Purpose for Reading

For what purpose might you have a form entitled: Video Presentation Permission Form?

• to receive permission from the parents to broadcast a video in a classroom

• to receive permission from the Video Broadcast Company to use their videos

• to receive permission from the principal to broadcast a video in a classroom

• I have no idea!

If you saw a picture of an elephant with tusks on the cover of a book that is titled Golden Ivory, which topic would best fit the title and the picture?

• the value of the elephant's tusk

• I have no idea!

• the resources of Africa

• the life span of an African animals

Opossum Diet

You would never call opossums picky eaters! For example, adult female opossums slurp out the yolk from inside birds' eggs. Some of their favorite foods include: insects, earthworms, and slugs, as well as snakes, lizards, mice, and small birds. Also human garbage and dead animals rate high on the opossums' favorite food list. They eat whatever their nose leads them to. If the female has baby opossums, at night they ride her back like a load of kids in a mini-van. This is the way the young opossums learn what kind of food to look for as their mom snuffles and shuffles about, looking for a meal.

The purpose of this article is to

• give information about the opossum diet.

• learn more about gross foods.

• describe how opossums are picky eaters.

• persuade people to leave their garbage out at night for opossums to eat.

Pretend you are researching angler fish for a science project. You want to know what adaptations angler fish have to help them hunt and survive. Which section of a book should you read to find the answers?

• The section with the heading Discovering The Angler Fish

• The section with the heading Who Turned the Lights Out? Creatures That Live in the Deep Ocean

• The section with the heading Scary Screens: The Angler Fish in Movies and on TV

• The section with the heading Bioluminescence: How Angler Fish Use Light to Catch Prey

Information found in a history textbook is considered to be

• fiction.

• historical fiction.

• nonfiction.

• realistic fiction.

If you have a text titled Types of Precipitation and How They Form. Which of these would NOT be a good reason to read this text?

• To learn how hail can damage cars or houses

• To learn what causes a snowstorm

• To learn when rain can turn to sleet

• To learn how the formation of hail is similar to the formation of sleet