Pongal
Students read a nonfiction passage about Pongal, a harvest festival in South India, written at 7 reading levels (2nd grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about the Pongal harvest festival and find key details.
- Explain the meaning of words such as pongal, jaggery, and kolam from the text.
- Describe how the passage is organized by the four days of the festival.
- Explain why the festival's customs show thanks for the sun, rain, and animals.