The Great Kapok Tree

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The Great Kapok Tree

• by
• Lynne Cherry

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• Vocabulary

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Question

• Sunlight reflected off
• the canopy.
• What does canopy mean?
• A) a statue
• B) a shelter

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Answer

• B) a shelter

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Question

• What does slithered mean?
• A) slipped
• B) limped

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Answer

• A) slipped

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Question

• What does pollen mean?
• A) grass from a meadow
• B) powder from a flower

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Answer

• B) powder from flowers

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Question

• The horse is dappled.
• What does dappled mean?
• A) handsome
• B) spotted

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Answer

• B) spotted

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Vocabulary

• What does wondrous mean?
• A) marvelous
• B) surprising

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Answer

• A) marvelous

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Question

• Dangle your keys.
• What does dangle mean?
• A) jingle
• B) swing

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Answer

• B) swing

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Question

• The night air was fragrant.
• What does fragrant mean?
• A. pleasant
• B. scented

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Answer

• B. scented

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• Comprehension

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Question

• What generalization or idea comes from the story?
• A) Trees are difficult to grow.
• B) Rain forests are hot.

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Answer

• B) Rain Forests are hot.

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Question

• What generalization of idea is based on the
  story?
• A) Where animals live depends on how much
  sunlight they prefer.
• B) The roots of a tree provide food for animals
  living underground.

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Answer

• A) Where animals live depends on how much
  sunlight they prefer.

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Question

• Why were the bees important?
• A) They kept people out of the forest.
• B) They pollinated trees and flowers.

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Answer

• B) They pollinated trees and flowers

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Question

• Which is a theme of this story?
• A) All living things depend on each other.
• B) Kapok trees grow in the rain forest.

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Answer

• A) All living things depend on each other.

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Question

• Name one reason that the tree roots were
  important.
• A) They kept the ground moist.
• B) They held the soil in place.

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Answer

• B) They held the soil in place.

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Question

• Which is a generalization
• or idea based on this story?
• A) Kapok trees are only
• found in the Amazon.
• B) Trees are homes for
• many creatures.

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Answer

• B) Trees are homes for many creatures.

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Question

• What could NEVER
• really happen in this story?
• A) A child from the Yanomamo tribe lived in the
  rain forest.
• B) The animals were able to talk to the sleeping
  man.

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Answer

• B) The animals were able to talk to the sleeping
  man.

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Question

• The author probably wrote this story to
• A) explain the habits of the different animals
  living in the rain forest.
• B) describe what happens in a rain forest when
  trees are cut down.

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Answer

• B) describe what happens in a rain forest when
  trees are cut down.

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Question

• Why did the man want to cut down the Kapok tree?
• A) To sell the wood for money.
• B) To build a fire for warmth.

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Answer

• A) To sell wood for money.

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Question

• If you looked at the map from this selection, you
  could tell that most rain forests are located
• A) on every continent
• B) near the Equator.

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Answer

• B) near the Equator

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Question

• In your group, discuss one reason that both
  people and animals need trees?
• Be prepared to share with the class.
• Two minutes.

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Possible answer

• People and animals breathe the oxygen that trees
  make.

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Question

• In your group, discuss why the author made the
  animals stay quiet when the man awoke.
• Be prepared to share with the class.
• Two minutes.

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Possible answer

• Keeping the animals quiet showed what the forest
  would be like if the trees were cut down.

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Question

• In your group, discuss why the author had so many
  different animals in the story.
• Be prepared
• to share
• with the class.
• Two minutes

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Possible Answer

• The author did this to show that the animals
  would suffer if the Kapok Tree was cut down.