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Tracy Vonder Brink explains why our favorite cold treats sometimes come with a headache. Read Tracy’s paragraph and look for any changes she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.

Brain Freeze!

     (1) Time for a delicious milkshake. (2) You slurp it down. (3) Suddenly, your head hurts when the cold hits your mouth and throat. (4) It’s called brain freeze! (5) You get it. (6) But why does it happen? (7) Is there any way to stop it?

     (8) Is also known as an ice cream headache. (9) It’s a sharp pain in the temples, forehead, or behind the eyes and nose. (10) It hits fast. (11) It’s most often caused by eating or drinking something cold, but breathing in freezing air may also trigger it. (12) Scientists are not completely sure what’s going on when brain freeze happens, but a study done in 2012 gave a clue.

     (13) It turns out that an ice cream headache may be your brain trying to protect itself.    (14) The back of your throat is near an area that sends blood to your brain it’s also close to where your brain tissue begins. (15) Eating or drinking something cold quickly changes the temperature in your mouth and throat. (16) Your body sees the sudden temperature drop as a possible threat to your brain. (17) It sends a rush of blood to the brain to warm it up and keep it safe. (18) The brain itself can’t feel pain. (19) But the rushing blood sparks a nerve that runs through your upper face. (20) Right after that, you’re hit with pain.

What is the best way to write sentence 8?

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Tracy Vonder Brink explains why our favorite cold treats sometimes come with a headache. Read Tracy’s paragraph and look for any changes she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.

Brain Freeze!

     (1) Time for a delicious milkshake. (2) You slurp it down. (3) Suddenly, your head hurts when the cold hits your mouth and throat. (4) It’s called brain freeze! (5) You get it. (6) But why does it happen? (7) Is there any way to stop it?

     (8) Is also known as an ice cream headache. (9) It’s a sharp pain in the temples, forehead, or behind the eyes and nose. (10) It hits fast. (11) It’s most often caused by eating or drinking something cold, but breathing in freezing air may also trigger it. (12) Scientists are not completely sure what’s going on when brain freeze happens, but a study done in 2012 gave a clue.

     (13) It turns out that an ice cream headache may be your brain trying to protect itself.    (14) The back of your throat is near an area that sends blood to your brain it’s also close to where your brain tissue begins. (15) Eating or drinking something cold quickly changes the temperature in your mouth and throat. (16) Your body sees the sudden temperature drop as a possible threat to your brain. (17) It sends a rush of blood to the brain to warm it up and keep it safe. (18) The brain itself can’t feel pain. (19) But the rushing blood sparks a nerve that runs through your upper face. (20) Right after that, you’re hit with pain.

What is the correct way to write sentence 13?

• It turns out that an ice cream headache may be your brain. Trying to protect itself.

• It turns out that an ice cream headache may be your brain, so trying to protect itself.

• It turns out that an ice cream headache may be your brain, and, trying to protect itself.

• No change is needed.

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Tracy Vonder Brink explains why our favorite cold treats sometimes come with a headache. Read Tracy’s paragraph and look for any changes she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.

Brain Freeze!

     (1) Time for a delicious milkshake. (2) You slurp it down. (3) Suddenly, your head hurts when the cold hits your mouth and throat. (4) It’s called brain freeze! (5) You get it. (6) But why does it happen? (7) Is there any way to stop it?

     (8) Is also known as an ice cream headache. (9) It’s a sharp pain in the temples, forehead, or behind the eyes and nose. (10) It hits fast. (11) It’s most often caused by eating or drinking something cold, but breathing in freezing air may also trigger it. (12) Scientists are not completely sure what’s going on when brain freeze happens, but a study done in 2012 gave a clue.

     (13) It turns out that an ice cream headache may be your brain trying to protect itself.    (14) The back of your throat is near an area that sends blood to your brain it’s also close to where your brain tissue begins. (15) Eating or drinking something cold quickly changes the temperature in your mouth and throat. (16) Your body sees the sudden temperature drop as a possible threat to your brain. (17) It sends a rush of blood to the brain to warm it up and keep it safe. (18) The brain itself can’t feel pain. (19) But the rushing blood sparks a nerve that runs through your upper face. (20) Right after that, you’re hit with pain.

What is the correct way to write sentence 14?

• The back of your throat is near an area that sends blood to your brain, or it's also close to where your brain tissue begins.

• The back of your throat is near an area that sends blood to your brain yet, it's also close to where your brain tissue begins.

• The back of your throat is near an area that sends blood to your brain. It's also close to where your brain tissue begins.

• No change is needed.

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Tracy Vonder Brink explains why our favorite cold treats sometimes come with a headache. Read Tracy’s paragraph and look for any changes she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.

Brain Freeze!

     (1) Time for a delicious milkshake. (2) You slurp it down. (3) Suddenly, your head hurts when the cold hits your mouth and throat. (4) It’s called brain freeze! (5) You get it. (6) But why does it happen? (7) Is there any way to stop it?

     (8) Is also known as an ice cream headache. (9) It’s a sharp pain in the temples, forehead, or behind the eyes and nose. (10) It hits fast. (11) It’s most often caused by eating or drinking something cold, but breathing in freezing air may also trigger it. (12) Scientists are not completely sure what’s going on when brain freeze happens, but a study done in 2012 gave a clue.

     (13) It turns out that an ice cream headache may be your brain trying to protect itself.    (14) The back of your throat is near an area that sends blood to your brain it’s also close to where your brain tissue begins. (15) Eating or drinking something cold quickly changes the temperature in your mouth and throat. (16) Your body sees the sudden temperature drop as a possible threat to your brain. (17) It sends a rush of blood to the brain to warm it up and keep it safe. (18) The brain itself can’t feel pain. (19) But the rushing blood sparks a nerve that runs through your upper face. (20) Right after that, you’re hit with pain.

What is the correct way to write sentences 18 and 19?

• The brain itself can’t feel pain and the rushing blood sparks a nerve that runs through your upper face.

• The brain itself can’t feel pain, but the rushing blood sparks a nerve that runs through your upper face.

• The brain itself can’t feel pain, or the rushing blood sparks a nerve that runs through your upper face.

• No change is needed.

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