Retelling Stone Soup

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Objective

I can retell the story Stone Soup.

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Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    In the story, three monks, Hok, Lok, and Siew, travel to a village where the people are weary and untrusting.

  2. 2

    The monks decide to make stone soup to show the villagers how to be happy by sharing with one another.

  3. 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

1

At the beginning of the story, how did the villagers act towards the monks?

2

What did the monks say they were making that made the little girl curious?

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Retell the story of Stone Soup in your own words. What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?

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