Smelly Giant
The Sparrow
A Field Becomes a Forest
Miscellaneous
100

True or False

The Corspe Flower has the most delightful smell

False: 

It smells like dirty diapers and rotten food.  Yummy.

100

What did the Sparrow eat that made the old woman so mad?

Starch

100

What are "Pioneer Species" plants?

Ragweed, Foxtail, and Dandelions

100

Which gift did the old man take?

The smaller box

200

Where is the Corpse Flower's natural habitat?

Sumatra

200

What was unusual about the Sparrow in our story?

She turned out to be a magical fairy.


200
Saplings  grow tall--> shade the shrubs--> shrubs die--> .....................


Fill in the blank, what happens next?

Leaves room for saplings.  This is an example of Cause and Effect.

200

What does the word "cross" mean?  (there are several correct answers.)

Angry

Cross the street 

to intersect

300

Mrs. S and Ms. Emily tried to cultivate sunflowers in the North Pole.  


What does "cultivate" mean?

Grown outside natural home/habitat

300
In a fable, we need:

1. Setting

2.Plot/Conflict

3. Animals 

4. ?


A lesson or moral

300

What is a synonym for barren?

Lifeless

300

What is a synonym for "thrive"

Grow 

Survive

400
The Corpse Flower grows naturally on rain forest hills in Western Sumatra.  


How many prepositions are in this sentence and what are they?

"On" and "In"

400

What were some of the meanings of the word "bill?"

beak

Play bill 

dollars

something you pay

a law

400

Which tree type lives the longest?

Maple

Douglas Fir 

Red Oak?

Douglas Fir

400

What does the word "abandon" mean

To leave behind

500

If the Corpse Flower's habitat keeps getting smaller, what will happen to the Corpse Flower?


This is an example of?.....

It will die

This is an example of cause and effect. 

500

What is a moral or lesson we learned from The Sparrow? (several possible answers)

Bigger doesn't always mean better

Be kind

Don't be greedy

500

What are some of the most common shrubs?

Bayberry

Rhododendrons

Sumac

500

What are examples of common fables?

Cinderella

Jack and the Beanstalk

Charlotte's Web

Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer

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