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Marco and the Clock Tower Kitten

Read a four-page story with picture descriptions, then use the pictures and words together to tell about its characters, setting and plot.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.7

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 10 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use details in pictures to tell about a story's characters and setting.
  • Students tell which details come from the words and which come from the pictures.
  • Students use pictures and words together to explain what happens in a story.

How to use

Read each picture description and page aloud together. Have students look back at both the picture and the words before they answer each question.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.7

Use the illustrations and the words in a print or digital story to show understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

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Marco and the Clock Tower Kitten

Use the pictures and the words to understand a story.

Read the story

Each page has a picture, described in words, and the words of the story. Read both.

Picture 1: A boy in a green hat stands at the bottom of a tall stone tower. A round clock face with gold numbers glows near the top. Tiny orange ears peek over a ledge beside the clock. Pink clouds fill the sky as the sun sets, and the street lamps are just turning on.

Page 1

For three days, Marco heard a tiny mew from the top of the old clock tower. "Someone needs help," he said. At last he asked the clockmaker if he could climb the stairs and look.

Picture 2: Marco stands in a narrow room full of gears and wheels. One big gear is as tall as he is. His eyes are wide, and he holds the rail with both hands. Dust floats in a beam of light.

Page 2

The stairs went round and round. Marco climbed one step at a time. His legs felt wobbly, but he kept going. At last he pushed open a small wooden door.

Picture 3: Marco holds a small orange kitten with one white paw close to his chest. The kitten's eyes are closed, and it is purring. Through a round window behind them, stars shine over the town.

Page 3

There sat the kitten on a narrow ledge, small and shivering. "Hello," Marco whispered. He held out his hand. The kitten sniffed his fingers and then climbed into his arms.

Picture 4: Marco sits on the bottom step. The kitten is curled in a blanket on his lap, next to a blue bowl of milk. His sister Dina, in a yellow coat, smiles beside them.

Page 4

Marco carried the kitten down all the stairs. At the bottom, his sister Dina waited with a warm blanket and a bowl of milk. "She can stay with us," said Marco. "We will name her Tick-Tock."

Look and read

Use the pictures and the pages to answer each question.

1.
Look at Picture 1. When does the story begin?
  • A. In the early morning
  • B. In the early evening
  • C. In the middle of the day
  • D. In the middle of the night
2.
Which detail do you learn only from the words on Page 1, not from Picture 1?
  • A. A boy in a green hat stands by the tower.
  • B. A round clock face with gold numbers glows.
  • C. Marco hears a tiny mew from the tower top.
  • D. Pink clouds fill the sky above the town.
3.
Look at Picture 3. Write the color of the kitten.

The kitten in Picture 3 is   with one white paw.

4.
Look at Picture 2. Write the missing word.

In Picture 2, one big   is as tall as Marco.

5.
Some details come only from a picture. Other details come only from the words. Sort each detail.
Marco asks the clockmaker if he can climb the stairs.Marco is wearing a green hat.One gear is as tall as Marco.Marco whispers hello to the kitten.The kitten is named Tick-Tock.The kitten has a white paw.
Only in a pictureOnly in the words

Pictures and words together

Think about what the pictures and the words show about the characters and the plot.

6.
Look at Picture 2 and read Page 2. How does Marco feel as he climbs?
  • A. Bored, and ready to go back down
  • B. Angry that the stairs are so long
  • C. Sleepy, and ready to take a nap
  • D. Nervous, but brave enough to keep going
7.
Picture 3 shows the kitten purring in Marco's arms. Underline the sentence on Page 3 that goes best with this picture.

There sat the kitten on a narrow ledge, small and shivering."Hello," Marco whispered.He held out his hand.The kitten sniffed his fingers and then climbed into his arms.

8.
Look at Picture 3. Which detail shows that it is now night?
  • A. Stars shine through a round window.
  • B. The kitten is purring in Marco's arms.
  • C. Marco holds the kitten against his chest.
  • D. The kitten has one white paw and closed eyes.
9.
Picture 4 shows the kitten curled in a blanket next to a bowl of milk. What does this tell you about the end of the story?
  • A. Marco is searching the tower for the kitten.
  • B. The kitten has run back to the top of the tower.
  • C. Marco and Dina are taking good care of the kitten.
  • D. The clockmaker has taken the kitten away from them.
10.
Look at Picture 4 and read Page 4. Tell how Marco and Dina feel at the end. Use clues from the picture and the words.

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