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The Acre That Everybody Owned
A story about one field and eleven families
A KICD Grade 5 story for the sub strand Fluency in Reading. 388 words, the length the design asks for at this grade.
The opening pages
Page 1
There was one acre at the top of the ridge that nobody farmed, because it belonged to eleven families at once and none of them could agree. For nine years it grew nothing but grass and an argument.
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The remaining 11 pages of this story, and every book on the shelf, in English and Kiswahili.
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- acre
- cooperative
- cash crop
- seedling
- nursery
- cultivate
- harvest
- yield
- fertile
- coffee
- granary
- season
Think about it
- Why did the acre grow nothing for nine years?
- Why did they choose a cash crop rather than food?
- What did Wanjiku’s mother add to "Unity is strength"?
KICD
| Subject | English Language |
| Grade | 5 |
| Strand | Reading |
| Sub strand | Fluency in Reading |
| Theme | THEME 8.0: THE FARM-CASH CROPS |
| Length | 388 words |
| Outcome | read a text of about 400 words accurately, at the right speed and with expression |
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