Question

apply the strategy: preview and predict
a check (✓) the ways to preview and predict before you read a text.

1. ask \what kind of text is this?\
2. read the text slowly.
3. read the title.
4. look at the pictures.
5. ask \what happens in the story?\
6. ask \what do i think this text is about?\

understand and analyze
b complete the sentences about making mochi with words from the box.
bean paste delicious dessert empty grandmother proud theater worried

1. fernanda is in a ________ club.
2. fernanda makes a(n) ________ to share with everyone after the play.
3. fernanda and her ________ make mochi.
4. fernanda puts ________ inside the mochi.
5. fernanda is ________ that people won’t like her dessert.
6. senhora silva thinks the mochi is ________.
7. fernanda wants to eat the mochi, but the tray is ________.
8. grandma is ________ of fernanda.

image of two people (one elderly, one girl) in a kitchen making mochi

Explanation:

Part A (Check the ways to preview and predict):

1. ✓ (Asking about text type is a preview strategy)
2. ☐ (Reading slowly is for during/after reading, not preview)
3. ✓ (Reading title helps preview)
4. ✓ (Looking at pictures aids preview)
5. ✓ (Asking about story events is a prediction strategy)
6. ✓ (Asking about text topic is a prediction strategy)

Part B (Complete the sentences):

1. theater (Fernanda is in a theater club, related to the play later)
2. dessert (Mochi is a dessert, and she shares it after the play)
3. grandmother (From the context and the word choice, "grandmother" fits who makes mochi with her)
4. bean paste (Bean paste is a common filling for mochi)
5. worried (She is concerned people won't like her dessert)
6. delicious (Senhora Silva would think the mochi tastes good)
7. empty (The tray has no mochi left, so it's empty)
8. proud (Grandma is proud of Fernanda for her efforts)

Answer:

s for Part B (filled blanks):

1. theater
2. dessert
3. grandmother
4. bean paste
5. worried
6. delicious
7. empty
8. proud