Reading comprehension Unit 1 Week 1 RWW/YT Prac Book (Wonders)

What is the story Cow Music about?

• A few cows named, Celia and Jason come together to make beautiful music in the city and the country.

• Celia leaves her home and friends in the city and moves to a new house in the country. At first she hates it, but then she has a new experience and ends up liking the country after all.

• Cows living in the country on dairy farms do a lot of farting and that flatulence leads to more methane in the atmosphere. That methane excreted by cows is one of the causes of global warming.

Cow music is written from what perspective?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

How does the narrator, Celia feel about moving in the beginning of the story? What text evidence supports that?

• In the beginning, she feels bad about moving. I know this because she said her mom got a new veterinarian job.

• In the beginning, she feels bad about moving. I know this because she said the hospital for her mom's new job was not in her city.

• In the beginning, she feels bad about moving. I know this because she said "I crammed one last box into the back seat and slammed the car door.

• In the beginning, she feels bad about moving. I know this because she said her mom "always saves the bad news for last" and "then she told me the really heinous part."

At the beginning of the story Smart Start, what is Alex doing? What is his attitude toward the Smart Start group?

• He wasn't looking at other people in his classroom and he was stomping his feet so he could hear his footsteps. Alex thinks the group is smart.

• He was doing origami for a school project. If he completed the origami project he would get extra credit which he was really excited about.

• He was arriving at the cafeteria for after school tutoring. He doesn't want to be there because he's embarrassed and feels the group is for people who are stupid.

• Alex was studying math with his friends. He was trying to get better at math because he wanted to pass the Math Aptitude test at the end of the year.

In the middle of the story, what does Alex start to make? What is his attitude toward this pastime?

• He starts to make an origami crane. He loves origami!

• He starts to make spitballs to shoot at the other kids in the after school program.

• He starts to make noise with his backpack, by dropping it on the table so it makes a loud "thud".

At the end of the story, what is Alex’s attitude toward Smart Start and math?

• He thinks Smart Start is only for smart people and that math is an impossible task.

• He thinks Sophia is pretty and he wants to get her number.

• He thinks Sophia is nice and that she can help him with math.

• He thinks that Smart Start could be cool if origami is used to study math.

What similarities and differences do you see between Alex’s attitude at the beginning of the story and at the end?

• At the beginning, he begins to think Smart Start could be fun, and he seems to feel better about math because it's related to origami. At the end, Alex is annoyed and embarrassed that he must go to Smart Start and he hates math because he's not good at it.

• At the beginning, Alex is annoyed and embarrassed that he must go to Smart Start and he hates math because he's not good at it. At the end, he begins to think Smart Start could be fun, and he seems to feel better about math because it's related to origami.

• At the beginning, Alex hates math because he's not good at it. At the end, he is better at math because it's related to origami.

• At the beginning, Alex is annoyed because he feels stupid. At the end, he begins to think Smart Start could be fun because Sophia is there to teach him origami.

Which sentence is a simple sentence?

• Bob and Linda make great burgers and fries.

• Louise, being the youngest of her siblings, gets the smallest room.

• On the show Bob's Burgers, Tina and Gene's voices are done by men.

• Tina always wears glasses, while Louis always wears a pink beanie with bunny ears.

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

• Bob and Linda make great burgers and fries.

• Louise, being the youngest of her siblings, gets the smallest room.

• On the show Bob's Burgers, Tina and Gene's voices are done by men.

• Tina always wears glasses, while Louis always wears a pink beanie with bunny ears.

Which sentences are complex sentences?

• Bob and Linda make great burgers and fries.

• Louise, being the youngest of her siblings, gets the smallest room.

• On the show Bob's Burgers, Tina and Gene's voices are done by men.

• Tina always wears glasses, while Louis always wears a pink beanie with bunny ears.

• Teddy has a job as a handyman even though he's always at the restaurant eating burgers.