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1. In the Days of King Adobe By Joe Hayes
2. Predict and Share What do you think the story is going to be about?
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3. Summary and Genre Genre Hispanic Folktale
Summary:
A poor but generous old woman gives two travelers a night's lodging and a dinner that includes slices of treasured ham. The strangers try to steal the ham in the middle of the night, but the old woman has been watching them and saves her ham by playing a trick on them.
4. Meet the Author Joe Hayes
5. Building Background In this story we learn about an old folktale.
What are some other folktales that you know of?
What are the lessons learned in those folktales?
6. Vocabulary thrifty careful in spending
generous large; plentiful
rascally naughty; dishonest
roguish treacherous; dishonest
fascinated amazed and intrigued
7. Thrifty thrifty
careful in spending
8. Generous generous
large; plentiful
9. Rascally
rascally
naughty; dishonest
10. Roguish roguish
treacherous; dishonest
11. Fascinated fascinated
amazed and intrigued
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13. When you are done reading! Vocabulary Game
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