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Newsela Formative (11/2/2023)

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4 questions

Instructions

 Read the article
 Highlight unknown words in the color, pink.
 Answer each question.
 Read the writing prompt. Next, type your answer using the RACE strategy. 

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Read the paragraph from the section “How To Make A Pumpkin Puree.”

If you're making a pie, you'll need puree. Carefully slice your pumpkin in half. Cut off the stem and scrape out the seeds. Put the halves face down in a baking dish, cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for an hour and a half until soft. Remove the flesh and puree it in a food processor. To remove some of the water, wrap the puree in a kitchen towel and let it drain in a colander for an hour.

What conclusion is BEST supported by the paragraph?

Baking a good pumpkin pie is a process with many steps.

Some people like soft pumpkin pie, but others like it hard.

Seeds can add an interesting flavor to pumpkin puree.

Setting an oven to 375 degrees will burn a pumpkin pie.

Read the section “Where Do Pumpkins Come From?”

Which sentence from the section suggests that pumpkins can be a good part of a healthy diet?

Pumpkins probably originated in Mexico and Central America and then spread north.

Indigenous people added pumpkins to their diets more than 9,000 years ago.

Pumpkins, high in fiber and vitamin D, are members of the gourd family, just like squash, zucchini, cucumbers and melons.

Their name comes from the English word "pumpion," which was an Old World melon.

How effective is the introduction [paragraphs 1-4] at introducing the topic of picking pumpkins?

It is not effective because it depends too much on opinion.

It is effective because it presents questions it will later answer.

It is not effective because it fails to describe the cultural importance of pumpkins.

It is effective because it describes why pumpkins are an important part of Halloween.

Read the section “Pick A Winner At The Pumpkin Patch.”

What does this section show that other sections do not?

how to tell if a pumpkin will rot soon

how pumpkins got to the United States

why people eat pumpkins at Thanksgiving

why pumpkins do well in warm, humid weather