Reading Comprehension Making Halwa

Read about making delicious Halwa and practice comprehension skills! Perfect for 6th graders.

Name: Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files Click on the "G" to be taken to the video. Watch the video and then move on to the next question =) Read the story and then answer the questions. Turkish HalwaToday, Melodi and her mother were making halwa. Melodi lived in Turkey and halwa was one of her favorite treats."Are you ready, Melodi?""Yes, I am!" Melodi couldn't wait."OK. Let's measure two cups of honey." Melodi poured the sweet honey into the measuring cup. Melodi's mother heated the honey. Then, she took it off the stove and poured it into a bowl."Now it's time for the main ingredient. Do you know what that is?""Tahini!" said Melodi happily. "But what is tahini?""It's sesame seed paste," answered her mother. "Sometime we'll try making our own tahini. It's made by grinding sesame seeds."Melodi measured and poured 2 cups of tahini paste and stirred it into the honey. The sesame-honey mixture was smoothand creamy."Do you know what comes next?""Yes, I do. Pistachio nuts!" Melodi knew they would make the halwa nuttyand crunchy. Melodi mixed in one and a half cups of chopped nuts."Are we going to put spices in today?" Sometimes her mom made spicy halwa by adding ginger, cardamom, or cinnamon."Not this time," said her mom. "But we do need some vanilla."Melodi liked the smell of the vanilla. Her mother added the vanilla and Melodi mixed it in.Then they poured the stickymixture into a pan."Is it ready yet?" asked Melodi."No, it isn't, honey. You know that we have to put it in the refrigerator. It has to stay there for 24 hours so that it will get solid. We can't eat it when it's all sticky and runny.Melodi frowned. It was so hard to wait!"May I please clean the bowl?" she asked quietly."Yes, you may." Melodi's mother smiled as she handed her the sticky bowl.The next day, the halwa was finally ready. Melodi took the pan out of the refrigerator, and her mom cut it into square pieces."Now is it time to eat it?" Melodi asked hopefully."Not yet," said her mom. "We're going to have some after dinner. But here's a piece for you to taste."Melodi closed her eyes and tasted the creamy, nutty, halwa she had helped to make."It's delicious!" Imagine the story and then categorize the words. Ask yourself, "What does halwa taste like?" and "What do we need to do to make halwa?" What does halwa taste like? nutty crunchy creamy What do we need to do to make halwa? refrigerate mix cut What made the halwa nutty? tahini pistachio honey sesame seeds What do you need to make tahini? sugar pistachio honey sesame seeds Fill in the table. Talk about the five Ws of the story. The Five Ws Answers 1. Who is the story about? 2. Where did the story take place? 3. What is the story about? 4. Why did that happen? What dessert have you made in the past? Write in full sentences. What would you like to make in the future? Write in full sentences.