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    Grade 11 Reading Material

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    Meg lives in South Africa and finds it difficult to feed her three children as most farmland is owned by white people and she does not have land of her own. However, Meg comes up with a creative way to grow food by filling a large sack with dirt and rocks, making holes on the side, and planting different vegetables like tomatoes, beans, and peppers. This sack garden requires little water, space, and money. It also has few weeds. Now with her sack garden, Meg is able to grow enough food to feed her kids.

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    Grade 11 Reading Material

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    Meg lives in South Africa and finds it difficult to feed her three children as most farmland is owned by white people and she does not have land of her own. However, Meg comes up with a creative way to grow food by filling a large sack with dirt and rocks, making holes on the side, and planting different vegetables like tomatoes, beans, and peppers. This sack garden requires little water, space, and money. It also has few weeds. Now with her sack garden, Meg is able to grow enough food to feed her kids.

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    Meg lives in South Africa and finds it difficult to feed her three children as most farmland is owned by white people and she does not have land of her own. However, Meg comes up with a creative way to grow food by filling a large sack with dirt and rocks, making holes on the side, and planting different vegetables like tomatoes, beans, and peppers. This sack garden requires little water, space, and money. It also has few weeds. Now with her sack garden, Meg is able to grow enough food to feed her kids.

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    Grade 11 Reading Material

    Uploaded by

    Don James Villaro
    Meg lives in South Africa and finds it difficult to feed her three children as most farmland is owned by white people and she does not have land of her own. However, Meg comes up with a creative way to grow food by filling a large sack with dirt and rocks, making holes on the side, and planting different vegetables like tomatoes, beans, and peppers. This sack garden requires little water, space, and money. It also has few weeds. Now with her sack garden, Meg is able to grow enough food to feed her kids.

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    The Sack Garden

    (164 Words)

    This is Meg. Meg lives in South Africa. She has three kids. It is hard to
    feed her kids. White people own most of the farmland in South Africa. Meg
    does not have land for a garden. Food costs a lot of money.

    But Meg has a very good way to grow food. She finds a big sack. She
    puts rocks in the middle of the sack. She fills the rest of the sack with dirt.
    She makes little holes in the side of the sack. She puts a tomato plant in one
    hole. She puts a bean plant in one hole. She puts a green pepper plant in one
    hole. She puts eggplant in the top of the sack. She waters the sack garden
    from the top.

    Her garden does not need much water. Her garden does not need
    much room. Her garden does not cost much money to make. Her garden
    does not have many weeds.

    Now Meg can feed her kids.

    TEST I. Choose the letter of the correct answer


    1. What is something that is difficult 3. There is something Meg does not
    for Meg? grow in the little holes in the side
    a. It is difficult for her to of the sack. What is it?
    understand white people. a. Tomatoes
    b. She can't be creative. b. Eggplant
    c. It is hard for her to feed her c. A bean plant
    children. d. Green pepper
    d. It is difficult for her to control the 4. Which of the following is NOT
    weeds in her garden. something good about Meg's
    2. What is Meg's way of growing food garden?
    a. She uses special seeds. a. It does not need much water.
    b. She gets help from her b. It can grow a lot of food very
    neighbors. quickly.
    c.   She keeps different kinds of c. It does not need much space.
    fruits and vegetables in different d. There are not many weeds in
    sacks. Meg's garden.
    d. She puts different kinds of food 5. Why doesn't Meg grow food in the
    in a sack that doesn't need much same way as other farmers?
    room or water. a. There is not enough water.
    b. There are too many weeds.
    c. It would cost too much money.

    Grade 11
    d. She does not have any land.

    Grade 11

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