The Curious Garden Worksheets

by Peter Brown

Lexile AD840L · ATOS 4.4

Liam lives in a dreary city with no gardens or trees, but he loves being outside, even on drizzly days. One morning he climbs a dark stairwell up to an old railway that stopped working long ago and finds a lonely patch of wildflowers and plants that are dying. Liam is not a gardener, but he knows he can help, and before long the curious garden grows restless and wants to explore. A hopeful story about caring for nature, perfect for Earth Day, with an author's note about the real High Line railway in Manhattan.

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The Curious Garden vocabulary words and comprehension questions

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

Vocabulary words include greenery, dreary, drizzly, pruning, ordinary, restless, delicate, interrupted, forgotten, mysteriously, blossomed, entire.

Sample questions

Why does Liam climb the dark stairwell up to the railway?
Why does Liam go back to the railway the very next day?
Which plants are the first to move down the tracks?

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