Questions
where does the story take place?
A village in the Ashanti region Ghana.
The village loaned Kojo and his mom money
Kojo's mom bought a card and Kojo bought a hen
Money borrowed
loan
What is Kojo's good idea at the BEGINNING of the story?
To buy a hen.
danger
risk
What is the color of the hen that Kojo purchases?
a brown hen
Kojo sold eggs at the market and a few months later...
He was able to buy more hens
you have enough money to pay for something.
afford
Once Kojo has some savings, what longtime dream does he spend his money on?
Kojo spends his money on school expenses/ school fees.
what is the opposite of a profit?
loss
What was the reason Kojo stopped going to school?
His father died and he had to help his mom.
Kojo gets money and goes back to school
He gets a scholarship and graduated from agricultural college
difficult to get or find.
scarce
How does Kojo convince the bank president in Accra to give him a loan?
He tells him the story of how he has built his flock from one brown hen and then selling eggs in the market to then reinvest the money in more hens.
money kept aside, example: putting allowance in the bank
saving
What promise does Kojo make Adika keep?
Kojo makes Adika promise that one day she will loan money to another family.
Kojo wants to get a loan to start a large farm
He is denied a loan but keeps trying and eventually gets his loan and large farm.
to be successful like Kojo means to?
prosper
The authors message of this story is "It all started with a good idea and a small loan that made it come true." True or false?
True.
How did Kojo's farm create enough money to fix up the village?
By using tax money they fixed up roads, schools, homes, etc.
Kojo begins to have dinner at one of his worker's houses.
He meets his wife and they get married and have a family.
Payments received for money earned.
What is wages or wages?
What deal do all the families from Kojo's village agree on to help each other out?
Each family promises to save a bit of money so that one family can borrow all the savings to buy something important.
In our personal narrative story about Braille, Brittany talks about the inventor of the Braille writing system, Louis Braille. What country was he born in?
France