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The Ring of Fire stretches from the west coast of South America northward to Alaska.
Fact or Opinion
Fact
How do you know?
Before baking food in the oven, what must you do first?
A. set the timer
B. Turn the food over
C. Preheat the oven
C. Preheat the oven
In which word does the suffix -ment mean the same as it does in statement?
A. menthol
B. mention
C. accomplishment
D.mental
C. accomplishment
The author's organizational pattern for a recipe can best be described as--
A. problem-solution
B. generalization
C. compare/contrast
D. sequential
D. sequential
Which paragraph best describes where F.C. Middle School is located?
How do you answer this question?
You search through the passage where they provide a DESCRIPTION of where it is located.
Example:....
All sixth grade students are extremely eager to get to their exploratory classes.
Fact or opinion?
Opinion
How do you know?
You're in the kitchen helping your older cousin fix lunch. She didn't turn the nuggets over after they were in the oven for 20 minutes. What will most likely happen?
A. Your chicken nuggets will be cold.
B. The chicken will have to be cooked again.
C. The bread crumbs will fall of the chicken.
D. The nuggets will be burned on the bottom.
D. The nuggets will be burned on the bottom.
In which word does the suffix -ful mean the same as it does in beautiful?
A.thankful
B. fully
C. fullmoon
D. fulfill
A. thankful
The word dormant means
A. sleeping; not active
B. fighting
C. crumbling rock
D. destroyed
A. sleeping; not active
Which of these best completes the cause and effect chart?
How do you answer this?
You first read the cause in the box. Next you go back to the passage and locate the sentence in the cause box. What does the passage say the effect is?
Next read your answer choices. The answer is the sentence that matches the effect found in the passage near the cause.
Pizza is the most splendid food in the world!
Fact or Opinion?
Opinion
splendid
magnificent; very impressive
excellent; very good
A good recipe for a entrée fixed in the oven will always tell you which of the following?
A. Who created the recipe
B. How long to bake the food
C. Who the recipe will appeal to the most
D. If the recipe is healthy
B. How long to bake the food
What does the word spectacular mean?
A. not impressive
B.especially great
C. okay
D. dull
B. especially great
What is the author's purpose for writing a recipe?
A. describe why the food makes a tasty meal
B. tell about a kids cooking contest
C. persuade someone to make the food
D. inform the reader about how to prepare the dish
D. inform the reader about how to prepare the dish
(dish is another way to say the food you are preparing)
Which answer can be answered in the passage?
How do you answer this question?
You read each answer choice, look back into the passage to see if you can find and highlight the answer to each.
Of the four choices, the one that can be located and highlighted is the answer.
After a volcano erupts, lava flows and then hardens into rock.
Fact or opinion?
Fact
What is the purpose of dipping and coating food in an egg mixture?
So bread crumbs will stick to it. If an egg mixture is not used, the crumbs may not stick to the food.
Examples of food that may use an egg mixture before putting the item in bread crumbs.
1. chicken
2. mozzarella sticks
3. onion rings
What does it mean for something to be seasonal?
A. It's tasty
B. When something occurs depending upon a certain time of the year
C. Leaves are falling off of the trees
D. It is snowing
B. When something occurs depending upon a certain time of the year
What is a seasonal worker?
What is the purpose of a school store?
Great answers!
Who would benefit most from the school store?
someone who forgets their supplies and has some money OR
someone who has no money but has their supplies
Which question is NOT answered in the passage?
How do you answer this question?
You read each answer choice, look back into the passage to see if you can find and highlight the answer to each.
Of the four choices, the one that you CANNOT find the answer to is the correct answer. ALL of the other answer choices can be found and highlighted.
F.C. Middle School's school store is open hours that will meet students' schedules.
Fact or opinion?
Fact
It is open in the morning so that you are able to shop before your school day begins at 8:30.
If you poured beaten eggs into a dish, what MUST have happened before this step?
A. You added butter
B. You put them in the oven
C. You beat the eggs in a bowl
D. You poured a glass of juice
C. You beat the eggs in a bowl
1. What is a coupon?
If you were given a coupon that you could write you name on and when you turned it in you were entered into a drawing to win something, what would be the most important information for you to know?
A. The name of the person at the store and their phone number
B. A list of popular items at the store
C. The number of times you can win
D. The names of people who won before
C. The number of times you can win
How can you answer a question that asks what the main purpose of the article is?
1. Look at the title and headings for hints
2. read the answer choices and eliminate answers that you have NO misgiving that they are not answer. Example: If a answer choice is to show readers the ways in which two things differ from one another, if they are not comparing two things in the article then you know this choice is incorrect, eliminate it!
3. Reread the passage if necessary
If the author were to add information to the end of paragraph 2, what would most likely be the topic?
How do you answer this question?
You go back and read paragraph 2. What did it last tell you about? The information added should be about the same topic the paragraph ended with.