Academic Language
Chocolate Words
All About Chocolate
Ugly Vegetables
100
To test or try something to solve a mystery or a problem
experiment
100
blending or stirring
mixing
100
True or False: Cacao trees grow in Canada. (p.5)
False. Cacao trees grow in warm countries.
100
True or False: The story "Ugly Vegetables" is a fantasy.
False. It is realistic fiction.
200
it happens often
frequently
200
another word for a knife
blade
200
Why are the cacao beans roasted? (p.12)
To bring out the chocolate flavor.
200
True or False: The mom and the little girl plant Japanese vegetables.
False. They plant Chinese vegetables.
300
Right now!
immediately
300
the parts of a recipe
ingredients
300
What color are the cacao beans when they are first taken out of the pod? (p.9)
cream colored
300
What did the girl and her mother bring to the neighbors?
Soup
400
in place of
instead
400
the beans change on the inside
fermentation
400
Name two places where cocoa powder is sent. (p.13)
dairies and bakeries
400
How did the neighborhood change after the girl and her mother brought the soup over?
The neighbors planted Chinese vegetables and the girl and her mother planted flowers.
500
brain power
intelligence
500
the name of the tree where the beans come from
cacao
500
What is the word for the place where cacao trees are grown? (p.6)
plantation
500
Compare the way the vegetables grew to the way the flowers grew.
The neighbors plants looked like little leaves, and the vegetables looked like grass.
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