4.6.A Sequence/Summarize The Plot's Main Events & Explain Their Influence On Future Events

The boys are able to let their father finish his work in his office.

The boys see something frightening in the hallway.

The boys argue about what flavor they should select.

The boys are able to sit and talk to each other.

How Alex feels about his brother’s teasing

What Alex discovers in the hallway

Why Alex must lean so far into the hallway

How Alex’s reflection reminds him of his brother

Two brothers go with their father to his office building. While in the hallway, the younger brother becomes scared when he thinks he sees a stranger. At first the older brother does not believe the story, but when he also becomes afraid, Dad helps them discover who the stranger really is.

Two brothers come to their father’s office building and go to the break room to use the vending machine. They become scared when they see a stranger in the hallway. They run to their father and describe to him what the stranger looks like.

One Saturday evening two brothers are at their father’s office building. The younger brother thinks he sees a stranger. He sits at the table and tells his older brother what the stranger looks like. Later the brothers share the story with their father. The three of them go down the hallway to take a look.

One Saturday two brothers go to buy some gum in the break room near their father’s office. When they see a stranger in the hallway, the older brother drops the gum on the floor. Once they are no longer afraid, the younger brother tells which flavor of gum he would like.

she learns what her epidermis is

she covers herself entirely with clothing

Joey says her epidermis is showing

Mrs. Warden answers her question

Jen thinks her epidermis is exposed while she is at school, but she laughs when she finds out that the word just means “skin.” Then she waits until dinnertime to share a difficult word that she learned with Joey.

Joey tells Jen her epidermis is showing, which worries her because she does not know what the word means. After learning that it means “skin,” she surprises Joey by telling him that his proboscis is showing.

Jen feels like people are laughing at her because her epidermis is showing. When she looks up the word in the dictionary, she laughs. Then she tells Megan about a plan she has made.

After Joey scares Jen by saying her epidermis is showing, Jen asks her teacher Mrs. Warden about it. Then Jen and Megan spend all morning trying to learn what an epidermis is.

A caterpillar is making a house out of something like silk on a twig. The house is called a cocoon, and it takes a long time to make.

An ant and a bee see a caterpillar making a house. Both of them talk to the caterpillar while it works to finish its task the only way it knows how.

An ant and a bee watch a caterpillar making a house. They think the caterpillar is having trouble, so they suggest different places for it to live.

A caterpillar is making a house for itself. An ant and a bee suggest better places for the caterpillar to live, but the caterpillar continues with its task.

It was fast asleep in its little cocoon house, knowing not whether the sun shone or the rain beat down.

The bee came by that way again and stopped to look at the little house.

Through the veil you could still faintly see the caterpillar moving.

Every time the caterpillar’s head moved, it left behind something that looked like a glistening thread of silk.