Before Reading

Before Reading
Practice
A. Fill in the blanks using the word list.
chinampa fence mat reed mud cloth fence post weave
reed
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chinampa
cloth
fence
fence post
mud
weave
mat
The Chinampa
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B. Circle the correct word in the blank.
During Reading
Complete
1. Do you want to go (fish, fishing)?
2. Tizoc will be (keep, keeping) the birds away.
3. If the birds (get, will get) the seeds, we won’t have much to eat.
Fill out the story map.
Characters in the story
Where the story takes place
Copil, Tizoc, Tizoc’s father
on the chinampa
4. If they were bright, that (will, would) be good, too.
5. If we made them from something light, the wind would (blow, blew) them.
C. Choose the best answer.
1.
The two boys waved their hands.
What happened?
The word wave means
a. a sudden change
b. to move something back and forth
c. a curl in your hair
2.
Tizoc and his family worked on the chinampa.
Copil wanted to go fishing with Tizoc, but Tizoc had to work all morning.
Copil came back to see Tizoc at the chinampa that afternoon.
I have to keep the birds away from the seeds.
The word away means
a. not at home
b. in a different direction
c. at a distance in space
3.
They put the mats onto a shallow part of the lake.
The word shallow means
a. to use together
Problem
Solution
Tizoc and Copil wanted to
go fishing but Tizoc had to
keep the birds away from
the seeds.
They decided to make
something light and bright
that waves like their hands
all the time.
b. pointed
c. not deep
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Fiction
The Chinampa
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After Reading
Instructions
Check
Complete the steps for building a chinampa.
A. Check True or False.
True
False
1. Copil helped his family to make a chinampa.
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First, make mats from seeds.
2. Copil went fishing with Tizoc in the morning.
3. Tizoc and his friend waved their hands.
4. Copil went away to get some bright and light things.
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Then, put the mats onto a shallow part of the lake.
B. Choose the correct answer to each question.
1. Why couldn’t Tizoc go fishing in the morning?
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a. He had to help his family make a chinampa.
Make a fence around the mats.
b. He had to come to the chinampa to see his father.
c. He had to keep the birds away from the chinampa.
2. Why couldn’t Tizoc go fishing in the afternoon?
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Pile mud onto the mats.
a. He had to keep the birds away from the chinampa.
b. He had to sit on a boat.
c. He had to make a fence around the mats.
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Put old fruit onto the mud.
C. Write the answer to the question.
What did the boys decide to do to keep the birds away?
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4
Fiction
Last, plant some seeds.
They decided to make something light and bright that waves like
their hands.
The Chinampa
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B. Match the word to the definition.
1. island
a country or people ruled over by a king or queen
2. kingdom
an area of land surrounded by water
Practice
3. bow
to have something
A. Fill in the blanks using the word list.
4. own
to bend your body forward as a sign of respect
Before Reading
household
ruins
feather
explorer
Aztec
tortillas
C. Label the map.
ruins
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Aztec Kingdom
tortillas
feather
Aztec
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
explorer
Aztec Kingdom
Pacific Ocean
household
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Nonfiction
The Aztec People
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During Reading
C. Complete the chart to show the life of the Aztecs.
Complete
、 was like.
A. Make a cluster web to show what the city of Tenochtitlan
Families
Houses
: women and girls
: lived in houses made of mud
looked after the house
had long roads
from the city to the
shore
city on an island
The City of
、
Tenochtitlan
had boats for
people to move
around the city
: men and boys
fishing and hunting
Land
: owend by a group of families
looked after the farm
chinampa: an island
to grow crops on
B. Fill in the chart to show the process of end of the Aztecs.
Spanish people wanted Mexico.
The Aztec people
were
forced to become part of the
Spanish Empire.
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Nonfiction
The Aztec emperor
battled the Spanish people.
The Spanish people
Crafts
Food
: pots and clothes
: a lot of corn and flour out of corn
: carved pictures
: tortillas
: hats with feathers on them
took over the Aztec Kingdom.
The Aztec People
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After Reading
Report
Check
Use the information from the book to fill in the chart.
A fact is something that can be proven. An opinion is what one person
thinks or believes.
A. Match to make a sentence and write the correct number of the picture.
FACTS
The people made roads out
of logs and mud.
They planted seeds in the
mud.
1.
2.
4.
OPINIONS
I think it was easy for the
Aztec to get mud from the
island.
(
(
(
(
The people ate a lot of corn.
They made flour out of corn.
3.
I like the flour out of
wheat more than flour
out of corn.
1
3
4
2
) Food and household goods
an island called a chinampa.
) The Aztec emperor bows
were sold at markets.
) The Aztec people are building
that went to the shore.
) The city had long roads
to the Spanish explorer.
B. Circle the best answer to finish each sentence.
、 was built __________.
1. The city of Tenochtitlan
The Spanish people wanted
the land. They took the
land from the Aztec people.
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Nonfiction
I guess there was a
terrible war between
the two countries.
a. in the Spanish area
b. on a chinampa
c. a few years ago
d. a very long time ago
2. The Aztec boys _________________________.
a. looked after the house
b. went to school
c. made crafts
d. made flour out of corn
The Aztec People
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Combined Writing
Brainstorm
Fill in the compare and contrast chart.
Aztec family
My family
Who looks after
the house
women and girls
mother
What men do
look after the farm,
catch fish and animals
work outside
at the office
What houses or
buildings
are made of
mud
concrete
The rooms
in the house
family shrine, sleeping
area, kitchen, dining area
bedroom, bathroom,
living room, kitchen
Food that is
eaten most
tortillas
rice and Kimchi
Descriptive Writing
Write a paragraph about my family.
My
My
mother
looks after the house.
father works outside at the office
My family lives in a
house
. And I go to school.
concrete
made of
There are bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen in my
My family eats a lot of
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Nonfiction
rice and kimchi
.
.
house
.