Story Vocab
activities to get ready for something
preparations
a special time or event
occasion
What is the genre of this story?
Folktale
Which country does this story come from?
Describe at least two activities that the people did with the extra time they got from not having to plant, harvest, or cook their food?
they spent their time weaving beautiful cloth, carving handsome statues, and retelling tales of adventure. The musicians practiced, mask makers carved their masks.
very wonderful or beautiful
magnificent
the process of putting things in order
organization
What is the setting of this story?
A long time ago in an African village
Why didn't the men, women, and children have to plant crops, harvest crops, or cook their meals?
They could reach up and eat a piece of sky
Give examples from the text the prove that Adese was a greedy person
She craved more necklaces, she wanted more children, she took too much sky and wasted it.
worried or fretted
brooded
the act of trying to win something
competition
Who is speaking on page 67 when it says, "Oba! Mighty one! Your people have wasted my gifts. I am tired of seeing myself on heaps of garbage everywhere. I warn you. Do not waste my gifts any longer, or they will no longer be yours."
The Sky
Why were the villagers having a festival?
They were celebrating the power of Oba.
What is the theme or lesson in this story?
Perhaps through your own labor you will learn not to waste the gifts of nature.
actions and feelings of great happiness
rejoicing
to find the answer to a problem
solve
Adese tried to give away her last piece of sky when she was full. Who did she try to give it to? Which sequence is correct?
husband, children, neighbors, more neighbors
What did Adese do with the leftover piece of sky?
She buried it in the garbage bin at the back of her house
happy or pleased
satisfied
something that people have done for a long time
custom
What did the sky do to punish the villagers?
It sailed upward, far out of reach