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Storyworlds: Stage 5: Our World

Kevin Kerr has contributed these guided reading questions for some of the books from this Heinemann pack.. As always, any more resources would be gratefully received (please make sure that any contributions are your original ideas and not from commercially available packs!)

The Mango Tree

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  • Look at the front cover and decide what country you think the people might come from.
Read from page 2 to the end of page 5
  • Where do the people live?
  • Where did Grandma and Grandpa come from?
  • Who had the idea to plant a mango stone?
Read from page 6 to the end of page 9
  • Have you ever made a wish?
  • What happened when they went to the supermarket?
  • From where did they eventually get the mangoes?
Read from page 10 to the end of page 12
  • What did they do with the mangoes?
  • Why does Pakistan start with a capital letter?
  • What other words in the story begin with capital letters?
  • Why do you think Amina and Ali changed the cherry tree into a mango tree?

Grandma's Surprise

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  • What do you think the surprise might be?
Read from page 2 to the end of page 5
  • What do you think Grandma is making?
  • Do you enjoy surprises?
  • Are surprises always nice?
Read from page 6 to the end of page 9
  • What is a mosque?
  • Why couldn't Ali go to the mosque?
  • Where do you think Ali's hat was?
Read from page 10 to the end of page 12
  • Was Ali happy or sad?
  • What sort of clothes did people wear to the mosque?
  • Who went to the mosque apart from Grandpa and Ali?
  • There are lots of questions in the story. Can you find any? How do you know they are questions?

Presents

Questions
  • What country do you think Grandma came from?
  • What relation was Raza to Ali and Amina?
  • What was in Uncle Sami's big bag?
  • What was in Raza's bag?
  • Why did Grandma like the shawl?
Activities
  • Draw a picture about the book
  • Continue the story.

Who did it?

Questions
  • Why was Grandpa cross?
  • Who did he accuse of doing it?
  • What did Grandpa do?
  • Why were Ali and Amina sad?
  • What was spotted under the tree?
  • Have you ever been blamed for something you did not do?
Activities
  • Draw a picture about the book
  • Continue the story.




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