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Grandfather Seo's Sweet Potato Cart

Read an original folktale-style story set in Korea about a street cart owner, retell its events and tell its central message.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRL.2.2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students recount the beginning, middle and end of a folktale-style story.
Students tell the central message of a story using key details.

How to use

Read the story aloud together, then have students reread the paragraphs named in the questions before they answer on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RL.2.2

Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and tell the central message, lesson, or moral.

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Grandfather Seo's Sweet Potato Cart

Retell a folktale-style story and find its lesson.

Read the story

Read the story about a sweet potato cart in a big city.

Grandfather Seo's Sweet Potato Cart

1Every winter night, Grandfather Seo pushed his cart to the corner of a busy city street. Inside a small iron stove, sweet potatoes roasted until their skins cracked. His grandson Jun wrapped each one in paper and handed it to a customer.

2Workers came by on their way home from the factory. Their hands were cold, and the warm potatoes cost only a few coins. "Thank you, Grandfather," they said.

3One night, a rich man named Mr. Baek stopped at the cart. "Bring your cart to my big house every night," he said. "Cook only for me, and I will pay you a whole bag of coins." Jun's eyes grew wide. Grandfather Seo shook his head. "The workers count on me," he said. "I cook for everyone." Mr. Baek frowned and walked away.

4Soon a snowstorm came. The heater in Mr. Baek's big house stopped working. He walked to the corner and found the workers gathered by Grandfather Seo's warm stove. They made room for him. Grandfather Seo handed him a hot potato, just like everyone else. Mr. Baek smiled. "A warm fire is best when it is shared," he said.

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