THE FARMER AND HIS LAZY SONS unit lesson 2

This story is a

• poem

• moral story

• informational passage

• funny story

What lesson did the farmer want to teach his sons?

• how to find gold coins

• how to grow trees

• how to be good working farmers

• how to dig for treasure

Where did the story take place?

• on the farm

• in the market square

• in the race track

• in the farmhouse

Who are the main characters?

• the farmer and his animals

• the farmer and his two sons

• the farmer and his daughters

• the farmer and his three sons

Why do the sons finally work in the farm?

• to search for the treasure they thought was buried there

• to make their father proud

• they were tired of doing nothing

• they wanted to work

Why did the trees grow so well?

• The trees were magic.

• The father worked hard so the trees would grow.

• The sons watered the fields.

• The sons did a lot of hard work digging the fields.

What are the 2 problems in this story?

• the sons were lazy

• the trees were dying

• the farmer was lazy

• there were no problems

What is the moral of this story?

• The real treasure is the result of hard work.

• You must dig deep to find a great treasure.

Why were the trees dying?

• The fields were magic.

• The farmer worked hard but he was too old

• The sons watered the fields.

• The sons did a lot of hard work tilling the fields.

What crop did the farmer grow?

• grapes

• corn

• wheat

• apples