"He’s as blind as a bat."

The Story (5 mins)
My brother is really bad about misplacing things and hardly takes the time to really look for them when he does. He usually gets upset with other people, even though he is the one that misplaces his own stuff! He’s only ten years old, so we forgive him for that most of the time. I remember a time when he was looking for his favorite watch.

He was home from school after a long day of learning and I remember him lazily slumping in his chair. He was hungry and he went to look at his watch to see how long it would be before our parents came home from work. His watch was gone! He started running around looking for someone to blame instead of using his eyes to actually search for his watch.

He started running around the house looking for it. He couldn’t find it anywhere. He called my mom at work and yelled at her for cleaning his room and losing his watch. He gave up after about an hour and sat back down again. I looked down and he had put his watch on his ankle. It was right in front of him the whole time and as our grandfather would say, "If it was a snake, it would have bit him". He’s so weird sometimes.

Vocabulary and Reading Practice (5 mins)
Mark the best choice.

1) The narrator would say...
 a) His/Her brother is mean and loud.
 b) His/Her brother is odd and rude.
 c) His/Her brother looses things and hates school.
 d) His/Her brother is forgetful but young.

2) ‘Slumping’ (to slump) means...
 a) to sit in a chair
 b) to sit properly in a chair
 c) to sit improperly in a chair
 d) to throw a chair

3) How much time did he spend looking for his watch?
 a) 20 mins
 b) 50 mins
 c) 2 hours
 d) 4 hours

Questions for Discussion (15 mins)

1) Do you or does anyone you know loose things often?
Do you have brothers or sisters? Tell us about them.
3) What would be the worst thing (that you own) to loose?

Activities (15 mins)

Write down three key words to the story.
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Why did you choose these three words?
Retell the story to a partner in your own words.

A Related Simile (5 mins)
What does this relate to in the story?

He’s as blind as a bat.