Peacock

What is the setting for the story?

• The city

• Tucker's Farm

• An apartment

• There is no setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Who are the characters?

• The old hound, the farmer, and a chicken

• The cows, hen and peacock

• The old hound, the cows, the peacock, the hens,

• The farmer

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

What is the problem in the story?

• Nothing ever happened on the farm

• The peacock showed up

• The hens wouldn't lay any eggs

• The cows wouldn't give any milk

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

What did the peacock do to bring people to the farm?

• Sat in the barn

• Laid eggs

• The peacock stood at the road spreading his feathers and crying out in a loud voice

• Chased the hens

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What did the hens try to do after they got jealous of the peacock?

• They laid more eggs

• They got gussied up, went to the road and squawked and flapped their wings.

• They bought a necklace

• They didn't do anything

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the BEST summary for this story?

• One day a peacock showed up at Tucker's Farm. One day it wandered down to the road and spread his feathers and made his peacock sounds. People stopped for a closer look so the Farmer started selling tomatoes, corn, eggs, and milk.

• People stopped to watch the peacock everyday. The farmer decided to start selling things such as tomatoes, corn, eggs and milk. Business was booming. The hens were a jealous bunch and took the old hounds advice to go to the road themselves to bring in business. So they went and the peacock stayed at the henhouse.

• Nothing ever happened on Tucker's Farm. One day a peacock showed up. It would go to the road and spread its feathers drawing the attention of people who would then stop and buy eggs and milk. He stopped when the hens decided they wanted the attention he was getting. The peacock was bored, the hens couldn't draw in customers, and things became quiet on the farm once again.

• The peacock let the hens take over at the road. They dressed up in their finest outfits tried every chicken trick they knew to bring in customers. Nothing worked. The peacock was bored sitting in the hen house so he left. The chickens were too tired to continue so they returned to the farm. All was quiet again at Tucker's Farm.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2