Question

bii 24b
continue reading the story. then write words from the story to match the descriptions.
\for grandmother silk to light when shes cold?\ asked ruddy.
\oh, the electric furnace down in the basement warms the house,\ said joe penny. \the wood fires are to stare at.\
sometimes joe penny let ruddy help with the weeding, even though grandmother silk didnt like him to get dirty.

1. what warms the house from the basement

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1. what are just to stare at

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bii 25a
descriptions in context 3
snowed in with grandmother silk
name:
date:
time:
continue reading the story and then answer the questions.
when lucy came to cook, she picked herbs and vegetables from the garden. then she fixed delicious food. she put thyme* and peas with chicken and gravy and baked them under a butter crust. she made biscuits for breakfast with a tomato parsley omelet. lucy let ruddy help mix cake or pudding, even though grandmother silk didnt like him to get sticky.
*thyme: (time) a type of herb

1. what did lucy bake?

lucy baked thyme and ______ with ____ and gravy under a ______ crust.

1. what did lucy let ruddy do?

lucy let ruddy ________ or pudding.

Explanation:

Locate evidence for basement heating

We need to find what warms the house from the basement. Looking at the text on page BII 24b:
"Oh, the electric furnace down in the basement warms the house," said Joe Penny.
The text states "the electric furnace" is down in the basement.
We apply Reading Comprehension and Textual Evidence Extraction to identify the target phrase: "electric furnace".
The letter boxes provided are:
the [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
This matches the letter counts for "electric" (8 letters) and "furnace" (7 letters).

Locate evidence for staring

We need to find what is "just to stare at". Looking at the text on page BII 24b:
"The wood fires are to stare at."
We apply Context Clues and Textual Evidence Extraction to find the matching phrase: "wood fires".
The letter boxes provided are:
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
This matches the letter counts for "wood" (4 letters) and "fires" (5 letters).

Locate evidence for Lucy's baking

We need to answer "What did Lucy bake?" on page BII 25a.
The text says: "She put thyme* and peas with chicken and gravy and baked them under a butter crust."
The sentence to complete is:
"Lucy baked thyme and ______ with ____ and gravy under a ______ crust."
Comparing this to the text:

• "thyme and peas" -> the first blank is "peas".
• "with chicken and gravy" -> the second blank is "chicken".
• "under a butter crust" -> the third blank is "butter".

We use Reading Comprehension Questions to fill these gaps accurately.

Locate evidence for Ruddy's help

We need to answer "What did Lucy let Ruddy do?" on page BII 25a.
The text says: "Lucy let Ruddy help mix cake or pudding..."
The sentence to complete is:
"Lucy let Ruddy ______ ____ ______ or pudding."
Comparing this to the text:
"Lucy let Ruddy [help] [mix] [cake] or pudding."
Thus, the three blanks are "help", "mix", and "cake".
We apply Textual Evidence Extraction to complete the sentence.

Answer:

Question 1

1. what warms the house from the basement

the <blank>electric</blank> <blank>furnace</blank>

Question 2

1. what are just to stare at

<blank>wood</blank> <blank>fires</blank>

Question 3

What did Lucy bake?
Lucy baked thyme and <blank>peas</blank> with <blank>chicken</blank> and gravy under a <blank>butter</blank> crust.

Question 4

What did Lucy let Ruddy do?
Lucy let Ruddy <blank>help</blank> <blank>mix</blank> <blank>cake</blank> or pudding.