Nonfiction Reading Task Cards #9-16

Name

9

• Firsthand account because it is written from someone who experienced the event
• Firsthand account because it is written based on research by someone who did not experience the event
• Secondhand account because it is written from someone who experienced the event
• Secondhand account because it is written based on research by someone who did not experience the event

10

• Sixteen-year-old drivers have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age.
• Only 44% of teenagers said that they would speak up if someone was driving in a way that scared them.
• In 2015, there were over 3,000 people killed and an estimated 391,000 injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers.
• The number of people with a driver’s license in the United States increased from 167 million in 1990 to around 222 million in 2016.

11

• Problem and Solution
• Description
• Chronological Order
• Cause and Effect

12

• Trouble
• Torment
• Experience
• Angry

13

• They believe that the ghosts are part of the city’s charm.
• Another location where people believe ghosts exist is Muriel’s Restaurant.
• The Beauregard-Keyes House is one location where locals believe ghosts exist.
• They believe that the ghosts are connected to General Beauregard somehow.

14

• Former First Lady Laura Bush has always had a love for reading.
• This interest was shared by a previous first lady and her mother-in-law, Barbara Bush.
• As a former librarian, former First Lady Laura Bush continued the organization while also growing it.
• Both former First Lady Laura Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush had great impacts on our nation’s quest for literacy.

15

• Vegans and vegetarians have the same diet.
• Vegans don’t eat any animal products, but vegetarians do consume animal products other than meat.
• Vegetarians don’t eat any animal products, but vegans do consume animal products other than meat.
• Vegans and vegetarians consume some animal products, but they do not consume any meat.

16

• Weather and plants are independent of each other.
• The weather is important to plants.
• Plants are the same no matter what the weather is like.
• Weather has no direct result on plants.