MORE ACTIVITIES FOR MAVIS THE CAT

1. Have you read any books or seen any movies that have cats in them? What are they? What did you like most about them, and why?

*making connections, forming opinions

2. What are some other words that mean the same as scampish?

*building vocabulary

3. Why did the authors bold some of the words in the text?

*understanding word and text formatting

4. Find rhyming words for these story words

 *identifying sound patterns

5. How would you colour these pictures from the book? Add more details to the pictures if you would like to.

*addressing multiple intelligences, fine motor skills 

 

Download any of these pages to colour

 

6. Fill in the blanks with the story words found below.

*using context clues, critical thinking

 

Mavis ______ was a very scampish ____.

She wanted to have ____all day long, but her fun also ended up making extra work for her _________. She knocked over ______,

chased a _______through the house, and even brought home _______. But none of it really mattered because she helped Danny feel better when he was ________, and she turned out to be a very sweet and _______ cat.

 

family, flowers, cat, fleas, loving, mouse, ill, Davis, fun

 

7. Which illustration is your favourite, and why?

*critical thinking, creative thinking

 

8. If you were writing the book, what other scampish thing would you have Mavis do? Draw the picture. Add a rhyming verse if you would like.

 *creative thinking, critical thinking, addressing multiple intelligences

 

9. If you wrote this book, what title would you give it? Explain your thinking.

 *critical thinking, creative thinking