Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures
- Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.
Activity 2: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 3: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.
Activity 4: Draw the Story
Read the below excerpts from the story and draw the creature described.
- ...a pair of eyes, bright with a green light.'
- 'It was like a cat, with legs as long as a horse's.'
- 'Its body no bigger and its legs no thicker than those of a cat.'
- 'The awful creature with the stilt-legs.'