Making
Inferences
Vocabulary
Verb Tenses
Folk Tales
Critical Thinking
100
How do you know that "Seven Spools of Thread" is set in Africa?
What is the story tells us and also because of the cultures and the way the characters are dressed.
100
The two sisters ______ all the time about which one would take out the trash.
What is ARGUED
100
Spell "DANCE" in the PAST TENSE
What is DANCED
100
This folk tale involves pigs who build houses, the lesson to be learned is never be afraid and believe in yourself!
What is The Three Little Pigs
100
How is "Seven Spools of Thread" similar to "Stone Soup"?
What is they both teach a lesson, they both bring people together, they both have settings in foreign cultures.
200
Why do you think each of the 7 brothers received a spool of thread? Why didn't the father just give them one big spool of thread?
What is so that they could use each of their spools to make something TOGETHER (to learn their lesson)
200
When the cloth was finished, the seven brothers took turns neatly folding the brightly colored _______.
What is FABRIC
200
Correct the verb in this sentence: Josh study all night last night for the big test today.
What is STUDIED
200
This folk tale is about a boy who always yells out to warn people that something bad is happening when it really isn't. When something bad DOES happen, they don't believe him.
What is The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
200
Do you think the brothers in "Seven Spools of Thread" learned their lesson? Why or why not?
What is...
300
"Stick is a bundle are unbreakable." How does this quote apply to "Seven Spools of Thread"
What is it means together, everyone achieves more
300
My mom says that if I don't get good grades on my report card, she will start taking away some of my __________.
What is POSSESSIONS
300
Correct the verb in the sentence: Where do you go for dinner last night?
What is DID
300
This was another folk tale we read this year about villagers who do not get along until 3 men come to their village and begin to make some soup.
What is Stone Soup
300
Think of a time when you had to work with a family member on something, what did you learn from that experience?
What is ...
400
Why do you think the father asked his sons to make gold out of thread instead of just asking them to quit fighting?
What is he wanted them to figure it out on their own, and he knew they wouldn't listen if he just told them to stop.
400
The moon ______ down and the stars twinkled in the sky.
What is BEAMED
400
Change this verb to future tense: RUN
What is WILL RUN
400
What is a folk tale?
What is a story that has been told throughout generations that teaches a lesson.
400
Why do you think the author wrote "Seven Spools of Thread?" To persuade, inform, or entertain?
What is to entertain (it was a ficitional story meant to teach a lesson)
500
The brothers teach the villagers how to weave the special cloth. Why is this better than giving the villagers money?
What is that they will know how to make the cloth to make money for themselves and won't have to depend on the brothers to keep making it.
500
The sounds of the brothers __________ made the father's head hurt.
What is QUARRELING
500
Change this verb to the present tense: SLEPT
What is SLEEP or SLEEPING
500
True or False: Shredderman was a folk tale.
What is FALSE
500
Why do you think the brother's were speechless after finding out what they inherited from their father?
What is they were shocked and didn't know how they were going to turn the thread into gold.