Story Vocab
Unit Vocab
Comprehension
Comprehension
Bonus
100

activities to get ready for something


preparations

100

a special time or event

occasion

100

What is the genre of this story?

Folktale

100

Which country does this story come from?

Nigeria in Africa
100

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.

200

very wonderful or beautiful

magnificent

200

the process of putting things in order

organization

200

What is the setting of this story?

A long time ago in an African village

200

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

200

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.

300

worried or fretted

brooded


300

the act of trying to win something

competition

300

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

300

Why were the villagers having a festival?

They were celebrating the power of Oba.

300

What is the theme or lesson in this story?

Perhaps through your own labor you will learn not to waste the gifts of nature.

400

actions and feelings of great happiness

rejoicing

400

to find the answer to a problem

solve

400

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

400

What did Adese do with the leftover piece of sky?

She buried it in the garbage bin at the back of her house

500

happy or pleased

satisfied

500

something that people have done for a long time

custom

500

What did the sky do to punish the villagers?

It sailed upward, far out of reach