Question: How do you know when it’s raining cats and dogs?
Answer: When you step into a puddle!
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Question: How do you know when it’s raining cats and dogs?
Answer: When you step into a poodle
We then talked about how readers don’t wait for someone else to catch their mistakes. They don’t wait for someone else to check them. Instead, they check themselves. They stop as soon as something doesn’t seem right and fix it up. Students then worked in partners and read jokes to each other, practicing so that they can fix their own mistake and get the laugh.