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Intermediate Short Stories Violet makes a Cake
Directions: First read the basic version of the story below. Next, read the advanced
version of the same story. Then, try to answer the questions about the story.
Basic Version
Violet loves to cook. She wants to make a cake. To make a cake, she needs to buy
all of the parts that make it first. She makes a list. She needs:
1) Flour
2) Eggs
3) Milk
4) Sugar
5) Vanilla
Violet goes to the grocery store to buy all the parts she needs to make a cake.
When she gets home she puts them into a bowl. She uses a spoon to make them come
together into one. Then, she turns the bowl over and it flows into a pan. She cooks it for
thirty minutes.
When the cake is done, she lets it cool off. Her family eats the cake for a sweet
treat after dinner. They all say it tastes very good!
Advanced Version
Violet loves to cook. She wants to make a cake. To make a cake, she needs to buy
all of the ingredients first. She makes a list. She needs:
1) Flour
2) Eggs
3) Milk
4) Sugar
5) Vanilla
Violet goes to the grocery store to buy the ingredients to make a cake. When she
gets home she puts them into a bowl. She uses a spoon to mix them together. Then, she
pours it into a pan. She cooks it for thirty minutes.
When the cake is done, she lets it cool off. Her family eats the cake for dessert
after dinner. They all say it is delicious!
Questions:
1. What does Violet want to make?
2. What are two ingredients she needs?
3. How long does she cook the cake for?
Vocabulary:
To find word definitions: First, find the word in the advanced version of the story. Then,
compare this part of the advanced version of the story to the same part of the basic
version of the story. This will give you a general definition of the word.
1. What does ingredients mean? (paragraph 1, sentence 3) (paragraph 2,
sentence 1)
2. What does mixes mean? (paragraph 2, sentence 2)
3. What does pour mean? (paragraph 2, sentence 3)
4. What does dessert mean? (paragraph 3, sentence 2)
5. What does delicious mean? (paragraph 3, sentence 3)
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