Black Cats and Superstition
Students read a nonfiction passage about black cats and the superstitions about them, written at 9 reading levels (kindergarten to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about the beliefs and science surrounding black cats
- Find details that explain why the same cat was seen as lucky in some places and unlucky in others
- Explain how melanin gives a cat its black coat
- Describe how the author compares opposite beliefs about black cats