LLI Purple Lesson 12: Three Strong Women

What genre is Three Strong Women?

• Autobiography- A true story about the author's life.

• Realistic Fiction- A made up story that could happen in real life.

• Traditional Literature- A story passed down from generation to generation or retold from a specific culture.

What evidence is provided to show the reader this text is traditional literature?

• There are quotes in the text instead of dialogue.

• There are illustrations rather than real photographs.

• It says "A Tale from Japan" on the cover.

• Akio is a real person in real life.

Why is Akio homeless?

• He wanted to find a girlfriend and fall in love.

• There was a famine that make people leave their villages.

• He is lazy.

• He thought that life would be more exciting than living with his parents.

What evidence below BEST shows you that Akio is weak?

• Akio makes a chasm in the ground at the basho.

• He is homeless.

• He lets someone carry him.

• He can't carry a bucket full of water.

On page 6, Hana introduces Akio to her family by saying, "Mother! Grandmother! Come thank this big strong man for carrying my bucket of water home for me." Why did she say that even though she was carrying Akio and the bucket of water?

• She was showing how amazed she was.

• She was being sarcastic.

• She was showing how strong she was.

• She was proud of the man she found.

Who tells Akio to join the basho?

• Hana

• Hana's mother

• Hana's grandmother

Why does Akio keep pounding and pulverizing the rocks and pebbles even though it is arduous and tedious?

• He wants to impress Hana.

• He understands that this will help him become stronger.

• He wants to be a farmer.

• Hana's grandmother told him to.

Why do the three strong women have Akio pounding rocks into powder?

• They saw that he needed a job and this is the only thing he could do since he was weak.

• They were trying to make sure the soil on their land was rich with nutrients.

• They wanted to get him out of the house since he was homeless.

• It will help him become stronger for the stomping custom at the beginning of the basho.

Why does Akio want to win the basho?

• To show he is strong.

• To win the prize money and offer something to Hana.

• Because Grandmother said he should.

• To show he is the strongest fighter in the empire.

When Akio got to the basho and took his place with the other wrestlers, he was excited for the match to start.

• True

• False