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A Week on the Kibbutz

2nd Grade Common Core RL.2.1 Diary 133 words ⏱ 15 minESL A1

Diary pages by Noa, who spends a week with her cousins on a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley, from the cowshed and the avocado orchard to Friday dinner in the dining room.

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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Monday

Dear Diary, I am spending a week with my cousins on a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley. Today my uncle Amos took us to the cowshed at six in the morning. I have never seen so many cows! The smell was terrible at first, but after an hour I didn't notice it.

Wednesday

Today we helped in the avocado orchard. We collected the avocados that fell on the ground and put them in boxes. My back hurt, but we laughed all the time.

Friday

Tonight the whole kibbutz ate dinner together in the big dining room. I sat next to an old woman who came to the kibbutz seventy years ago. She told me that in her time, children slept in a special house, not with their parents. I can't imagine that!

📘 Word bank
cousins
the children of your aunt or uncle
valley
a low area of land between hills or mountains
cowshed
a building where cows live
notice
to see or become aware of something
orchard
a place where fruit trees grow
collected
picked up and gathered together
dining room
a big room where people eat together
imagine
to make a picture of something in your mind

✏️ Questions

  1. Key details

    Where is the kibbutz?

  2. Inference

    Noa writes: "after an hour I didn't notice it". What does this tell us?

  3. Word meaning

    In Monday's page, the word "terrible" means…

  4. Key details

    What did the children do in the avocado orchard?

  5. Inference

    Was the work in the orchard only hard? Explain with words from the text.

  6. Reference words

    In Friday's page, the word "She" in "She told me" means…

  7. Key details

    Where did children on the kibbutz sleep a long time ago?

Questions

  1. Where is the kibbutz?

    1. In the Negev.
    2. In the Jezreel Valley.
    3. Near Eilat.
    4. In Jerusalem.

  2. Noa writes: "after an hour I didn't notice it". What does this tell us?

    1. Noa got used to the smell.
    2. The cows went away.
    3. Noa went back home.
    4. The smell got stronger.

  3. In Monday's page, the word "terrible" means…

    1. very good
    2. very bad
    3. very new
    4. very quiet

  4. What did the children do in the avocado orchard?

    ______________________________________________________________

  5. Was the work in the orchard only hard? Explain with words from the text.

    ______________________________________________________________

  6. In Friday's page, the word "She" in "She told me" means…

    1. Noa's cousin.
    2. Noa's mother.
    3. A teacher.
    4. The old woman.

  7. Where did children on the kibbutz sleep a long time ago?

    1. With their parents.
    2. In the cowshed.
    3. In a special house.
    4. In the dining room.

Answer key

  1. b) In the Jezreel Valley.
  2. a) Noa got used to the smell.
  3. b) very bad
  4. They collected the avocados that fell on the ground and put them in boxes.
  5. No. It was hard (her back hurt), but it was also fun (they laughed all the time).
  6. d) The old woman.
  7. c) In a special house.

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