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

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

• steps in order

• A

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 put lots of plants in the tank,

• then the fish will eat only what they need.

• If you keep the temperature below 72 degrees,

• then the fish can breathe easily.

• If you change some tank water every week,

• then the fish can be calm and healthy.

• If you feed the fish just once a day,

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

• Cover the tank bottom with stones

• Choose the right size tank

• Put a filter in the tank.

• Place a thermometer in the tank