Module 3, New read 2

Who narrates the two stories?

• Carmen Lomas Garza narrates both stories.

• Grandmother narrates both stories.

• Arturo narrates both stories.

• Grandfather narrates “Picking Nopal Cactus” and Carmen Lomas Garza narrates “Oranges.”

How are the events of the stories similar?

• In both “Picking Nopal Cactus” and “Oranges,” the children are very hungry.

• In both “Picking Nopal Cactus” and “Oranges,” Arturo climbs a tree.

• In both “Picking Nopal Cactus” and “Oranges,” Grandfather says the family will sell the food it gathers.

• In both “Picking Nopal Cactus” and “Oranges,” the family works together to collect food.

What is an important difference in the events of the two texts?

• In “Picking Nopal Cactus,” the family is very hungry, but in “Oranges” the family is not hungry.

• In “Picking Nopal Cactus,” the grandfather plans the activity, but in “Oranges,” the children plan the activity.

• “Picking Nopal Cactus” and “Oranges” both show the family working together.

• In “Picking Nopal Cactus,” the family is working hard, but in “Oranges” the family is having a party.

What clues clarify the meaning of the word nopalitos?

• Nopalitos ends in –os, like tacos, so it is probably a food.

• The grandmother boils the nopalitos for breakfast, so nopalitos are probably eggs.

• The grandmother boils the nopalitos in hot water, so they might be dirty clothes that need to be washed.

• The family picked nopal cactus and then the grandmother boils nopalitos, so nopalitos must be another word for the cactus that the family cooks.

"Here, my grandfather and my mother are slicing off the fresh, tender pads of the nopal and putting them in boxes."

PART A: Which sentence correctly uses possessives (belonging words) to express

the same idea?

• Here, my grandfather and my mother are slicing off the nopal’s fresh, tender pads and putting them in boxes.

• Here, my grandfather and my mother are slicing off the nopals fresh, tender pads and putting them in boxes.

• Here, my grandfather and my mother are slicing off the nopal fresh, tender pads and putting them in boxes.

• Here, my grandfather and my mother are slicing off the nopal’e’s fresh, tender pads and putting them in boxes.

"Here, my grandfather and my mother are slicing off the fresh, tender pads of the nopal and putting them in boxes."

PART B: Which of the following sentences correctly uses possessives to express the same idea as the above sentence?

• The book of Sarah is on the table.

• Sarah's book is on the table.

• The book's Sarah is on the table.

• Sarahs book is on the table.

Which sentence correctly uses the past tense of the verb to be?

• Here, my grandfather and my mother be slicing off the fresh, tender pads of the nopal and putting them in boxes.

• Here, my grandfather and my mother was slicing off the fresh, tender pads of the nopal and putting them in boxes.

• Here, my grandfather and my mother were slicing off the fresh, tender pads of the nopal and putting them in boxes.

• Here, my grandfather and my mother been slicing off the fresh, tender pads of the nopal and putting them in boxes.

Which is an important point in both texts?

• Working together is an important way for families to be together.

• The narrator likes oranges better than nopalitos.

• Grandmother likes to cook.

• Preparing food at home is a lot of work.

What is a shared central message in “Picking Nopal Cactus” and “Oranges”? Use a detail from EACH text to support your answer. You should answer in 3-5 sentences.