Teacher's Notes: My Halloween as a Werewolf
This story is short but packs a remarkable number of new words in. It also imparts the distinctly American Halloween tradition, which can lead to fun discussions and stories.
New Words
obsessed
werewolf
guess
costume
contacts
glow
eerie
claws
realistic
lounge
trick or treat
give it up
chin
disgusting
vampire
coarse
growl
swallow pride
glint
yelp
trickle
wrist
beam
dim
menace
bare (teeth)
fangs
stumble
reflect
to ditch (someone)
groggy
calm down
apparently
crumpled
heap
exhausted
Worksheet Answers
Match with pictures:
(left to right) claw, wrist, fang, costume, chin, vampire, trickle, crumpled, beam
Comprehension Questions: 1. They glow in the dark. 2. Fifteen. 3. Matt. 4. Matt's, because it was more realistic. 5. It was a full moon. 6. Because Matt bit him. 7. A phone call. 8. Matt apologized for not coming trick-or-treating. 9. He was at Lydia's party. 10. His werewolf costume. 11. It wasn't Matt; it was a real werewolf. 12. No, he wasn't wearing his costume but he transformed into a real werewolf after being bitten.
Match with definition: obsessed – to be interested in something too much; werewolf – a person who becomes a wolf during a full moon; lounge – to relax and be lazy; trick-or-treat – to go from house to house collecting candy on Halloween; swallow your pride – to be modest; stumble – to have trouble walking; groggy – sleepy or confused; to ditch someone – to not show up when someone is expecting you; crumpled – crushed or wrinkled
Antonyms: realistic – fake; coarse – soft; trickle – gush; dim – bright; groggy – alert; calm down – panic; disgusting – pleasant
Synonyms: obsessed – fanatical; costume – disguise; glow – shine in the dark; eerie – scary, creepy; yelp – cry out in pain; beam – ray of light; menace – threaten; heap – pile, stack; apparently – it seems that
Sentences: 1. reflects, 2. obsessed, 3. menacing, 4. Apparently, 5. groggy, 6. trickle, 7. yelped, 8. lounge, 9. glowing, 10. contacts, 11. claws, 12. bared, 13. ditched
