The World According to Humphrey Name: Class 5/

Dear Parents: Please make sure that your son/daughter can read the words mentioned in each page before reading. Example: If your child is going to read p.1 to p.3, he/she has to read the main vocabulary in each page before reading the story. G-Choose the correct answers: 1- The narrator of the story is ___ a. A.J. b. Humphrey. 2- What does Humphrey first notice about the family? a. They all talk loudly. b. They tell stories. 3- What is Humphrey’s Big Idea? a. To unplug the TV. b. To escape from the house. 12

Page 2 den: a small room blaring: making a loud sound Page 5 effort: hard work Page6 classmate: your friend in your classroom Page7 sweeping: cleaning the floor with a broom Page8 promptly: right away E-Answer the following questions: 1- What does the Thomases’ family like to do? They like to watch TV. They watch it day and night. 2. Explain why Humphrey decides to unplug the TV. He decides to unplug it, because it was always blaring and he couldn’t sleep. He doesn’t like all that noise. 3. What do Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas decide to do at the end? They decide to keep it unplugged for a couple more days. F-Use the word in a sentence: Blaring: The TV is always blaring. 11

The kids in Mrs. Brisbane’s class love taking care of their hamster, Humphrey. Every weekend one of the students takes Humphrey home. This weekend, A. J. Thomas takes Humphrey home from school. C-Match each word with its meaning: den: - hard work effort: - a small room classmate: - right away promptly: - your friend in your class D-Use the word in a good sentence: classmate: I worked hard with my classmate. 101

When we arrived at A. J.’s house, the whole family welcomed me. A.J.’s mom told him to put my cage in the den. I noticed that everybody at A. J.’s house talked extra loud, because the TV was always blaring. A-Choose the correct words from the box to complete the following sentences: 1- The TV was _blaring___ so I couldn’t sleep. 2- My mom was _sweeping___ the floor in the living room. 3- I always work with my _classmate____ Ali in our class activities. 4- I could carry my heavy bag with great _effort___ B-Use this word in a sentence: promptly: You need to see a doctor promptly. 2 9 effort – blaring –classmate - sweeping

Every house I visited so far had a TV, and I enjoyed watching some of the shows there. But the difference here, at the Thomases’ house, is that the television is on all the time. I couldn’t always hear the TV, because A. J.’s mother had a radio in the kitchen, which was always blaring, too. At the end, Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas decided to keep it unplugged for a couple more days because they noticed that the kids were playing happily outside, and that they forgot about the TV. This decision made me so happy! And I promptly fell asleep. 38

I opened the lock on my cage and went out and walked quickly. Then, with great effort I pulled out the plug of the TV. The family didn’t know what to do without a TV. They stayed home together. Mr. Thomas talked about what he used to do when he was a kid. He told the kids stories and started to teach them card games. It was quiet for the first time! The next morning, the kids played cards and went out to play football. A. J. and his classmate Garth worked together to clean my cage. They also made a maze for me to play in. 5 6

I watched all the activities of the family. They watched TV all the time. They even had dinner in front of the TV. I couldn’t rest at all. Over the weekend, the TV and the radio were playing all the time. So I had this Big Idea! Mr. Thomas was sweeping behind the TV and discovered that it was unplugged. Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas didn’t know how the TV became unplugged. Mr. Thomas tried to plug in the TV to make sure it was working. 47