The Legend of the Lanzones

The Legend of the Lanzones

When we find difficult words, we can try to guess what they mean by using context clues.

Context clues are the words or phrases around a difficult word that help us to know its meaning.​

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Context Clues

Multiple Choice

The poor seed begged the diwata to return it home. Begged means:

• forced

• taught

• requested

Multiple Choice

The townsfolk knew that the fruit was poisonous and they dreaded it. Dreaded means:

• liked

• feared

• ignored

Fairy tales are stories with magical creatures and enchantment.

They are fantastical stories that illustrate a moral.​

A moral is a lesson about good and bad behavior.​

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Fairy Tale

Guide Questions

1) What did the poisonous fruits in Laguna look like?

2) What happened to the traveler who ate the fruit?

3) What happened when the town was stricken by drought?

4) What happened to the old woman who was knocking on the doors of the town?

5) What was the truth about the old woman?​

Answers

1) The poisonous fruits were beautiful, round, and pale.

2) The traveler who ate the fruit became sick and died after just a few minutes.

3) The crops died, many people got sick and also died, and they prayed for the drought to end.

4) A young man gave the woman a small piece of bread.

5) The old woman was really a diwata and she took off the poison of the fruit.