Cactus Soup-Retell

What ingredient did the recipe of Cactus Soup call for first?

• chiles

• a thorn

• onions

• garlic

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CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

What lesson does the author want the reader to learn from this story?

• How to make a real cactus soup

• Soldiers can get food from people in town

• How to hide food you don't want to share

• Sharing what you have can make a joyful heart

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Read this sentence from the story "They eat like wolves. There won't be a tortilla left when they get through." This sentence shows that-

• The character does not intend on feeding the soldiers

• He needs to first prepare for visitors

• He wants the soldiers to go somewhere else

• The guests are not welcome

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Page 7 is important to the plot of the story because-

• shows how poor the town of San Miguel really was.

• it shows how eager the town was to have guests.

• it shows how the town disguised themselves as poor people.

• it shows how the story ended.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which detail from the story belongs in the empty box?

• The captain asks for some onions to make a soup.

• The town gathers ingredients for Cactus Soup.

• Soldiers come to the town of San Miguel , tired and hungry, and the townspeople aren’t happy to see them.

• The town of San Miguel enjoys a feast.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What was the problem in the story "Cactus Soup"

• The townspeople were upset that soldiers were going to visit their town and didn't want all their food gone.

• The townspeople were poor and didn't like to share.

• The townspeople didn't like soldiers

• The townspeople were liars and hadn't learned how to share and be kind.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

The town of San Miguel was upset that soldiers would be stopping through to rest and get food. When the soldiers came they pretended to be poor and not have food.

Which completes the summary?

• The captain persuades the town to bring in various ingredients to complete the Cactus Soup. The town enjoys it and decides to have a fiesta.

• The captain was able to get a cactus, chiles, onions, beans, tomatoes, and carrots by demanding the people go and check their home for food.

• The captain first ask for a cactus thorn, then he said chiles would make the soup outstanding.

• The soldiers decided to have a feast before they left to go to war again.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

At the end of the story the town had a fiesta. What does this word mean?

• A rally to gather food donations

• A gathering to try various foods

• A show of music

• A festival of celebration

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which character trait would describe the townspeople towards the end of the story?

• selfish

• generous

• lazy

• stingy

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

When the captain says "But why ask for what you don't have?" how is that important to the story?

• He wants them to think about their poor choices.

• He wants to make fun of the townspeople being poor.

• He is a mean man.

• This is how the captain persuades the townspeople to share their food.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3