HMH-Secret Garden 2

What details do NOT help you understand why Mary feels excited as she explores the garden?

• As she skipped she felt something heavy in her pocket strike against her at each jump.

  
  

• Mary is excited as she explores the garden because the door has been closed for ten years.

  
  

• Mary is excited as she explores the garden because the key she has in her pocket fits the keyhole.

  
  

• Mary is excited as she explores the garden because she finds the door hidden under a thick curtain of hanging ivy.

  
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why does the garden make Mary feel as if she has “found a world all her own”?

• The garden is awakening someone and she was glad there was grass under her feet and that her steps made no sound.

  
  

• The garden is wild and untended so it seems mysterious because it looks different and has been abandoned for many years.

  
  

• The garden had gray or brown sprays and branches that showed no signs of life.  She could become friends with the Ben Weatherstaff the gardener to awaken a new garden.

  
  

• The garden is wild and untamed so it seems mysterious because it looks overgrown with all kinds of ripe fruits, nutritious vegetables and brilliant flowers.

  
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1