Leslie Sanders got in trouble all the time. Her teachers felt like she must sit at home and just think of creative ways to keep learning from taking place in their classrooms.
She was a very bright girl and made good grades, but her grades didn't really matter
when the classroom was flooded from her latest prank, which actually happened once.
She put a motion detector alarm in the classroom when she was in the fifth grade and it
went off four times before anyone could figure out what was going on. When she was in
the third grade she brought in a stray cat that kept hiding underneath furniture so colossal
that no one could even budge it. What was worse is that she always lied about her
shenanigans no matter what evidence was presented, even going so far as to maintain
her innocence when the principal had video.
Leslie had been planning a bigger prank for weeks but hadn't actually gone
through with it when the fire alarm went off. The firetrucks came, which was unusual for a
routine drill, and Leslie overheard the teachers saying someone must have pulled the
alarm. Leslie didn't think it was funny and felt her pranks had always been far more
sophisticated, so she was surprised when she was called to the principal's office. Despite
her protests, the principal insisted Leslie was the person who pulled the fire alarm. Leslie
begged for him to believe her, but he just kept listing all the other times she had said she
was innocent when she was actually guilty.
1. What is the meaning of colossal as it is used in the passage?
a. miniscule
b) large
C. unsightly
2.
What is the meaning of shenanigans as it is used in the passage?
a.
b.
past
intentions
pranks
3.
Underline the word or words that helped you determine the answer to 1 & 2.
4.
What is the theme of today's passage
5.
Write a summary of today's passage.