Unit 5: Johnny

Appleseed

Ohio

seeds

Johnny is eating an apple in the living room of his house. He is eighteen years
old, but his clothes are older. It’s cold and snowing outside, but Johnny is not
wearing shoes. In the bedroom, his younger brother and sister are sleeping.
The year is 1792, and many people in the United States do not have bread or
milk, but Johnny has apples to eat. Johnny can give them seeds; this he can do. Indiana
He can teach people to put the seeds under the grass so they can have apple
trees.
“Wake up,” he says to his brother. “Wake up,
sister.”
His brother and sister are sitting on their beds. Johnny has three apple seeds
in his hand.
“This is going to be the first apple tree in Ohio,” he says. “And this second seed Illinois
is going to be the first apple tree in Indiana. And this third apple seed is going to
be the first apple tree in Illinois.”
They listen to Johnny, and they study the apple
seeds.
Today, he is going to walk with his brother and sister to Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois. He wants hungry people to have apples to eat.
Johnny walks and walks for many years. He drinks the water from lakes, and he pot
cooks in a pot. He has his seeds, and he speaks to people, and he eats his apples.
People give Johnny money and bread and new clothes, but he likes to wear old
clothes, no shoes, and his pot for a hat. Johnny walks, and gives seeds, and walks
...
Today, there is a Johnny Appleseed Park in Indiana. And in the fall, you can
eat apples from the trees.

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Circle the correct answer.

1. How old is Johnny Appleseed when the story begins?

A. eighteen years old
B. thirty years old
C. sixty years
old
2. What is Johnny Appleseed doing at home?
A. sleeping in the bedroom
B. eating an apple in the living room
C. putting apple seeds under the
grass
3. When Johnny Appleseed was young, many people in the United States were
A. sick.
B. cold.
C. hungry.
4. What does Johnny Appleseed give to people?
A. seeds
B. apples
C. money
5. What does Johnny Appleseed teach people?
A. how to walk to Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois
B. how to get money to buy food and
clothes
C. how to put seeds under the grass to have apple
trees
6. What does Johnny Appleseed drink?
A. milk
B. apple juice
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C. water from lakes
Appleseed

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Answer the questions. Remember to use complete sentences and check your spelling.
7. In the story, how is Johnny Appleseed different from most people?

He is a charitable person, he likes to teach and help people.

8. Read these sentences, and then answer the question.

Today, there is a Johnny Appleseed Park in Indiana. And in the fall, you can eat apples from the trees.
How did the apple trees get there?

For a seed that given Johnny.

What do you think? Read the questions and answer with your thoughts. Remember to use
complete sentences and check your spelling.
9. Do you put seeds under the grass? What seeds do you put there? What seeds do you want to put
under the grass?

No. None. I would like to put avocado seed under the grass

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10. Write a story about when Johnny Appleseed arrives in
Ohio.
Escribe una historia sobre la llegada de johnny appleeed a Ohio

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Unit 5: Number Sixty for Babe
Ruth

home plate

Good afternoon. It’s September 30, 1927, and I’m speaking to you from
Yankee Stadium in New York. The New York Yankees and the Washington
Senators are playing today, and this is the biggest game of the year.
It’s cold and cloudy this afternoon, but there are 10,000 people in Yankee
Stadium. All of them are waiting to watch Babe Ruth. People love to watch
Babe Ruth play. pitcher

... And there he is, “the Babe”!

The Babe is walking to home plate. He stands beside home plate, waiting, and
he watches Tom Zachary, the pitcher of the Senators. The men standing on
the baseball field all watch the Babe. Babe watches the sky; he waits, watches
the clouds, watches the people in the stadium ... and now he walks to home
plate.
The Babe is waiting for Tom Zachary ... watching Tom Zachary ... baseball field

A man is walking beside the seats, selling drinks and hot dogs, but not one
person in the stadium is eating or speaking. Some are sitting, some are standing,
but they all are watching Babe Ruth.
And outside the stadium, many people are listening to the game on radios. They
are not in the stadium because they do not have tickets, but they are at the
game.
And in New York, many people are sitting outside in the streets, eating hot clouds
dogs and listening to the game on the radio. In the parks and all of the
restaurants in New York people are listening to the game.
And in many cities in the United States, more people are listening to the
game. They want to be at the stadium, but they live too far from New York.
But they listen to the radio, and they wait for the Babe ...

hot dogs
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Babe has his bat and is waiting for pitcher Tom Zachary. Tom Zachary has the
baseball in his left hand and ...
Oh! Oh! The ball is in the sky ... the ball is in the sky ... Babe is running to first
base,
to second base ... the ball is in the sky ...
All of the people in the stadium and in the streets are standing. bat

... And the ball is over the wall, in the seats, and the Babe is running to third
base, to home plate! A man is standing beside his seat with the ball in his hand.
Babe Ruth has hit 60 balls over the wall in one year! Sixty! Sixty home runs in
one year! The most home runs in one year!
The Babe is at home plate ... and that is number 60 for Babe Ruth!

baseball

wall

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Circle the correct answer.

1. What are people watching at Yankee Stadium in New York?
A. the Babe
B. the ball
C. the clouds
2. Who is “the Babe”?
A. He is the pitcher of the Senators.
B. He is playing baseball for the Yankees.
C. He is watching the game from Yankee stadium.
3. The narrator is the person who speaks in the story.
Who is the narrator in this story?
A. a person who is speaking on the radio
B. a person who is writing for a newspaper
C. a person who is playing baseball at the stadium
4. Read this sentence, and then answer the question about this part of the text.
A man is walking beside the seats, selling drinks and hot dogs, but not one person in the stadium is
eating or speaking.
Why is no one eating or speaking?
A. The hot dogs and drinks are too expensive.
B. They want to watch every minute and second of the
game. C. They are not happy about how the men are
playing.
5. Where did the ball go after it went up in the sky?
A. behind home plate
B. in the streets
C. over the wall
6. In the story, what is the number 60?
A. the most baseballs in one game
B. the most home runs in one year
C. the most baseball games for one man
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Answer the questions. Remember to use complete sentences and check your spelling.
7. Read this sentence, and then answer the question.
The Babe is waiting for Tom Zachary ... watching Tom Zachary ...
In the story, the Babe and Tom Zachary wait and watch, and the people wait and watch. What are
they waiting and watching for?

8. When Babe Ruth hit the baseball into the sky, why were all the people standing?

What do you think? Read the questions and answer with your thoughts. Remember to use
complete sentences and check your spelling.
9. What do you like to watch or listen to?
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10. What do you like to play or do? Why do you like
it?