The Harvest Birds Vocabulary
Kamishibai Man Vocabulary
The Harvest Birds Comprehension
Kamishibai Man Comprehnsion
Abstract and Concrete Nouns
100
What word means not playful or silly (patch, serious, ashamed)
serious
100
What word means unclear or smeared (rude, rickety, blurry)?
blurry
100
What has Juan Zanate dreamed of doing?
Owning land and growing crops
100
What does the Kamishibai man carry with him to give to children?
Candy
100
student
concrete
200
What word means to use something that someone else owns and return it later (patch, advice, borrow)?
borrow
200
What word means moving in sudden, uneven, or awkward ways (jerky, rickety, vacant)?
jerky
200
What happens when Juan asks Don Tobias for land?
Don Tobias and his wife laugh at him
200
How does the Kamishibai man get the children's attention?
He claps two blocks together to make noise.
200
loyalty
abstract
300
What word means to divide in groups (borders, separate, advice)?
separate
300
What word means empty or not occupied (vacant, blasted, familiar)?
vacant
300
Who helps Juan Zanate start growing his own crop?
Grandpa Chon
300
What does the Kamishibai man do?
He tells stories to children and gives them candy.
300
Find the abstract noun: The man had much strength to lift the box.
strength
400
What word means the ripe crops that are gathered (harvest, ashamed, patch)?
harvest
400
What word means made a sudden, loud noise (blurry, applause, blasted)?
blasted
400
How does Juan get seeds to plant?
He gets them from a shopkeeper who tells him to sweep up the seeds, feed them to the pigs, and take the leftovers.
400
What causes the Kamishibai man to quit his job?
Televisions are created. People rather watch television than listen to his stories.
400
Find the abstract noun: She was full of hope that she did well on her test.
hope
500
What word means ideas or suggestions about what someone should do (borders, patch, advice)?
advice
500
What word means well known from being seen often (familiar, jerky, rickety)?
familiar
500
What does Grandpa Chon do to make Juan's dreams come true in the end.
Grandpa Chon gives Juan his own land to grow crops.
500
What happens after the Kamishibai man finishes telling his story? (think about the poor boy)
The crowd starts to give him an applause because they were the children who listened to his stories long ago.
500
Find the abstract noun: The girls had confidence in themselves.
confidence