The Penny

One sunny afternoon, Sally decided to go out for a walk. Sally was walking down the street when she found a purple penny. Sally hurriedly picked it up and continued walking in the vigorous cold. It was too cold to look at it at the moment. As soon as she arrived at her steps, she took her keys out of her pocket and along came the penny and fell on the floor. Sally gasped with surprise, because the penny had turned into another color. It was now blue. She was so astounded that she picked it up and ran up the stairs. She dropped her keys on the kitchen table. While doing so, she noticed envelopes on the table with her name. She skimmed through them and saw one that was particularly heavier than the others. As she opened it, she noticed the cream color paper and she began to get nervous. It was an important and time mattered.  The penny quickly turned red.  After she read the letter, the penny turned white. She had been notified about the dream act. 

Vocabulary:

hurriedly- fast 
vigorous- strong, powerful
gasped- short breath
astounded-surprised, shocked
skimmed- to look quickly
particularly- in a special way 
notified- to give information or notice

Vocabulary Activity:

Across
4. in a special way
6. surprised, shocked
Down
1. fast
2. strong, powerful
3. short breath
5. to give information or notice
7. to look quickly

Grammar Point: Find all the verbs in the past tense

Grammar Activity: Write a fictional story of approximately 100 words. Be creative! :)