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Jan. 16 will be the absolutely most perfect day in my life

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What text type is it? A. A letter. B. A play. C. An ad. D. A story.

A story

Who

(Characters 人物角色 )

Where and when

(background 故事背景 )

What

(plots of the story 故事情节 )

___________________by Susan Taylor Brown

1 Harold counts the big red X’s on the calendar. “Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred!” He jumps up and down. “Yay! Tomorrow is Hundreds Day.” “What’s Hundreds Day?” asks his mom. “We’ve been in school for one hundred days. We get to have a party. Everyone is supposed to bring one hundred of something to count and share. I need to find the absolutely most perfect thing ever!”

Read Para 1 and find out the background of the story:

Where?

When?

What?

2 Harold opens cupboards in the kitchen. __________________

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3 Harold runs into his bedroom._______________________________________________________________________________

4 Harold puts back the rocks and walks down the hall. ______

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Read Para 2-4 and learn the plots of the story:

(1)Match A, B, C with the right paragraph

These rocks are too heavy.

The absolutely most perfect thing ever!Places Things Results

Read Para 2-4 and learn the plots of the story:(2) Finish the chart

In the kitchen

In his bedroom

In his sister’s room

To make a necklace out of one hundred

pieces of cereal

To take one hundred rocks from the rock collection

To stick one hundred stickers all over himself

His pants sag.

His stomach growls.

His sister shakes her

head.

None of them is

5 Harold sighs. He walks all around the inside of the house. He walks all around the outside of the house. Finally he sits down at the kitchen table. Time is running out,” he says. “And I still need to find the absolutely most perfect thing ever to take to school.”

6 Then he sees the grocery list on the wall. “Maybe I should make a list to help me think.” He starts to write.

Read Para 5-6 and learn the plots of the story

Answer the questions:

(1) Does Harold give up?

(2) What is he going to do?

(3) What do you think Harold may write in his list? Why?

Read Para 7-9 and learn the plots of the story

7 “I bet I have over one hundred ideas,” says Harold. “But none of them is the absolutely most perfect thing ever.” He puts his head down on the table. All at once he gets another idea. The absolutely most perfect idea ever.

8 He finds an old white shirt in the rag basket. “Mom, may I write on this old shirt?” he asks. “Why?” asks his mom. “It’s for school. For Hundreds Day.” “OK,” says his mom. He gets a black pen. He starts to write. He writes and he writes and he writes.

9 Harold takes his shirt to school the next day. “Harold, please show us what you brought for Hundreds Day,” says the teacher. Harold pulls his shirt out of a bag. He puts it on and turns in a circle. “I couldn’t make up my mind,” says Harold. “So I brought one hundred ideas.”

The ending the of story: He finds the absolutely most perfect thing

More questions about the story

• What kind of person is Harold according to the story?

A. Stupid. B. Creative. C. Lazy. D. Careless.

• What ideas does Harold may write on the old shirt?

If you are Harold’s teacher and classmates, what may you say about Harold’s ideas?

T & C: Wow, Harold. You ideas are…

Can you add a proper title to the passage?

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