Question

continue reading the story. then write words from the story to match the descriptions.

the tv at grandmother silks was hidden in a big cabinet that matched the furniture. his grandmother only watched masterpiece theater on tuesday nights at nine. the rest of the time, the doors on the tv cabinet stayed closed. ruddy always brought along an armload of books for summer visits.

1. what the tv was hidden inside

a

1. what ruddy always brought to grandmother silks house

an of

kumon bii 23a
descriptions in context 3
snowed in with grandmother silk

continue reading the story. then complete the descriptions of the words below, using words from the story.

behind the big old house was a garden for tomatoes and herbs and other stuff. only lucy, who came to cook every day, was allowed to pick anything from the vegetable garden, even if ruddy felt hungry for a sweet, little, warm red tomato.

1. a garden for tomatoes and herbs

what was __________ the __________

1. lucy

the only person who was __________ __________ from the vegetable garden

Explanation:

Analyze the first page (BII 22b)

Using the Reading Comprehension and Textual Evidence Extraction knowledge points:

• Question 1 asks for "what the TV was hidden inside". The text states: "The TV at Grandmother Silk's was hidden in a big cabinet that matched the furniture." The blank starts with "a" and has letter boxes: a 3-letter word followed by a 7-letter word. This matches "big cabinet".
• Question 2 asks for "what Ruddy always brought to Grandmother Silk's house". The text states: "Ruddy always brought along an armload of books for summer visits." The blank starts with "an" and has letter boxes: a 7-letter word followed by "of" and a 5-letter word. This matches "armload of books".

Analyze the second page (BII 23a)

Using the Context Clues and Contextual Description Matching knowledge points:

• Question 1 describes "a garden for tomatoes and herbs". The text states: "Behind the big old house was a garden for tomatoes and herbs and other stuff." The prompt is: "what was ______ the ______". We need to fill in the description of where it was located. The text says "Behind the big old house was a garden...". Thus, "what was behind the big old house".
• Question 2 describes "Lucy". The text states: "Only Lucy, who came to cook every day, was allowed to pick anything from the vegetable garden...". The prompt is: "the only person who was ______ ______ from the vegetable garden". This matches the phrase "allowed to pick anything". Thus, "the only person who was allowed to pick anything from the vegetable garden".

Answer:

Question 1

what the TV was hidden inside
a <blank>big</blank> <blank>cabinet</blank>

Question 2

what Ruddy always brought to Grandmother Silk's house
an <blank>armload</blank> of <blank>books</blank>

Question 3

a garden for tomatoes and herbs
what was <blank>behind</blank> the <blank>big old house</blank>

Question 4

Lucy
the only person who was <blank>allowed</blank> <blank>to pick anything</blank> from the vegetable garden