Exercises · Goal 11 · Sustainable Cities
The Dog that Said Woof: exercises
Two short exercises on the book. Do them on screen or print them.
Fill the gaps
Choose the missing word for each gap. The words are in the box.
Words to use
- Carter
- debris
- Jin
- landfill
- Majora
- new
- Thursday
- York
Abril has a dog from the pound. His name is , which means little devil in the Amazigh language, but Jin is tiny, never misbehaves, ignores sticks and bones and does not even chase Ramsés the cat. Abril's story then crosses the ocean to , a girl her own age who lives in the Bronx, in New . The Bronx is said to be the most dangerous and dirtiest neighbourhood in the city: if a rubbish truck has nowhere to go, it is dumped there. Majora's family is about to move away, and her best friend Mathew's family is losing customers at their burger place. The two friends sit in their secret spot facing the mysterious mountain, a huge heap of rubble and scrap that towers over the buildings. Dogs from all over the neighbourhood keep disappearing through a small hole at its base. Where do they go? One , an enormous dog squeezes through the hole, and Majora decides to follow it. The story is inspired by the environmental activist Majora Carter.
Connect the dots
Join each word to its meaning. Tap a word, then tap its meaning.