Magic Powers

 
 

Vocabulary

yey	bother	homework
wish	hang on	feed/fed/fed
way	tea (2)	takes time
hate	actually	disappear
wow	unpack	make my bed
quick	last (2)	can’t be bothered
really	forever	power (2)
brush	cool (2)	toothpaste
wait	pack (2)	wait a minute
huh	guess (2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Transcript

I wish I didn’t have any homework . . .

Where’s my homework gone?

Yey! That means I don’t have to do any homework!

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Feeding my dog takes such a long time. I wish there was a quicker way of doing it . . . Oh my gosh, how did that just happen?

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Time for tea, and I have — vegetables. I hate vegetables!

Hang on: Maybe I can make them disappear. I wish I had no vegetables.

Wow! My vegetables actually disappeared! It really works!

Mom, I finished my vegetables.

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Oh, I have to unpack my bag. I can’t be bothered . . . Hang on. Maybe my super powers will work again: I wish that I can unpack my bag.

It really works. Maybe my superpowers will last forever. Now that would be cool.

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I can’t be bothered to put toothpaste on my brush . . . Oh yes, I have superpowers.

“I wish I could put toothpaste on my brush.”

Wow, it works again. Yey!

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Time for bed . . . Wait a minute: I forgot to make my bed this morning. Oh, it’s fine — I’ve got my superpowers.

“I wish my bed could be made.”

Hang on. Why isn’t it working?

“I wish my bed was made.”

Huh?

But what happened to my superpowers?

I guess I have to make it myself.

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Questions

1. Emily loves to do homework. She enjoys doing homework. True or false?

2. Did she finish her homework? What happened?

3. Is feeding a dog hard work? How do you feed a dog? Did the dog food disappear?

4. Emily probably likes chicken, steak, spaghetti and pizza. What do you think? Did she eat her vegetables? Did she lie to her mother?

5. What other things did she use her magic powers for?

6. Her magic powers were permanent. Is this right or wrong?

7. In the beginning, did Emily ask a magician for super powers?

 
 

A. I like doing homework. I also like eating vegetables and making my bed. Is this entirely true, mostly true, partially true, mostly false or completely false?

B. Have you read books, heard stories or watched movies and cartoons about super powers?

C. What would you do if you had super powers? If I had super powers, I would . . .

D. I wish I had magic powers or super powers. Yes or no? Do your friends wish they had super powers? If people had super powers, it wouldn’t be good. What do you think?

E. Will people have super powers in the future?