English Leap Middle School

Part A: Which idea is introduced in paragraph 1 of the passage?

• Alice was given very unusual foods to eat as a child.

• Alice liked different kinds of food than kids do today.

• Alice's childhood helped shape her attitudes about food.

• Alice's attitudes about cafeteria food changed over time.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Part B: Which quotation from paragraph 1 best supports the idea that her childhood shaped her attitude about food?

• "As a child in the 1950s, Alice Waters was a picky eater."

• "She liked simple things, like the fruits and vegetables her father grew in the backyard garden..."

• "They ate meals at the dining room table."

• "Alice didn't like the food at school..."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Part A: Which part of Alice's life most inspired her to create the Edible Schoolyard?

• her picky eating

• her family garden

• her trip to France

• her move to Berkeley

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that it was her trip to France which motivated her to create the Edible Schoolyard?

• "Her family didn't have a lot of money, so they didn't go to restaurants frequently."

• "She was picky but still enjoyed eating certain junk foods every now and then: potato chips, orange soda, jelly doughnuts, chili cheeseburgers."

• "Alice fit well at Berkeley; there was nothing ordinary about her."

• "The people she met in France cared intensely about food, about how it was bought and sold and prepared and served at the table."

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Part A: How do the authors support the claim that food is an essential part of life?

• by explaining how fresh foods can be grown on school land

• by describing some of the foods that students have grown

• by describing what students can learn about the world from food

• by explaining how a school decided to start growing its own food

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports the the idea that food is an essential part of life because students can learn about the world from food?

• "Lunch was served at a snack bar on the edge of the playground."

• "Called the Edible Schoolyard, it doesn't just provide healthy, nutritious meals."

• "An acre of asphalt was torn up, topsoil was hauled in, and all sorts of plants, flowers, fruit trees, and vines were planted.

• "A science project might involve earthworms in the garden; a history project might unfold in the kitchen, with samples of what European serfs ate during the Middle Ages."

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Based on the passage, which statement most likely describes the authors' view of Alice Waters?

• She is a loyal friend.

• She is a patient employer.

• She is concerned citizen.

• She is a demanding perfectionist.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which two sentences from the passage best support the idea that Alice is a concerned citizen?

• "Alice returned home determined to learn how to cook."

• "Chez Panisse was soon considered one of the finest restaurants in the United States, and Alice Waters was hailed as one of the nation's greatest chefs."

• "Every day, while driving to Chez Panisse in the morning and driving home late at night, Alice passed Martin Luther King Jr. Middle school."

• "Alice wondered how the people of Berkeley, who considered themselves so high-minded and aware, could allow a public school to fall apart this way."

• "After raising money through her Chez Panisse Foundation, Alice supervised the planting of an enormous garden at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School."

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2