The document discusses the book "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Polacco. It provides vocabulary definitions for terms in the book like "mock-quilt", "folk art", and "tradition". It then asks the reader to list their family traditions and symbols that represent those traditions. Examples provided include lighting Friday night candles, being artists, having a lot of love and family dogs, story time, gardening, and camping.
2. VOCBULARY :
mock-quilt:
mock: adjective :imitation, pretended,
artificial, forged, fake, false, faked,
quilt: quilt
kwilt/noun: quilt
a warm bed covering made of padding enclosed
between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of
stitching, typically applied in a decorative design
5. VOCBULARY :
? folk art:
Art originating among the common
people of a nation or region and
usually reflecting their traditions
6. VOCBULARY :
? Tradition: the passing on of customs or
beliefs from generation to generation, Family
tradition, also called Family culture, is defined
as collective of outlooks, ideas and ideals, and
environment, which a person inherits from
his/her parents and ancestors.
7. VOCBULARY :
? Symbol :noun
? noun: symbol; plural noun: symbols
a thing that represents or stands for something
else, especially a material object representing
something abstract
? The symbol for love is a
8. WHAT ARE YOUR FAMILY
TRADITIONS?
? TRADITIONS :
? 1)_________________
2)_________________
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? 7)_________________
? 8)_________________
? Symbol representing that
tradition:
? 1)_________________
2)_________________
? 3)_________________
? 4)_________________
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9. WHAT ARE YOUR FAMILY
TRADITIONS?
? TRADITIONS :
? 1)
2) lighting Friday night candles
? 3) artist
? 4) a lot of love
? 5) a lot of family dogs
? 6) story time
? 7)gardeners
? 8) camping
? Symbol representing that
tradition:
? 1)the sun and water
2) a candle
? 3) a hand
? 4) a heart
? 5) a bone or a dog
? 6) a book
? 7) tomatoes
? 8)a tent
Trips to beach