Question: They use gathering poles with prongs that can pull the fruit How do the O’odham Indians harvest the fruit? down. The women scoop up the bright red pulp and tiny black seeds into buckets. The children steal a taste of the pulp and the women leave the hulls as an offering for the rain. Reread Page 14 Questions: The remove pebbles from the fruit pulp. The mix the pulp with Using the illustrations and details from the text, explain what water and cook it for a long time. They use mesh to separate they do with the fruit they have gathered. (Guide students to the juice from the seeds (text). The mesh consists of strings of an understanding of the word mesh during this discussion.) wire tied to sticks with holes for the juice to pour through (illustration). They make jams, candies, syrups, and wines out of the fruit. Give examples of how the O’odham Indians use the saguaro cactus fruit. It provides good food to eat and signals that the rain will soon come. Explain the significance of the harvest. Reread Page 17 A bird, you can tell by using the description and the Questions: illustrations. What type of animal is the curved bill thrasher, how can you The thrasher eats the pulp, the harvester ants scurry around tell? the seeds, and the horned lizard waits by the fallen fruit to catch the ants with his tongue. How do other animals use the saguaro cactus for survival?
Question: How do the O’odham Indians harvest the fruit? Reread Page 14 Questions: Using the illustrations and details from the text, explain what they do with the fruit they have gathered. (Guide students to an understanding of the word mesh during this discussion.) Give examples of how the O’odham Indians use the saguaro cactus fruit. Explain the significance of the harvest. Reread Page 17 Questions: What type of animal is the curved bill thrasher, how can you tell? How do other animals use the saguaro cactus for survival? They use gathering poles with prongs that can pull the fruit down. The women scoop up the bright red pulp and tiny black seeds into buckets. The children steal a taste of the pulp and the women leave the hulls as an offering for the rain. The remove pebbles from the fruit pulp. The mix the pulp with water and cook it for a long time. They use mesh to separate the juice from the seeds (text). The mesh consists of strings of wire tied to sticks with holes for the juice to pour through (illustration). They make jams, candies, syrups, and wines out of the fruit. It provides good food to eat and signals that the rain will soon come. A bird, you can tell by using the description and the illustrations. The thrasher eats the pulp, the harvester ants scurry around the seeds, and the horned lizard waits by the fallen fruit to catch the ants with his tongue.
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