Unit 2.1

What does cultivate mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• Sell

• Grow

• Talk about

• Understand

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does the brochure cover add meaning to the text?

• As a secondary source, the brochure cover shows no relationship to the text.

• As a primary source, the brochure cover shows how the farmers spent their time.

• As a secondary source, the brochure cover contrasts the knowledge gained in the text.

• As a primary source, the brochure cover shows one way that the researchers, like Carver, attempted to help people know what to do with their peanut crop.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

How do the photograph and caption contribute to an understanding of the passage?

• They show how Carver became interested in the field of agriculture.

• They show proof that Carver was highly respected in the field of agriculture.

• They show primary source proof that Carver overcame many challenges in his lifetime.

• They show primary source proof that Carver had a team of researchers to assist him in his work.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Fill in the bubbles before two sentences from the passage that shows the author’s perspective about how Carver’s perseverance and motivation led him to inventing numerous uses for different crops.

• “He also developed a substitute for coffee.” (paragraph 8)

• “In addition, Carver made about 100 products from sweet potatoes.” (paragraph 8)

• “He made 300 other things from peanuts, such as flour, milk, ink, and dye.” (paragraph 8)

• “Carver continued to experiment and made products from peanuts and sweet potatoes.” (paragraph 8)

• “In addition, Carver created brochures about the nutritional value of the two foods, and even shared a few recipes.” (paragraph 8)

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

How does the author use a problem-and-solution text structure to build meaning in the text?

• The problem is introduced with the farmers planting only one crop, cotton. The solution came when Carver joined with researchers.

• The problem was introduced in paragraph 6, farmers had too many peanuts to sell. In paragraph 9, peanuts became the second most money making crop in the South.

• The problem is introduced in paragraph 2 with Carver going to college in Iowa to study agriculture. The solution came in paragraph 5 when he suggested growing sweet potatoes and peanuts.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A: Which statement best describes the role of the diagram in the passage?

• to explain crop rotation

• to show when crops are grown

• to compare crops and products

• to describe when crops are grown

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Part B: Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Part A?

• “For years, farmers in Alabama grew cotton and nothing else.” (paragraph 1)

• “Crop rotation is the practice of growing different types of crops on the same land in consecutive seasons.” (paragraph 4)

• “Some farmers had so many peanuts that they were forced to place them in storehouses, where they sat and rotted.” (paragraph 6)

• “Some of these products included glue, ink, and breakfast cereal.” (paragraph 8)

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

This question has two parts, first answer part A, then answer part B: Part A: Which statement expresses the author's perspective of Carver?

• Carver played a key role in developing medicines that we still use today.

• Carver made various crops more valuable and influenced farming techniques in the south.

• If Carver wouldn't have studied agriculture, he would not have been as successful as he was.

• Carver was most famous for introducing the concept of crop rotation to farmers in the south.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Part B: Which statement from the passage supports the answer in Part A?

• "He studied agriculture, the science of farming." (paragraph 3)

• "Carver changed how cotton was grown and made many other crops important to the south." (paragraph 9)

• "Instead, Carver worked in the kitchen garden and learned how to make simple medicines out of herbs." (paragraph 2)

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What does responded mean as it is used in paragraph 7?

• gave up

• repeated

• answered in some way

• succeeded in some way

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4