1 4 4 granny s cranberry sauce (realistic fiction)

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Granny’s
Cranberry Sauce
by Bronwyn Evans

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Build Background

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Extend Language

Realistic
Fiction

• Family
Traditions
• Holiday Foods
• Culture

• Labels in
Pictures
• Dialogue

• Adjectives for
Foods

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ISBN 0-328-14118-6

Illustrated by Maribel Suarez


Talk About It

Granny’s
Cranberry Sauce

1. What holidays or special times does your
family celebrate?
2. What special foods does your family make for
holidays and celebrations?

by Bronwyn Evans
Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a picture
of foods you eat at special meals. Write
their names.

Extend Language
Cranberry sauce is red. Pie is sweet. Lemons are
sour. Some foods are warm, and others are cold.
What words can you use to talk about food?

ISBN: 0-328-14118-6

Illustrated by Maribel Suarez

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This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise.
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turkey
pies

It is Thanksgiving Day.
The turkey is hot and brown.
The pies are sweet and spicy.
Mother and Granny go into the kitchen.
They will make something special!

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“What are you doing?” asks Jasmine.
“We are making cranberry sauce,”
says Granny.
“May I watch?” asks Jasmine.

“Yes,” says Granny, “I will teach you
how to make my special sauce.”
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pan

cranberries

Mother says, “When I was little, Granny
let me help her cook. That is how I
learned to cook.”
Jasmine says, “Now I will learn how
to cook!”

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Jasmine touches a little red berry.
“This is a cranberry,” Granny tells her.
“May I taste it?” asks Jasmine.
“Not yet,” answers Granny.
“Cranberries are very sour!”

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stove

sugar

water

“Let’s make them sweet,” says Mother.
Granny pours the berries into a pan.
“Now add sugar,” Mother says.
Jasmine puts sugar on the cranberries.
“Now add water,” says Granny.

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Granny puts the pan on the stove.
“Listen to the cranberries,” says Granny.
The hot berries pop and bubble.
Jasmine laughs!
“The cranberries are singing!” she says.

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Talk About It
1. What holidays or special times does your
family celebrate?
2. What special foods does your family make for
holidays and celebrations?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a picture
of foods you eat at special meals. Write
their names.

cranberry sauce

Extend Language
Cranberry sauce is red. Pie is sweet. Lemons are
sour. Some foods are warm, and others are cold.
What words can you use to talk about food?

The cranberry sauce is made.
“This Thanksgiving is special,” says Granny.
“Jasmine learned to make cranberry
sauce!”
“You are special, Granny,” says Jasmine.

ISBN: 0-328-14118-6
Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise.
For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman,
1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V034 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

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