Directions:
1. Divide students into pairs.
2.Give a copy of the story to one student in each pair. Instruct that student to name the part
of speech below each blank. Have the other student choose a word for each blank.
3. After all the words are filled in, have students read the story aloud.
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One fall day, I was walking past Mr. ______________’s
last name
field. He was growing ______________ pumpkins that
adjective
were bright _________________ and almost ripe for
color
picking!
In the center of the pumpkin patch stood a
_____________________ scarecrow, nearly twice the
adjective
size of a __________________. I walked slowly toward
noun
the scarecrow to get a better look.
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“____________________,” I said cheerfully, giggling
greeting
to myself.
Suddenly, the scarecrow turned its ________________
body part
and responded, “Well __________________ yourself!”
same greeting
I clapped my hands over my ________________,
body part
and my eyes grew as big as _______________.
plural noun
Just as I was about to _______________ as fast as I
verb
could back to my _______________, a little boy
noun
stuck his head out from behind the scarecrow and
________________.
past-tense verb
“Don’t you know that scarecrows can’t
_________________?” he asked with a grin.
verb
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