Text Structures and Author's Purpose

Select two steps that are done after the coins have been made.

• A machine counts the coins that are put into bags.

• Special people draw pictures of the designs for the coins.

• The Mint people decide what the coins will look like.

• The coins are sent to banks around the country.

• The rims are put on the coins by a special machine.

Drag one phrase to each box below to show how the information in the sentences is connected.

• cause and effect

• "After the blanks are clean, they go through a machine called an upsetting mill. This machine sounds like it would make the coins angry, but it really makes the rim around the coin."

• B

• A

• steps in order

• "Next, the blanks are prepared to become coins. They are heated up to make them soft. Then they are washed and dried."

Which best tells how the information in the passage helps the author's purpose?

• The author describes how coins look. This helps the author explain the meaning of coin design.

• The author explains ways coins are used. This helps the author explain why coins are important.

• The author lists how to make coins. This helps the author explain the way people make coins.

• The author explains where coins are made. This helps the author explain why coins are made there.

According to the passage, when should you fill the fish tank with water?

• before you put in the thermometer

• after you put in the plants

• before you put in the stones

• after you put in the fish

Based on what you read, drag a sentence ending from below to each box to correctly complete each sentence beginning.

• then the fish can swim in clean surroundings.

• If you feed the fish just once a day,

• then the fish will eat only what they need.

• If you change some tank water every week,

• then the fish can be calm and healthy.

• If you keep the temperature below 72 degrees,

• then the fish can breathe easily.

• If you put lots of plants in the tank,

Based on what you learned in the passage, drag these steps into the correct order.

• Cover the tank bottom with stones

• Put a filter in the tank.

• Place a thermometer in the tank

• Choose the right size tank