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Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story Worksheets

by Angela Shelf Medearis

Reading Level N · Lexile 610L · ATOS 3.9

In a small village in Ghana, seven brothers quarrel from morning until night, and their arguing fills their father's home. One sad day their father dies, and the village Chief gives each brother a spool of silk thread in a different color: by the time the moon rises they must learn to make gold out of it, and they may not argue or fight. Sitting side by side at their farm, the brothers make peace and start to plan together. A Kwanzaa story with a note on the holiday and its seven principles, the Nguzo Saba.

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Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include Kwanzaa, unity, quarreling, inheritance, speechless, impossible, nuggets, loom, texture, magnificent, prospered, kente.

Sample questions

In the note before the story, what do the seven Kwanzaa candles stand for?
Why are the seven brothers a disappointment to their father?
What must the brothers learn to do by the time the moon rises?

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