LLI Purple Lesson 2: Sweet Rain

What is the genre of this text?

• Biography- A true story written about a real person's life.

• Realistic Fiction- A made-up story where the events could have happened in real life.

• Romance- A made-up story about how two people met and fell in love.

• Traditional Tale- A story passed down over generations that has a lesson the listener is supposed to learn.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which evidence does NOT support the genre?

• The reader learns a lesson about life.

• Fernando and Martina fall in love.

• It is "retold" by the author since it isn't originally their story.

• It says, "A Tale from Mexico" on the cover of the book.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The protagonists in this story are...

• Fernando and Martina

• Ferdinand and Martina

• Fredina and Martina

• Fernando and Maria

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The main characters are awakened in the night by...

• the sound of galloping horses

• the sound of horse drawn wagons

• the sound of men running by

• the sound of gunfire

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the story, what was the main conflict?

• There was a dispute (fight) over land ownership.

• Martina couldn't help Fernando with farming, specifically growing crops, so their farm wasn't thriving.

• Martina found a bag of buried treasure and found herself in a dilemma, give the gold back to the thieves, or keep the treasure for a better cause.

• There was a group of thieves, who planned on taking over Fernando and Martina’s land.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In this story, what was one thing Fernando couldn’t do?

• defend his land

• read

• lie

• be a good husband

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Martina tells her husband to tie Hector up with a chain of corn cobs.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Fenando went to the orphanage school to give them some of the candy he bought.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Martina tells her husband that it has rained candy during the night.

• True

• False

The robbers think that the main characters are "simpletons". This means that they are...

• sneaky

• not telling the truth

• not very intelligent

• not happy to see them

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3