GARY WILLIAMS 2011 1

Grade 4 Unit 5 Dusty Farm (73)

My granny lives on a small farm near Johannesburg in South Africa. She keeps partridges on her dusty farm. I went to visit her last summer. I asked her why her farm did not have so many animals. She sighed and said, I cant afford to feed them Sara. We gazed sadly across the grasslands together. The midday sun was bright. I could see the bodies of two dead sheep under a tree.

1) Label these pictures with words from the writing above:

2) Which adjectives describe the feeling of this writing? (Circle 3 adjectives) exciting unhappy happy strong sad gloomy

3) What is the name of the writer?

4) Find antonyms in the text for the following words: large wet _______________ _______________ alive answered _______________ _______________

5) What are the 3 proper nouns in this writing? _______________ _______________ _______________

6) What is the main idea of this writing? (Circle one) a) b) c) d) Granny has an easy life on the farm near Johannesburg. Granny has lots of animals for Sara to play with. It can be hard to have a farm in South Africa. Sara is looking forward to going back to school.

7) When did Sara visit her granny?

8) Does Granny have a lot of money?

9) Is Grannys farm a place with a lot of water?

10) What kind of birds does Granny have on her farm?

11) What kind of animals had died under the tree?

GARY WILLIAMS 2011 3 ANSWERS

1) Label these pictures with words from the writing above:

South Africa

Johannesburg

partridge

grasslands

2) Which adjectives describe the feeling of this writing? (Circle 3 adjectives) exciting unhappy happy strong sad gloomy

3) What is the name of the writer? Her name is Sara.

4) Find antonyms in the text for the following words: large wet small dusty alive answered dead asked

5) What are the 3 proper nouns in this writing? Sara South Africa Johannesburg

6) What is the main idea of this writing? (Circle one) e) f) g) h) Granny has an easy life on the farm near Johannesburg. Granny has lots of animals for Sara to play with. It can be hard to have a farm in South Africa. Sara is looking forward to going back to school.

7) When did Sara visit her granny? She visited her in the summer.

8) Does Granny have a lot of money? No, she doesnt have a lot of money.

9) Is Grannys farm a place with a lot of water? No, it isnt a place with a lot of water.

10) What kind of birds does Granny have on her farm? She has partridges on her farm.

11) What kind of animals had died under the tree? Sheep had died under the tree.