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1 What is the fastest way to make a meal? The fastest way to make a meal is to take food from the freezer. It does not take much thinking. We do not even think about how the idea is not really new. For many years, people have frozen food to eat it later.

2 The Chinese used to store food in underground rooms. They called these rooms ice cellars. Other people put food into snow-packed cellars. Still other people learned that they could make ice inside clay pots. Finally, the Labrador Inuits gave Clarence Birdseye the idea for freezing food.

3 In 1912, Birdseye was a fur trader. The Inuits showed him how to fast-freeze fish. The fish stayed tasty with the quick freezing. It also looked good when cooked. There was a secret to the freezing. Birdseye sprayed the food with salty water while it was very cold.

4 In 1924, Birdseye opened a company. He built a food freezer for the company. It was the first of its kind. He also tried selling frozen vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, and seafood.

5 At first, storeowners and shoppers were afraid to buy his new food. But things changed when World War II started. There was not enough tin to pack food into cans. Frozen foods, however, came wrapped in paper. So stores were happy to sell frozen foods.

6 After the war, orange juice and breaded seafood became very popular. Companies then started making more and more kinds of frozen food. Today people buy a lot of frozen food.

The author included the image in the selection to-

• inform the reader how to make ice.

• inform the readers of safety tips for food storing

• inform the reader of boiling and freezing points

• show the reader what a freezer looks like

  show the reader a thermometer

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(Heading)Freezers s keep foods safe when that are set a 0'F or colder

• how food freezes

• when food freezes

• what helps keep food frozen

  who serves ice cream

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From the picture the reader can tell that 

• Making cereal is fun
• Making cereal requires different steps
• Eating cereal is delicious 

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Procedural text are written to 

• to entertain
• to give information
• to teach you how to do something

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How do text features help you as a reader?

• They make the reading pretty with all the pictures.

• They give you more information.

• They entertain you.

• The text features don't help you.

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• biography
• fiction
• fairy tale
• non fiction

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What do you need in order to follow the steps?

• directions
• materials
• pencil
• book

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What do you not add to the sandwich bag?

• A. rock salt

• B. milk

• C. sugar

• D. vanilla

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What is this recipe for?

• A. Cookies

• B. Candy

• C. Ice cream

• D. Cake

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What is the purpose of the text?

• To tell how to make a coffee

• To see the ingredients of the coffee

• To announce the new recipe of the coffee

• To prepare everything for making a coffee

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