Farm escape room

FARM ESCAPE ROOM

Reading Comprehension

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Chickens and their eggs

Read the text and collect chicken eggs for each correct answer

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"A long time ago in China there was a boy named Ping who loved flowers. Anything he planted burst into bloom. Up came flowers, bushes, and even big fruit trees, as if by magic! Everyone in the kingdom loved flowers too.They planted them everywhere, and the air smelled like perfume.The Emperor loved birds and animals, but flowers most of all, and he tended his own garden every day."

Who is the main character in this text?

The Emperor

Flowers

Ping

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"But the Emperor was very old. He needed to choose a successor to the throne. Who would his successor be? And how would the Emperor choose? Because the Emperor loved flowers so much, he decided to let the flowers choose."

What did the Emperor need to do?

Pick someone to take his throne after him

Find a wife to rule by his side

Grow more flowers for his garden

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"The next day a proclamation was issued: All the children in the land were to come to the palace. There they would be given special flower seeds by the Emperor. "Whoever can show me their best in a year's time," he said, "will succeed me to the throne."

How could the children become the next Emperor?

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The children could sing to the Emperor.

The children could grow the best flower.

The children could write the Emperor a letter.

"This news created great excitement throughout the land! Children from all over the country swarmed to the palace to get their flower seeds. All the parents wanted their children to be chosen Emperor, and all the children hoped they would be chosen too!"

How did the parents and children feel about this news?

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Angry

Excited

Scared

Cluck, Cluck...

Well done! Happy chickens

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Cows and their milk

Milk the cows for each correct answer

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How did Ping feel about growing the flower?

"When Ping received his seed from the Emperor, he was the happiest child of all. He was sure he could grow the most beautiful flower."

Milking

Confident

Doubtful

Nervous

"Ping filled a flowerpot with rich soil. He planted the seed in it very carefully. He watered it every day. He couldn't wait to see it sprout, grow, and blossom into a beautiful flower!"

which step did ping not do?

Milking

He planted the seed in a flowerpot.

He planted the seed in the ground.

He watered the seed.

"Day after day passed, but nothing grew in his pot. Ping was very worried. He put new soil into a bigger pot. Then he transferred the seed into the rich black soil. Another two months he waited. Still nothing happened. By and by the whole year passed."

What did ping do when the seed did not grow?

Milking

He put it in a bigger pot.

He threw it away.

He bought his own seed.

"Spring came, and all the children put on their best clothes to greet the Emperor. They rushed to the palace with their beautiful flowers, eagerly hoping to be chosen."

What is different about ping and the other children?

Milking

All the other children's flowers grew.

They felt sad about how their flowers turned out.

They did not have flowers either.

Mmoooo...

Well done! Happy cows

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Pigs and their food

Feed the pigs for each correct answer

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Confident

Proud

Happy

Ashamed

How did ping feel about his flower?

"Ping was ashamed of his empty pot. He thought the other children would laugh at him because for once he couldn't get a flower to grow."

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Trying to encourage Ping

Was going to trade with Ping

Wanted to brag

Wanted to help Ping

Why did the friend say that to ping?

"His clever friend ran by, holding a great big plant. 'Ping!' he said. *You're not really going to the Emperor with an empty pot, are you? Couldn't you grow a great big flower like mine?' 'I've grown lots of flowers better than yours,' Ping said. 'It's just this seed that won't grow.'"

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Excited

Dissapointed

Angry

Proud

How do you think Ping's father was feeling towards ping?

"Ping's father overheard this and said. "You did your best, and your best is good enough to present to the Emperor. "Holding the empty pot in his hands, Ping went straight away to the palace."

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Confused

Dissapointed

Happy

Proud

how did the emperor seem to feel about the flowers?

"The Emperor was looking at the flowers slowly, one by one. How beautiful all the flowers were! But the Emperor was frowning and did not say a word. Finally he came to Ping. Ping hung his head in shame, expecting to be punished."

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OinK, oink...

Well done! happy pigs

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Sheep and their wool

Shearing sheep wool for each correct answer

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Why did ping bring the emperor the empty pot?

"The Emperor asked him, 'Why did you bring an empty pot?' Ping started to cry and replied, "I planted the seed you gave me and I watered it every day, but it didn't sprout. I put it in a better pot with better soil, but still it didn't sprout! I tended it all year long, but nothing grew. So today I had to bring an empty pot without a flower. It was the best I could do.'"

Shearing

He did the best he could, and that is worth showing the Emperor.

He went to ask for a second chance.

He wanted to complain to the Emperor about his seed.

WHy did the emperor smile at ping's empty pot?

"When the Emperor heard these words, a smile slowly spread over his face, and he put his arm around Ping. Then he exclaimed to one and all, 'I have found him! I have found the one person worthy of being Emperor!'"

Shearing

He was proud of him.

Ping made a funny joke.

He was mocking Ping's empty pot.

How did the other children get their flowers to grow?

"Where you got your seeds from, I do not know. For the seeds I gave you had all been cooked. So it was impossible for any of them to grow."

Shearing

Their parents grew the flowers for them.

They were better at growing flowers than Ping was.

They cheated by getting different seeds.

Why did ping become the next emperor?

"I admire Ping's great courage to appear before me with the empty truth, and now I reward him with my entire kingdom and make him Emperor of all the land!"

Shearing

He was related to the Emperor.

He told the truth.

He paid the Emperor.

Beeeehehe...

Well done! Happy sheep

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