the thatch of white hair and

Johnny’s face (12) b_______________ (7 letters) in the waves, barely

(13) b_______________ (6 letters) the raft. I gave a yell, and Raymond saw him too.

Raymond lunged across the (14) r_______________ (4 letters) and reached, grabbing

the old (15) m_______________ (3 letters) by the parka hood, as the raft drifted into

the slow (16) w_______________ (5 letters) beyond the rapid. We hauled Johnny

back onto the raft, where he (17) l_______________ (3 letters) on his side, barely (18)

bre_______________ (9 letters). “He must’ve caught under the raft,” Raymond said.

Johnny’s cloth (19) p_______________ (5 letters) was freezing solid as we watched. I

thought he was going to (20) d_______________ (3 letters) right there before we could

get him to (21) s_______________ (5 letters).


From Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

I make it through the first two 1) w________(5) of school without a nuclear

meltdown. Heather from Ohio sits with me at 2) l________(5) and calls to talk about

English homework. She can 3) t________(4) for hours. All I have to do is prop the 4)

p________(5) against my ear and “uh-huh” occasionally while I surf the cable. Rachel

and every other person I’ve known for nine 5) y________(5)continue to ignore me.

I’m getting bumped a lot in the 6) h________(5). A few times my books were

accidentally ripped from my 7) a________(4) and pitched to the floor. I try not to

dwell on it. It has to go 8) a________(4) eventually.

At first, Mom was pretty good about preparing dinners in the 9) m________(7)

and sticking them in the fridge, but I knew it would end. I come home to a 10)

n________(4) that says, “Pizza. 555-4892. Small tip this time.” Clipped to the note is

a twenty-dollar bill. My 11) f________(6) has a good system. We communicate with

notes on the kitchen 12) c________(7). I write when I need school supplies or a ride

to the mall. They write what time they’ll be home from 13) w________(4) and if I

should thaw anything. What else is there to 14) s________(3)?

Charity Browning -- MCHS


From The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney

She reached toward Sarah-Charlotte’s sleeve, but her 1) h__________(4) didn’t obey.

It lay motionless on top of the carton. It looked like somebody else’s hand; she could not

imagine 2) h__________(7) wearing that shade of nail polish, or that silly 3) r__________(4).

“You drank my 4) m__________(4),” accused Sarah-Charlotte.

“It’s me on there,” Janie whispered. Her 5) h__________(4) hurt. Was the milk

allergy already setting in? Or was she 6) g__________(5) insane? Could you go insane this

fast? Surely it took years to lose your 7) m__________(4).

She imagined 8) p__________(6) losing their minds the way you might lose a penny,

or your car 9) k__________(4)—accidentally dropping your mind in the cafeteria.

“On where?” said Peter.

“The girl on the back of the 10) c__________(6),” whispered Janie. How flat her

voice sounded. As if she had ironed it. “It’s me.”

She remembered that 11) d__________(5)…how the collar itched…remembered the

fabric; it was summer fabric; the 12) w__________(4) blew through it…remembered how

those braids swung like red silk against her cheeks.

“I know you’re sick of 13) s__________(6),” said Sarah-Charlotte, “but claiming to be

kidnapped is going a little too far, Janie.”

Pete retrieved his flattened milk and tried to 14) s__________(5) it back into a carton.

He read between the folds. “You were stolen ten years ago from a 15) s__________(8)

center in New Jersey, Janie. What are you doing here?”

Charity Browing -- MCHS


From Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

That summer, let’s see, I’m still 1) l_________(6) in the basement, my own

private down under, in the little room Grim 2) b_________(6) for me there. Glued up

this cheap paneling, right? It sort of buckles away from the concrete cellar 3)

w_________(5), a regular ripple effect, but do I complain about the crummy paneling,

or the rug that 4) s_________(6) like low tide? I do not. Because I like it in the down

under, got the place all to 5) m_________(6) and no fear of Gram sticking her head in

the door and saying Maxwell dear, what are you 6) d_________(5)?

Not that I ever do much of anything. Grim has it fixed in his 7) h_________(4)

I’m at a dangerous age and they need to keep me under observation. Like I might

make bombs or start a 8) f_________(4). Or whack out the local pets with my trusty

slingshot or whatever—except I never had a 9) s_________(9), it was Grim who had

one when he was my age. The proof is right there in the family 10) p_________(5)

album. You can see this blurry little miniature Grim with no front 11) t_________(5),

grinning at the camera and yanking back on his prehistoric slingshot. Good for

whacking mastodons, probably. “Just proper targets,” Grim says, closing up the photo

12) a_________(5), end of discussion. Like, oops, better 13) h_________(4) the

evidence. Don’t want to 14) g_________(4) the dangerous boy any ideas.



From We Beat the Street by Sampson Davis

Sitting in Sampson’s car later that 1) n_________(5), the three of them got to

talk about their futures, as they found themselves doing many times.

“You know we’re almost out of this prison they call high 2) s_________(6),”

Rameck said jokingly.

“It’s not so bad,” George said. “Some of the 3) t_________(8) are too easy, and

some just don’t care, but it’s basically cool with me.”

“What you gonna do when you 4) g_________(8) now that you’re not getting

kicked out?” Sampson asked Rameck.

“Well, I know Mrs. Silly String would never 5) b_________(7) it, but I’d really

like to be a 6)t_________(7),” Rameck admitted.

“So kids not even born yet can do to you what we did to our teachers?” Sampson

asked with a 7) l_________(5).

Rameck sighed. “No, ‘cause I 8) k_________(4) what it’s like to be a kid who

needs more but doesn’t know how to ask for it. Only a few teachers know how to 9)

r_________(5) out to kids like me. I could do that.”

“You’re right, man,” George said. “But I don’t want to teach—I want to be a

10) d_________(6) or nurse or something medical.”

“I don’t even know what you have to do to become 11) s_________(9) like

that,” Sampson said honestly.



From The Rifle by Gary Paulson

But now it was different. Now there was Clara and their 1) n________(3) life,

and he decided to sell the rifle. Still he felt it should not just be a work 2)

g________(3), not a gun to have nearby when you plow. This rifle, he thought, was

destined for something more, some 3)g________(5) thing, and he was thinking this

one morning, only three days before they posted the wedding banns, when John Byam

came into his shop. Outside, Cornish could see two 4) h________(6), one with a

saddle and one with packs bundled and 5) c________(7) with heavy, greased canvas.

Byam had a 6) r ________(5)but it was an old Pennsylvania—large bore—and

the rifling was nearly gone from constant rubbing with the ramrod. More than many

men, John lived 7) b________(7) of his rifle. He was a 8) y________(5) man,

unsettled and given to running the ridges and country of the west—into western

Pennsylvania and even beyond. He did not speak much, wore buckskins that smelled

of wood 9) s________(5) and deer blood, and walked in moccasins so worn his 10)

f________(4) could nearly be seen through them. He didn’t speak muck but when he

11) h________(6) his rifle over to Cornish to get the rifling rebored to a larger size, he

looked up and saw the sweet 12) r________(5) on the two target logs.



From Too Young to Die by Lurlene McDaniel

He stared at her, his 1) e_________(4) calm in the moonlight. “I know.”

The words sent a 2) c_________(5) through her, more intense than the fear. She

sucked in a long, shuttering breath. “Why don’t we try it again,” she said. “This time

I’ll keep the speed 3) d_________(4) and would you please keep your seat?”

“You don’t 4) h _________(4) to get pushy,” Michael said, grinning.

Her hands trembled, but she returned a shaky 5) s_________(5). “I’ll try not to

act so bossy the next time my passenger almost 6) c_________(6) out of my car when

I’m doing seventy.” She put the car into gear and inched out onto the highway. She

drove more 7) s_________ (6), glancing at Michael every few minutes. He was

brooding now, quiet and pensive. She wanted to touch him, chase 8) a_________(4)

the darkness that was engulfing him.

“I know someplace I 9) c_________(5) show you,” Jory said brightly, with an

edge of mystery. “It’s a great 10) p_________(5) and I know you’ll love it.”

He only shrugged, so she 11) d_________(5) until she came upon a dirt road,

where she turned off and followed the 12) t_________(5) that was sheltered by

overhanging trees. She came to a clearing where moss hung from trees and a stream

gurgled in the 13) w_________(5).



From She Said Yes by Misty Bernall

Around lunchtime I got a call from Charlie, a 1)f________(6), asking me if I’d

heard about some shooting at the high 2)s________.(6) I said no. I tried not to panic:

for one thing, it didn’t seem like anything Cassie or Chris would be involved in.

Probably just some 3) k________ (4) facing off in the parking lot, or a drive-by on

Pierce 4)S________. (6) For another, my coffee buddy, Val, and I had just picked up

5) l________(5) at a local market, and we were ready to eat. Besides, I had always

thought of Columbine as a 6)s________(4) school. Wasn’t it? I considered to call

Brad, just in case he heard 7)a________.(8)

Brad was at the house when I 8)c________(6); he had left work early and gone

home sick. When he picked up the 9)p________(5), I told him what I had heard, and

he 10)s________(4) he had just gotten similar news from Kathy, a friend at work.

Brad had also 11)h________(5) several pops outside, and one or 12)t________(3)

louder booms, but he wasn’t too concerned. It was lunchtime, and there were always

kids 13)r________(7) around outdoors. Probably just some prankster setting off

14)f________(12).

After I hung up, Brad put on his 15)s________(5), went out to the backyard, and

looked over the fence. There were cops everywhere.



From Double Dutch, by Sharon Draper

Delia and Misty did leap-frog (1) j_______________ (5) over the heads of Charlene and

Yolanda, who turned the (2) r_______________ (5) wide and low so they could complete the

complicated trick (3) w_______________ (7) getting tangled up. They moved then to a

wheelbarrow, where Misty (4) j_______________ (6) on her hands while Delia held her feet.

Another jumping twist and Yolanda (5) f_______________ (7) into a bouncing back flip and handed

her end of the (6) r_______________ (5) to Misty. Delia (7) g_______________ (7) the other end of

the ropes, so that Charlene and Yolanda now jumped in the (8) c_______________ (6) where the

other two girls had jumped just seconds before. The four girls (9) w_______________ (6) in unison

—two turners and two jumpers—while the ropes continued to twirl, then Charlene did a

(10) rev_______________ (7) turn and managed to make it look

(11) l_______________ (4) a karate kick. They finished with several high can-can jumps, (12)

t_______________ (6) the ropes deftly to one side, and landed in splits

(13) tog_______________ (8) in front of the judges’ table, their heads resting on their crisscrossed

(14) a_______________ (4). The (15) aud_______________ (8) exploded in cheers; they recognized

a good (16) ro_______________ (7) when they saw one.

Delia, Charlene, Misty, and Yolanda took one last (17) b_______________ (3) and bounded

off the (18) fl_______________ (5), breathless with excitement and

(19) s_______________ (7). All of their team (20) mem_______________ (7) ran to hug them, from

the youngest to the (21) o_______________ (6)—that routine had made them all look good.

(22) “Aw_______________ (7)!” Randy roared as he gave the four of them a huge hug.

“You did it!”

Will they win the World Invitational Championship of the American Double Dutch League?


Cloze Activity(1) From Chew on This by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson

Most fast-food (1) m_________________ (5) are low in fiber, low in nutrients, high in salt,

high in starch, high in (2) s_________________ (5), high in fat, and high in

(3) c_________________ (8). The fast-food industry says that if people get fat from eating (4)

b_________________ (7) and fries, it’s their own fault. The industry argues it’s a question of

“personal responsibility.” But (5) f_________________ (4) foods have been carefully designed to

make you want to (6) e_________________ (3) them again and (7) a_________________ (5). In

fact, the industry earns much of its money from a small group of (8) cus_________________ (9) who

eat at fast-food (9) r_________________ (11) at least three to four (10) t_________________ (5) a

week. According to one former McDonald’s executive, the (11) c_________________ (7) has a

reliable business formula: the 80-20 rule. About 80 percent of the (12) m_________________ (5)

that McDonalds earns comes, he said, from just 20 (13) p_________________ (7) of its

customers . . . .

The fast-food chains encourage (14) p _________________ (6) not only to eat things full of

fat, salt, and sugar, but also to eat larger portions at every (15) m_________________ (4). If you

went to a fast-food restaurant during the 1950s and (16) b_________________ (6) a Coca-Cola,

you’d probably get around 8 ounces of soda. That was the adult portion: (17) 8 o________________

(6). [A child’s portion was 6 ounces.] Today the smallest (18) C_________________ (4) that

McDonald’s sells (a child’s Coke) is 12 ounces. That’s a 50 percent increase in (19) s_________(4).

Many customers purchase a large Coke, which is 32 ounces—four times (20) b_________________

(6) than the Cokes that fast-food restaurants used to sell. One of these large Cokes has 310

(21) c_________________ (8) and contains the equivalent of almost 30 teaspoons of sugar.


Cloze Activity(2) From Chew on This by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson Not only have Cokes gotten (1) b_________________ (6) , but so have hamburgers. In 1957

the typical fast-food burger patty weighed one (2) o_________________ (5). Today the typical

burger patty (3) w_________________ (6) six ounces. Indeed, fast-food chains are now

(4) pr_________________ (5) of how big their hamburgers have become. At Hardee’s the Monster

Thickburger contains two thirds of a (5) p_________________ (5) of beef, four

(6) s_________________ (6) of bacon, and three (7) sl_________________ (6) of cheese, with

mayonnaise on top. That one (8) h_________________ (9) has 1,140 calories. To put those numbers

in perspective, the average (9) p_________________ (6) aged 9 to 13 should eat about 1,800 calories

in a single (10) d_________________ (3). At Wendy’s a Classic Triple hamburger with cheese,

Great Biggie French (11) f_________________ (5), and a Biggie cola have about 1,760

(12) c_________________ (8). If you eat that meal at Wendy’s, you probably shouldn’t eat

(13) a_________________ (8) else that entire day. Even the children’s (14) m_________________

(5) at fast-food restaurants have gotten bigger. In 1999, Burger King started

(15) s_________________ (7) the Big Kids Meal, and two years (16) l_________________ (5)

McDonalds introduced the Mighty Kids (17) M_________________ (4). Eating too many of those

two (18) c_________________ (5) turn you into a mighty big kid. A Burger King Big Kids

Cheeseburger Meal has 900 calories. Although the major fast-food chains have led the way in

encouraging Americans to eat larger portions of (19) f_________________ (4), nothing that they sell

comes near the burgers you can buy at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. The

family-owned restaurant started offering super-duper-sized hamburgers in 1991, gradually increasing

the (20) s_________________ (4) of the ground beef patties from two pounds to six

(21) p_________________ (6). The six-pound burger patty comes with five pounds of toppings.


Cloze Activity (3) “A Package for Grandma”From Amazing True Stories by Don Wulffson

In 1914, May Pierstorff’s (1) p_______________ (7) wanted to send their four-year-old

daughter to (2) v_______________ (5) her grandmother. But the Piefstorffs were

(3) p_______________ (4). The price of an ordinary train (4) t_______________ (6) for the 100-

mile trip to Lewiston, Idaho, was (5) m_______________ (4) than they could possibly afford. After

much thinking, the Pierstorffs came with up a very (6) ch_______________ (5)—and very unusual—

way to transport their (7) c_______________ (5).

They decided to mail her to her grandmother.

At the post (8) o_______________ (6), the postmaster studied all the rules. Little May fit the

weight requirements. She weighed 48 (9) p_______________ (6); 50 was the limit. It was not legal

to send live animals (10) t_______________ (7) the mail—except for baby chicks. The postmaster

decided she fit the category. He listed her as a 48-pound baby (11) c_______________ (5)! He

collected 53 (12) c_______________ (5) in postage from her (13) p_______________ (7) and glued

the (14) st_______________ (6) to a tag on the little girl’s coat.

May was driven to the depot and put into the mail baggage (15) c_______________ (3). On

her journey, she was under the (16) c_______________ (4) of the train baggageman. Arriving in

Lewiston, she was taken to the (17) p _______________ (4) office. The custom was to leave

packages there (18) over_______________ (9) to be picked up the next day. However, the kindly

clerk (19) m_______________ (4) an exception. He stopped his work and made a

(20) sp_______________ (7) delivery of the little girl to her grandmother.


Cloze Activity (4) “Grand Theft”From Amazing True Stories by Don Wulffson

The number of muggings in this (1) c_______________ (7) has increased dramatically during

the past decade, and unfortunately, (2) m_______________ (4) of the criminals are never found and

the (3) st_______________ (6) items are never recovered. This incident tells of a time it didn’t

matter. One (4) ev_______________ (7) in Los Angeles, Mrs. H. Sharpe was taking her dog

Jonathan, for a walk. Mrs. Sharpe, as (5) a_______________ (6), had brought a pooper-scooper and

a plastic bag to (6) c_______________ (5) up after her dog.

The two had a long and pleasant (7) w_______________ (4). Jonathan had finished his

business and Mrs. Sharpe had (8) f_______________ (8) her cleanup. It was getting

(9) d_______________ (4), and the two headed for home. Suddenly, Mrs. Sharpe heard a rustling

(10) n_______________ (5) behind her. Frightened, she hurried her pace. But in the

(11) n_______________ (4) instant, a shadowy figure (12) r_______________(6) up from behind,

snatched Mrs. Sharpe’s (13) b_______________ (3) from her hand, and raced off into the darkness.

It wasn’t a handbag that the (14) t_______________ (5) got. It was a plastic bag. And you

know what was in that (15) p_______________ (7) bag. One can only imagine the

(16) l_______________ (4) on the thief’s face when he looked in the bag to count his loot and

discovered (17) ex_______________ (7) what he had stolen. Perhaps he didn’t look, but put his hand

into the bag (18) f_______________ (5).

It would seem that this is one of those rare (19) c_______________ (5) in which the criminal

really got (20) w_______________ (4) he deserved.


Cloze Activity (5) “Five on One”From Amazing True Stories by Don Wulffson

No basketball (1) g_______________ (4) has ever been more unbelievable than that played in 1982 between Cal-Santa Cruz and West Coast Christian. In the game, five (2) pl_______________ (7) took on a “team” of one—and lost. Midway through the second (3) h_______________ (4), West Coast was leading Santa Cruz by 15 points. Then they got into serious foul (4) tr_______________ (7). One after the other, West Coast players fouled (5) o_______________ (3). Because of injuries, the team had suited up only eight players. When a fourth player was whistled out of the game, they could put only four men on the (6) fl_______________ (5). Still West Coast held on to its lead. But again and (7) a_______________ (5) the referee blew his whistle. Out went three more West Coast players. With 2:10 left to play, the team was down to one man: Mike Lockhart, a 6-foot, 1-inch guard. According to the rules, a game can continue when a (8) t_______________ (4) has only one player left—if that team is leading. When Lockhart found himself (9) a_______________ (5) on the floor, West Coast was ahead 70-57. “I was really scared,” he said. “I could (10) dr_______________ (7) the ball, but there was nobody to pass it to. Also, I had four (11) f_______________ (5) myself, and one more and the game would be over. The worst part was inbounding the ball. The ref said I could only inbound it by having it touch a (12) pl_______________ (6) on the other team.” Lockhart inbounded the ball by bouncing it off the leg of an opponent. Dribbling, weaving all over the court, he ate up as much (13) t_______________ (4) as possible. Finally, he had to (14) s_______________ (5). He missed, but managed to get his own (15) r_______________ (7). Then he continued dribbling. The Santa Cruz players couldn’t (16) b_______________ (7) what one man was doing to them. Frustrated, they kept grabbing at the ball and fouled Lockhart—three separate times. Lockhart sank five of six free (17) t_______________ (6). Almost every time Santa Cruz got the ball, they made a mistake. One player was called for traveling. Another missed an easy shot. Twice, in (18) p_______________ (7) the ball, they threw it out of bounds. Despite the fact they were playing five-on-one basketball, Santa Cruz scored only ten (19) p_______________ (6). Lockhart scored five. The one-man basketball team held on to (20) w_______________ (3), 75-67.


Cloze Activity (6) “Best Catch Ever”From Amazing True Stories by Don Wulffson

Tom Deal loved to (1) p_______________ (4) softball. A Saturday in the

(2) s_______________ (6) of 1981 found him playing the outfield for a local Chicago

(3) t_______________ (4). His team was ahead, and all they (4) n_______________ (6) was one

more out to win the game.

He watched as the pitch streaked in for a fastball. A solid whap, and a towering fly ball

looping out (5) t_______________ (6) Tom. It should have been an easy catch. But Tom flubbed it.

The ball bounced out of his (6) g_______________ (5).

The other team went on to score five runs and win the (7) g_______________ (4). Tom felt

sick. His team had lost, all because he had (8) m_______________ (6) a very easy catch.

That night he fell asleep, still brooding about the ball he’d flubbed.

He awoke the next (9) m_______________ (7) to the sound of a baby crying. Tom looked

out the window of his apartment. Across the way was another apartment building. And out on a

third-floor balcony was a small baby. To Tom’s horror, he could see that the

(10) b_______________ (4) was crawling toward the open railing of the balcony!

Tom threw on a robe and dashed (11) do_______________ (10) and across to the other

apartment building. Frantic, he rang the door buzzer again and (12) a_______________ (5). There

was no answer. But high above he could still hear the crying baby.

He looked up. His heart stood still. The baby was through the railing! Then it was

(13) f_______________ (7), plunging three stories—to its death.

There was no time to think, just to act. The baby tumbled head-over-heels down through the

(14) a_______________ (3). Arms outstretched, Tom dove. And made an (15) a_______________

(6) impossible catch!

The (16) t_______________ (7) was unharmed.

For a long moment Tom sat on the pavement, holding the baby, (17) h_______________ (7)

it. He grinned from ear to (18) e_______________ (3). Yesterday he had missed an easy

(19) c_______________ (5), one that had lost a silly (20) g_______________ (4). Now he had just

made an unbelievable catch—and had saved a human (21) l_______________ (4).


Cloze Activity (7) Cat Under Fire, Shirley Rousseau Murphy

He was a big cat, and powerful, his short gray coat sleek as (1) v__________ (6) over his lean muscles; but he was not a pretty cat. The white, triangular marking down his nose made his eyes too (2) c__________ (5) together, as if he viewed the world with a permanent (3) fr_________ (5). To observers he seemed always to be scowling.

Yet there also shone in his golden (4) e__________ (4) a spark of wit, and a sly (5) s__________ (5) curved his mouth, a hint that perhaps his interests might embrace more of the world than simply the palpitating mouse which awaited his toothy (6) cr__________ing (9) . . . .

Crouching low, he did his best to keep his white (7) p__________ (4) and white chest hidden, keep his white parts from shining out through the dark (8) gr__________ (6) jungle. He would have preferred to have been born (9) s__________ (5) grey in color—that would make (10) h__________ (7) far easier—but one did not have a choice in these matters . . .

The mouse moved again, a quarter inch, watching warily for any presence within the blowing shadows. (11) Qu__________ing (9), it stretched farther out from its shelter, its eyes gleaming black and quick as it (12) st__________ (8) to see any foreign movement. Its (13) e__________(4) twitched, alert to any threatening sound upon the hushing wind, and constantly its body shivered with the habit of fear, every tiny (14) m__________ (6) tensed for flight, ready to vanish again among the heavy roots.

. . . the mouse moved again, creeping farther from cover, half an inch, then an inch, bravely and foolishly (15) l__________ (7) its grassy blind, drawing so close to Joe that Joe had to clamp his (16) j__________ (4) to keep from chattering the age-old feline death murmur. He oozed lower, slipping (17) s__________ly (8) toward it through the grass, disturbing no blade, every fiber of his being honed in on that sweet morsel.

. . . The mouse sped, streaking for its path, and Joe (18) ex__________ed (8) across the clearing. With one swipe of scimitar claws he raked the creature up into his waiting teeth; it fought and (19) str__________ed (9) as his fangs pierced the wriggling morsel.

The mouse knew a moment of apocalypse as it hung skewered and (20) shr__________ing (9) in the cage of (21) t__________ (5) clamped through its body. Joe bit deeper into the warm flesh. The mouse screamed and thrashed, and was still.

He crouched over it, tearing away flesh, sucking up sweet hot (22) bl__________ (5), crunching the mineral-rich (23) b__________ (5) . . . .


Cloze Activity (8) From Double Dutch, by Sharon Draper

Delia and Misty did leap-frog (1) j_______________ (5) over the heads of Charlene and

Yolanda, who turned the (2) r_______________ (5) wide and low so they could complete the

complicated trick (3) w_______________ (7) getting tangled up. They moved then to a

wheelbarrow, where Misty (4) j_______________ (6) on her hands while Delia held her feet.

Another jumping twist and Yolanda (5) f_______________ (7) into a bouncing back flip and handed

her end of the (6) r_______________ (5) to Misty. Delia (7) g_______________ (7) the other end of

the ropes, so that Charlene and Yolanda now jumped in the (8) c_______________ (6) where the

other two girls had jumped just seconds before. The four girls (9) w_______________ (6) in unison

—two turners and two jumpers—while the ropes continued to twirl, then Charlene did a (10)

rev_______________ (7) turn and managed to make it look (11) l_______________ (4) a karate

kick. They finished with several high can-can jumps, (12) t_______________ (6) the ropes deftly to

one side, and landed in splits (13) tog_______________ (8) in front of the judges’ table, their heads

resting on their crisscrossed (14) a_______________ (4). The (15) aud_______________ (8)

exploded in cheers; they recognized a good (16) ro_______________ (7) when they saw one.

Delia, Charlene, Misty, and Yolanda took one last (17) b_______________ (3) and bounded

off the (18) fl_______________ (5), breathless with excitement and (19) s_______________ (7). All

of their team (20) mem_______________ (7) ran to hug them, from the youngest to the (21)

o_______________ (6)—that routine had made them all look good.

(22) “Aw_______________ (7)!” Randy roared as he gave the four of them a huge hug.

“You did it!”

Will they win the World Invitational Championship of the American Double Dutch League?


Cloze Activity (9) “The Gift”

A young man was about to (1) g_____________(8) from high school. It was the custom in

that (2) n__________________ (12) [even for those who couldn’t (3) a_____________ (6) it] for

parents to give the graduate a car or (4) t_____________ (5). Since he got his license, Bill had been

driving the family van (when he could get it) and had been (5) dre____________ (8) for years of

having his own (6) w_____________ (6). He and his father had spent (7) m_____________ (6)

looking at vehicles, and the week before (8) g_____________ (10) they found what Bill called “the

(9) p_____________ (7) car.” Bill knew that the car cost more than his (10) p_____________ (7)

could really afford, but he believed that his dad would make it (11) h_____________ (6). Even if his

dad only paid part of the total cost, Bill was sure that with his (12) s_____________ (6) job, he could

make payments on the remainder. Bill was (13) c_____________ (7) the car would be his on

graduation night. He imagined himself (14) cr_____________ (8) down the road, sunroof open, (15)

m_____________ (5) blasting.

The night before (16) gr_____________ (10), Bill’s father handed him a gift-wrapped Bible.

Bill held the (17) B_____________ (5) at arm’s length and (18) y_____________ (6), “Is this it? Is

this all?” His father, eyes filled with pain, (19) n_____________ (6) slowly. Bill was so angry he

threw the Bible down and (20) st_____________ (7) out of the house. It was months before he spoke

to his (21) f_____________ (6) again.

Years (22) p_____________ (6); after his father’s death, Bill sat one night going through his

father’s possessions. Inevitably, he came across the Bible his father had (23) g_____________ (5)

him at graduation. He brushed away the dust . . . and opened the Bible for the very (24)

f_____________ (5) time. Inside he found a cashier’s check, dated the day of his graduation, in the

exact (25) a_____________ (6) that his perfect car would have cost.

Paraphrased from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul


Cloze Activity (10) “Never Recovered”

A student repeated some (1) g _____________________ (6) about another student. He had

no idea if the rumor was (2) t_____________________ (4), but he passed it along anyway. Within a

few days, the entire (3) s ___________________ (6) knew the story. The person it concerned was

deeply (4) h _______________ (4) and offended. Later, the boy (5) resp__________________ (11)

for spreading the rumor learned it was completely untrue. He was (6) s____________________ (5)

and went to a wise person to find out what he could do repair the damage.

“Go to the marketplace,” she said, “and purchase a chicken, and (7) h_______________ (4) it

killed. Then on your way home, pluck its (8) f _____________________ (8) and drop them one by

one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the boy did what he was told.

The next (9) d __________ (3) the wise woman said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers

you (10) dr ____________________ (7) yesterday and bring them back to me.”

The boy followed the same (11) r__________________ (4), but to his (12)

d___________________ (6) the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for

(13) h_______________ (5), he returned with only three in his hand.

“You see,” said the old woman, “it’s (14) e________________ (4) to drop them, but it’s

impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take (15) m _____________ (4) to

spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never (16) com________________ (10) undo the wrong.”

Paraphrased from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul


Cloze Activity (11) . . . when a girl makes the football team

Spike went all the (1) w _____________ (3 letters), twenty-four (2) y _____________ (5 letters), into the end zone without a Panther laying a hand on him.

. . . The Higgins grandstand (3) er _____________ (7 letters) in a giant (4) r _____________ (4 letters).

Spike danced jubilantly in the end (5) z _____________ (4 letters), having marked up his fourth (6) t _____________ (9 letters) of the season. Gil met him there and lifted him. Freddie, extricating himself from the (7) t _____________ (6 letters) of arms and legs at the line of (8) s _____________, met Spike halfway back to the (9) b _____________ (5 letters), and they slapped hands.

. . . Gil raised up, (10) h_____________ (7 letters) the ball in both (11) h_____________ (5 letters), and instinctively braced (12) h _____________ (7 letters) for the blow. Kathy, her head held down, started to step through. Then she (13) s_____________ (7 letters)—the ball was missing and looked up. With a funny (14) l _____________ (6 letters) step, she jerked herself backward as the lineman (15) c_____________ (7 letters) into Gil.

. . . The rocketing (16) l _____________ (7 letters) knocked Gil’s crouching form into Kathy, and the three of them (17) f _____________ (4 letters) to the (18) gr_____________ (6 letters). The other wide lineman, having (19) rec_____________ed (9 letters) from Ben’s block, almost fell on the pile of (20) p_____________s (7 letters), stumbling to his right at the last (21) m _____________ (6 letters) to avoid the three forms on the ground.

Gil was on his (22) f _____________ (4 letters) now. So was the lineman who had crashed into him. But Kathy was on the (23) gr _____________ (6 letters), on her back, (24) r _____________ (7 letters) slowly from side to side.Winning Kicker by Thomas Dygard


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