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Before You Read

Look at the pictures. Look at the readings and the titles on pages 83 and 85.
Guess the answers to these questions.
1. What kind of readings are these?
a. pages from a history book b. folktales c. poems
2. What is the king doing?

3. Who is the man behind the tree? How does he feel? Why?

Jigsaw Reading
Form teams of four students. Number off 1–4. Students 1 and 2 become partners and
read “The Real Flower” on page 83. Students 3 and 4 become partners and read “The
Witch and the Rosebushes” on page 85.

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While You Read
Read this selection. Think about your guesses while you read.

Work with your partner to guess the answer. Then check your answer on page 114.

© What did you read?

Circle the main idea.
a. A wise person can find the truth. b. Queen Leyla and King Aba loved gardens.

Now do the exercises on page 84.

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© Read again
Are these sentences true? Find answers in the reading. Circle yes or no. If the answers
are not in the reading, circle doesn’t say. Check your answers with your partner.

1. The queen and king were both wise. yes no doesn’t say

2. They were husband and wife. yes no doesn’t say

3. The king had a beautiful garden. yes no doesn’t say

4. The queen’s garden had flowers all year long. yes no doesn’t say

5. The king wanted to test the queen. yes no doesn’t say

6. The queen’s artists made real flowers. yes no doesn’t say

7. The test was to find the real flower. yes no doesn’t say

8. The king found the real flower. yes no doesn’t say

© Show you understand

A. Work with your partner to answer the questions for the story you both read.
Write the answers in the chart.

The Real Flower

1. Who are the people in the folktale? Queen Leyla...
2. Where does the folktale take place?
3. What is the man’s problem?

B. Change partners. Now students 1 and 3 are partners. Students 2 and 4 are partners.
Turn to page 86, Show you understand. Ask your new partner the questions
and fill in the chart for the story he or she read.

© Read more

Now students 1 and 2 read “The Witch and the Rosebushes” on page 85.
Students 3 and 4 read “The Real Flower” on page 83.

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While You Read
Read this selection. Think about your guesses while you read.

Work with your partner to guess the answer. Then check your answer on page 114.

© What did you read?

Circle the main idea.
a. A witch gets angry. b. A smart husband solves a problem.

Now do the exercises on page 86.

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© Read again
Complete these sentences. Find the answers in the reading. Circle a or b.
Check your answers with your partner.

1. The women lived in a a. small village. b. small city.

2. They were as beautiful as a. bushes. b. roses.

3. The witch was a. kind. b. not kind.

4. The three rosebushes looked a. different. b. alike.

5. One woman wanted to visit a. her family. b. her village.

6. She wanted to be with them a. all night. b. all the time.

7. At the end of the story the husband felt a. relieved. b. worried.

© Show you understand

A. Work with your partner to answer the questions for the story you both read.
Write the answers in the chart.

The Witch and the Rosebushes

1. Who are the people in the folktale? the
Thewitch...
witch...
2. Where does the folktale take place?
3. What is the man’s problem?

B. Change partners. Now students 1 and 3 are partners. Students 2 and 4 are partners.
Turn to page 84, Show you understand. Ask your new partner the questions and fill in
the chart for the story he or she read.

© Read more

Now students 1 and 2 read “The Witch and the Rosebushes” on page 85.
Students 3 and 4 read “The Real Flower” on page 83.

Turn to Remember the Words at the back of this book.

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