Retelling Stone Soup
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Objective
I can retell the story Stone Soup.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
In the story, three monks, Hok, Lok, and Siew, travel to a village where the people are weary and untrusting.
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The monks decide to make stone soup to show the villagers how to be happy by sharing with one another.
- 3
The villagers each contribute ingredients to the soup, and they end up having a big feast and celebrating together.
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Practice
3 questions
At the beginning of the story, how did the villagers act towards the monks?
What did the monks say they were making that made the little girl curious?
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Exit ticket
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“Retell the story of Stone Soup in your own words. What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?”
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