Name __________________________________ Date _______________________
Reread the first paragraph of chapter seven and illustrate what you visualize in your mind as you think about the text. Before illustrating you should clarify the meaning of the word “sill” from the story.
And then the cat came. After the rains, when Grandfather and I were silent and uneasy with each other, and the lawn grew too long, and June bugs threw themselves against the lamplit screens, I heard the soft thump as the cat jumped up to my sill. The cat stared at me, its face like a pansy, and then, without claws, it lifted a paw and hit the window screen. The tiniest of sounds. Very carefully, I lifted the screen, and the cat walked inside, across my desk, and settled on my bed as if it were home. As if the cat were someone come back in disguise. Almost at once the cat slept.
Journey – pages 38-39
o Using the context, define what “sill” means.
o Using a dictionary, define what “sill” means.
