Copy of Module 4 Assessment (12/11/2025)

The Woodcutter and the Giant 

Characters

KIKI, a squirrel

NUTKIN, a squirrel

WOODCUTTER, a man

ACT 1, SCENE 1

The woods

(Kiki and Nutkin sit in front of a tree. The woodcutter walks in holding a saw. He stops at the tree next to Kiki and Nutkin. Kiki and Nutkin hide behind their tree.)

WOODCUTTER: (looking up at the tree) Wonderful! This tree will make lots of firewood. (He saws at the tree and it falls over.)

NUTKIN: (frightened) Will that man cut down our tree, too?

KIKI: No! Nutkin, go tell the woodcutter that a mean giant lives nearby. Tell him the giant will be angry when he sees that his trees have been cut down.

NUTKIN: Is there really a giant?

KIKI: No, silly! But I have an idea that will make the woodcutter think that there is.

(Nutkin runs over to the woodcutter.)

NUTKIN: You shouldn’t do that. There is a mean giant who keeps these woods safe. He is going to be very angry when he sees what you have done. And you don’t want to see the giant angry.

WOODCUTTER: (surprised) I had no idea you furry friends could talk.

NUTKIN: I’m not your friend. And you’d better watch out for that giant!

WOODCUTTER: (laughing) There’s no giant here! I’ll be back tomorrow to cut down that big tree. (He points at the tree where Kiki is.)

ACT 1, SCENE 2 

The woods

(It is the next day. Something large can be seen on the ground behind the trees. The woodcutter walks in holding his saw.)

NUTKIN: (running up to the woodcutter) The giant is here! He didn’t want you to hear him coming, so he took off his shoes. When he took them off, he lost a sock. It’s over there. (Nutkin points behind the trees.)

WOODCUTTER: (looking behind the trees) You weren’t joking. The giant is real! I’m getting out of here! (The woodcutter runs away faster than a rabbit.)

NUTKIN: It worked!

KIKI: We tricked the woodcutter! We did a good job making the leaves and grass look like a giant’s sock.

NUTKIN: But we worked all night, so I’m really tired.

Kesha’s teacher asked the class to write a story about something they did over the weekend. Read Kesha’s story and look for any changes she should make. Then answer the questions that follow.

Apple Picking

(1)Dad and I get into the car we head to the apple farm. (2)The road to the apple farm is long and winding. (3)When we finally get there, I see rows and rows of apple trees. (4)Farmer Jeff show us how to pick an apple. (5)“Turn the apple and twist slowly,” he says. (6)I give it a try. (7)Mine doesn’t move. (8)“Pull just a little harder,” Farmer Jeff tells me. (9)This time, it works.

(10)When we get home, Dad washs the apples. (11)I pile them on the table. (12)“What will we do with all these apples?” I ask.

(13)“We will make apple pie tomorrow,” he says.

(14)“I always wantd to learn how to do that,” I say.