RP4B Use of Language Lesson 1

“Ouch!” Jen yelled as she stubbed her toe on a rock. “Are you okay?” asked Michelle.

“Yeah,” said Jen. “I didn’t see that rock.

My glasses broke yesterday.

I’m as blind as a bat without them.

My two cats are sisters, but they’re as different as night and day.

One cat, Snowball, is pure white.

She loves to be carried and held. She often spends the whole day sleeping.

The other cat, Coco, is black. She prefers to be left alone.

She likes to spend the day playing with toys and hunting for spiders.

Sarah called out to her brother Darryl.

“Hey, don’t just sit there like a bump on a log!” she said.

“Come over here and help me rake leaves!”

Bryson and Miles had been best friends since elementary school.

Bryson’s mom hoped they remained friends after high school graduation, since each was going to a different college.

“Being far apart won’t be easy for them,” she thought.

“They’ve been like two peas in a pod for more than ten years.”