The Only Watermelon: Reading and Comprehension

The Only Watermelon follows Mary and Mina through difficult circumstances, a choice involving a neighbour’s melon and the farmer’s response. The five questions connect those events with forgiveness and later behaviour. Build a short cause-and-effect chain from the text before discussing how the characters change.

Curriculum reference — Ontario: Character-choice inference supports a selected Ontario Grade 2 reading connection; verify question wording before final badge. Selected skills only; reference stage is not an overall reading age, complete curriculum coverage, or an automatic recommendation for every learner.