The Only Watermelon Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Students read The Only Watermelon and answer questions about temptation, forgiveness and how the characters’ choices affect what happens next.
Grades
Grades 2–4, Elementary
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Aug 24, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading Comprehension, Reading
Topic
Seasons, Reading Comprehension
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Answer key
Included
Standards
RL.2.1

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From the author

This Watermelon Reading Comprehension Worksheet is a great way for students to practice their reading comprehension skills. The worksheet includes a short story about Mary and Mina, a stolen watermelon and the farmer’s forgiving response, followed by questions to test students' understanding of the text. This is a great resource for teachers looking to help their students improve their reading comprehension skills.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain how hardship influences a character’s decision

  • Connect forgiveness with a later change in behavior

Teaching tips

  • Use a cause-and-effect chain to separate the difficult circumstances, the choice, the farmer’s response, and the lasting consequence.

Skills covered

  • Narrative comprehension — Trace motivation and consequence

  • Character change — Relate compassion to later actions

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What accompanies the story?

Five comprehension questions and a labelled completed question page accompany the realistic-fiction passage.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RL.2.1

Core concepts

  • Poverty and temptation

  • Forgiveness

  • Behavior change

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