Fact Finder (Comprehension)
In Story 1, the Flakall Corporation factory usually made food for this type of farm animal.
What are cows?
The Wisconsin "fluff" accident start when this broke.
What is the machine for cow feed.
In both stories, the main characters belong to this age group.
Who are kids (or 5th/6th graders)?
In Story 1, the corn was "puffed." Based on the description of "clouds," what does puffed mean?
hat is filled with air or swollen?
In Story 1, this happened right after the machine spit out the "white tubes."
What is Leo took a daring bite?
This is the city and state where Andre and his uncle lived in Story 2.
What is New Orleans, Louisiana?
The kids did this as soon at the "white tubes" came out of the machine.
What is take a bite?
While Story 2’s snack was already "perfected," Story 1’s snack was missing this important ingredient.
What is cheese (or flavor)?
tory 1 says the "fluff" was "addictive." This means the kids felt like they ________.
What is couldn't stop eating it?
In Story 2, this happened before the judges picked the winning name.
What is Andre and his friends brainstormed in the park?
This is the specific flavor of the secret cheese blend used in the New Orleans story.
What is salty cheddar cheese?
This happened at the Elmer Candy Corporation before the contest.
What is needed a name for the new cheesy snack?
Contrast the settings: Story 1 takes place in a factory, but Story 2 takes place in these two locations.
What are a candy corporation and a park?
Story 2 says the factory was "buzzing with excitement." This means the people there were feeling _______.
What is very energetic or happy?
This is the very first thing that went wrong with the corn grinder in Wisconsin.
What is the damp corn got too hot?
Leo and Sarah lived during this decade in the Wisconsin story.
What are the 1930s?
The people in New Orleans chose the name by doing this.
what is entering names into a contest?
Both Leo and Andre used these two words to describe how the snack felt when they ate it.
What are "crunchy" and "light" (or "airy")?
Andre's uncle "perfected" the snack. This means he made it as ______ as it could be.
What is good (or excellent/without flaws)?
In Story 2, did the uncle perfect the snack before or after the contest?
What is before?
These are the two things that caused the corn in Wisconsin to puff up into "white tubes."
What are heat and pressure?
This happened at the end of story 2.
What is the name CheeWees was chosen for the snack?
In Story 1, a kid suggests adding cheese, but in Story 2, this person chose the name "CheeWees."
Who is a lady in the neighborhood?
The machine was "acting strange." In the story, "strange" means the machine was doing something ________.
What is unusual or unexpected?
This story takes place exactly six years after the other story began.
What is Story 2 (1936 vs 1930)?