Tu BiShvat in the Garden Story Pack

After Reading — make sense of it

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CEFR A2~15 min

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1. Comprehension questions

Answer in English (or Hebrew if you can).

1. What holiday is celebrated?

2. What's the weather like?

3. What do Grandpa and the narrator bring to the garden?

4. Describe the planting process in two steps.

5. What dried fruits do they eat afterwards?

6. What will happen to the tree in a few years?

2. Number the events in order

The events below are scrambled. Write 1 next to the first event, 2 for the next, and so on.

	Afterwards we eat dried fruits: raisins, dates, and almonds.
	We dig a hole in the wet earth.
	Today is Tu BiShvat, the holiday of the trees.
	Outside it is a little cold, but the sun is shining.
	I water it with water.
	The small tree will grow and give fruits in years to come.
	Grandpa puts the sapling inside the hole.
	Grandpa and I go to the garden with a small sapling.

3. Retell in three sentences

Tell the story in your own words. Use one sentence for the beginning, one for the middle, and one for the end.

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