A Fun Garden Story and A Great Backyard Assignment
Question 1
A kind of tree.
A piece of earth with grass and its roots.
A kind of flower.
A type of dirt.
Question 2
"Sod is a piece of earth with grass and its roots."
"The yard is full of dirt and tiny, sad-looking grass."
"The pieces were thick, almost like big carpet squares."
"Dad said, 'This is a lot easier than what the pioneers had to do.'"
Question 3
It was filled with flowers and trees.
It was covered with dirt and thin, pale grass.
It was a smooth, green lawn.
It was completely empty.
Question 4
They had to plant flowers in the walls.
They had to carry heavy bricks made of sod.
They needed a lot of wood for the roof.
They had to wait for the grass to grow.
Question 5
The family decides to improve their yard by using sod.
The family moves to a new house.
The family builds a big garden.
The family learns how to grow flowers.
Question 6
"We decided to make our yard better by putting down some new grass."
"We watched workers unload squares of turf."
"Settlers used sod to build homes."
"Emma asked me, 'What is sod?'"
Question 7
They are disappointed with it.
They are happy with their nice new lawn.
They want to change it again.
They want to leave it empty.
Question 8
"I’m glad I don’t have to live in a house made of dirt!"
"The yard is full of dirt and tiny, sad-looking grass."
"We decided to make our yard better by putting down some new grass."
"The pieces of sod looked soft and green."
Question 9
The narrator is tired of working in the yard.
The wind keeps blowing the leaves back into the yard.
The garden is too small.
The narrator wants to move to a new house.
Question 10
"A gust of wind blew them right back into the yard!"
"Our yard is full of dirt, and the wind keeps blowing the leaves around!"
"I quickly set the table and opened the door."
"Max said, 'It’s too bad you don’t remember when we had a tiny garden.'"
Question 11
He thinks it is much better than the old garden.
He thinks it is too big and needs more plants.
He wants to get rid of all the flowers.
He doesn’t like the new yard and wants the old one back.
Question 12
The yard will always be messy.
The narrator realizes they are lucky to have a nice garden.
The narrator decides to get rid of all the flowers.
The narrator learns that cleaning up the yard is easy.
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