Checkpoint #1 (Informational) Review

What is the mostly likely reason the author wrote this article?

• to inform readers about the problem of food waste and how some groups are trying to resolve it
• to persuade readers to reduce food waste by purchasing and eating ugly produce
• to convince readers to join or donate to his efforts to rescue ugly produce from local farms
• to entertain readers with a personal story about picking out ugly produce as a child

Read this quotation from paragraph 5: When supermarkets toss away a contorted tomato, they are also tossing away all of the fertilizer, water, and energy that went into growing, storing, and transporting that tomato. The author includes this information most likely in order to—​​​​​​​

• explain how throwing away something that seems small actually creates a large amount of waste.
• suggest that farmers are being wasteful by devoting so many resources to growing a single tomato.
• explain the scientific process of global warming.
• criticize the ignorance of supermarket managers.

In paragraph 3 of the article, the author supports the idea that—

• the United States Department of Agriculture is a trustworthy source of information about food nutrition.
• ugly produce tastes just as good and has the same nutritional value as good-looking produce.
• Linda Hagen was once a TV food stylist before becoming a professor and changing her mind about produce.
• better looking produce tastes better, offers more nutrients, and has fewer calories than ugly produce.

Read the quotation from paragraph 4: I made it through my minute speech unscathed, until Mrs. Hutfilz stood up, jokingly adding that she liked my style. Although this was what I had been dreading from the moment I walked in, all the anxiety that had accumulated throughout the morning surprisingly melted away; the students who had previously been staring at their phones raised their heads to pay attention as I shared my story. My smile grew as I giggled with my peers, ending my speech with “and I am very stylish, much like my first period teacher.” What can the reader infer from the quotation?

• The narrator will likely have a better relationship with her teacher than with her classmates.
• The narrator is able to overcome her fears and make a good impression on her classmates after all.
• The narrator’s new classmates are unkind and will likely continue teasing her about her clothing choices.
• Mrs. Hutfilz is trying to embarrass the narrator in front of her new classmates.

Based on paragraphs 1 and 2, what can the reader infer about the narrator?

• Even though she has moved a lot, she has never felt this anxious about making a good first impression.
• She has always attended private school before, and this is her first time in a public school.
• Her self-confidence is low because of past experiences with bullying about her clothing choices.
• She has made bad first impressions at some of the other schools she’s attended.

What is the primary message the author conveys in this story?

• Teenagers often struggle with anxiety and mental health but can overcome it with the support of friends.
• Rather than worrying about little things, we should focus on the experiences and memories that really matter.
• You only get one chance to make a good first impression on others.
• For better or worse, clothing is often the first thing people notice about someone.

How should Erin change sentence 5?

• Change adventures to adventure’s
• Add a comma after companions
• Change companions to companyuns
• Change were to are

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

• Delete the comma after lands
• Change magical realms to Magical Realms
• Change journeyed to journey
• Make no change

What is the correct way to write sentences 1 and 2?

• The sun dipped below the horizon and casting golden light across my room. But I sat cross-legged on my bedroom floor a well-worn book in hand.
• The sun dipped below the horizon, casting golden light across my room, I sat cross-legged on my bedroom floor, a well-worn book in hand.
• As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting golden light across my room, I sat cross-legged on my bedroom floor, a well-worn book in hand.
• As the sun dipped below the horizon it was casting golden light across my room. Then cross-legged on my bedroom floor I sat with a well-worn book in hand.

What does the research from Linda Hagen challenge?

• The connection between aesthetics and nutrition

• The importance of aesthetics in nutrition

• The relationship between nutrition and health

• The impact of nutrition on aesthetics