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This passage was chosen because it shows how the author introduces Farmer Bean using short, clear sentences stacked on top of each other. It also contains four of our vocabulary words (turkey, orchard, apples, cider), so careful copying will help the child meet the words in their natural setting.
Bean was a turkey-and-apple farmer. He kept thousands of turkeys in an orchard full of apple trees. He never ate any food at all. Instead, he drank gallons of strong cider which he made from the apple...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
In two or three sentences, retell Chapter 1: who the three farmers are, what each one is like, and what the children sing about them.
Discussion Questions
- The author gives each farmer a food that matches his farm. Boggis eats boiled chickens, Bunce eats goose-liver doughnuts, and Bean drinks cider made from his apples. What in the story do these eating habits show us about each man, and how do you know?
- The children who live near the farms sing a rhyme about Boggis and Bunce and Bean. Why do you think the children made up this song, and what in the story tells us how the neighbors feel about the three farmers?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Pieces of land where people raise animals or grow crops for food.
Item 2
Mean and unkind in a way that makes other people unhappy.
Item 3
A large bird that is often raised on farms for its meat.
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