Vocabulary
Story Facts
Critical Thinking
Skills
Deserts
100
friend
What is companion
100
How does the squirrel act when it first visits the garden?
What is fearful or cautious?
100
Why did the author name this story Alejandro's Gift?
What is Alejandro gave the animals the gift of water, and they gave him the gift of their company?
100
Contrast the settings of Nights of the Pufflings and Alejandro's Gift
What is Nights of the Pufflings setting is the ocean and Alejandro's Gift setting is the desert?
100
A place that receives very little rain
What is a desert
200
to make like new again
What is refresh
200
What problem did the animals in the story have?
What is surviving in the desert with little water?
200
How is the way Alejandro helps the desert animals different from the way Halla helps the pufflings in Nights of the Pufflings?
What is Alejandro is careful to keep his distance from the animals, but Halla catches the pufflings and takes them home before releasing them?
200
Fact or Opinion: Animals need water to survive?
What is fact?
200
It gets very hot during the day but at night it gets
What is very cold
300
well loved
What is cherished
300
Why does Alejandro think he must have done something wrong when he dug the first well
What is no animals visited his water hole?
300
Are the desert animals Alejandro's pets now? Why or why not?
What is no because Alejandro can't pet them or even see most of them?
300
Fact or Opinion: Everyone should help animals?
What is opinion?
300
Name at least one desert
What is Sahara Desert, Austrailian Desert,
400
long, narrow grooves cut in the ground
What is furrows
400
How did Alejandro figure out the problem
What is he saw a skunk run and hide when he came out of the house?
400
How are the characters' feelings at the ending of Two Days in May and Alejandro's Gift alike?
What is neither Sonia nor Alejandro can see the animals they helped, but the animals make them feel good just the same?
400
Compare the plot of Nights of the Pufflings and Alejandro's Gift?
What is both stories are about helping animals?
400
What is one animal that can found in the desert?
What is lizard, snake, coyote, fox
500
people or animals who live in a place
What is dwellers
500
Why did the animals stay away from Alejandro's first water hole
What is it is too close to his house, and there are no hiding places nearby?
500
The desert animals help Alejandro feel less lonely. What are other ways animals help people in stories from this theme?
What is Seal Surfer: The seal saves Ben from drowning; Two Days in May: The deer bring the neighbors together?
500
Compare and contrast Alejandro's feeling at the beginning of the story with the way he feels now?
What is at the beginning of the story, Alejandro was sad and lonely. At the end, Alejandro still lives alone, but he feels good and not lonely anymore?
500
This desert is extrememly cold but is always frozen so it is also considered a desert?
What is Antarctica?
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