Apples, Apples, Apples

Why does the speaker compare ways of eating apples to a scientific experiment?

• Both involve food

• Both require tasting

• Both involve relatives

• Both produce answers

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why is the speaker of the poem an " Apple Scientist"?

• The speaker notes that all apples have different tastes.

• The speaker believes some people eat apples incorrectly.

• The speaker wants her friends and family to eat more apples.

• The speaker experiments with different combinations when eating apples.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

How does the speaker eat apples compared to other people?

• The speaker is neat and others are messy.

• The speaker takes risks while the others do not.

• The speaker enjoys the flavor and others do not.

• The speaker chews the apple peal while the others avoid it.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the main theme of this poem?

• There are many ways to enjoy the same thing.

• Some way of doing things are better than others.

• There are some people who only do things their way.

• Sometimes it is best to do things the same way every time.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

How are the speaker and the teacher in the poem alike?

• They both like to peel their apples.

• They both like to crunch their apples.

• They both put cheese on their apples.

• They both put peanut butter on their apples.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How are the people in the poem alike?

• Each eats an apple quite loudly.

• Each prefers an apple to be peeled.

• Each dislikes eating the core of the apple.

• Each spreads peanut butter on slices of apple.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why can the speaker's father position the apples neatly on a plate?

• because he peels the apple

• because he experiments with the apple

• because he cuts the apple into two halves

• because he cuts the apple into same-sized pieces

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which two people are similar because they eat sliced apples?

• the father and the teacher

• the speaker and the neighbor

• the father and the grandmother

• the grandmother and the neighbor

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Read line 11 - " Her mouth is a crushing, destroying machine". What does this line show about the neighbor?

• She breaks things.

• She uses unkind words.

• She eats quicky and loudly

• She is picky about certain foods.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read line 26 - Try the peel;discard the peel;What does the word discard mean?

• divide

• throw away

• look at

• reduce

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4