Question

read the story and circle the time taken. then do the exercise below.

grandmother silk didnt play computer games or any other games. she didnt take walks. she didnt like loud voices, even if you were only scaring the canada geese by the water to study how they took off across silver lake.
grandmother silk didnt like running, even if you were running from a great big goose flapping his terrible wings at you.

check the sentence or sentences that match the story.
grandmother silk didnt play games.
ruddy and grandmother took walks together.

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

she wore high heels all the time. even her bedroom slippers had high heels. her hair was piled into neat, unmoving curls that ruddys mother called \designer hair.\
grandmother silk was his fathers mother. she lived in a big old house with a lot of rooms inside, and a lot of trees outside.

1. designer hair

what ruddys ____ called grandmother silks neat, ____ curls

1. a big old house

where ______ lived

Explanation:

Analyze the first question

Using the Reading Comprehension and Textual Evidence Extraction knowledge points, we evaluate the two statements on the left page under "Check the sentence or sentences that match the story."

• Statement 1: "Grandmother Silk didn't play games."

The text states: "Grandmother Silk didn't play computer games or any other games." This matches the story.

• Statement 2: "Ruddy and Grandmother took walks together."

The text states: "She didn't take walks." This contradicts the statement.
Thus, only the first sentence should be checked.

Analyze the second question

Using the Contextual Reading Analysis and Textual Evidence Extraction knowledge points, we complete the description for "designer hair" on the right page.

• The text states: "Her hair was piled into neat, unmoving curls that Ruddy's mother called 'designer hair.'"
• The prompt is: "what Ruddy's [blank] called Grandmother Silk's neat, [blank] curls"
• Comparing the text and the prompt, the first blank is "mother" and the second blank is "unmoving".

Analyze the third question

Using the Contextual Reading Analysis and Textual Evidence Extraction knowledge points, we complete the description for "a big old house" on the right page.

• The text states: "Grandmother Silk was his father's mother. She lived in a big old house with a lot of rooms inside, and a lot of trees outside."
• The prompt is: "where [blank] lived"
• Comparing the text and the prompt, the blank is "Grandmother Silk" (or "she"). Based on the context of defining "a big old house" as the place where she lived, "Grandmother Silk" fits perfectly.

Answer:

Left Page Exercise

[✓] Grandmother Silk didn't play games.
[ ] Ruddy and Grandmother took walks together.

Right Page Exercise 1)

designer hair: what Ruddy's <blank>mother</blank> called Grandmother Silk's neat, <blank>unmoving</blank> curls

Right Page Exercise 2)

a big old house: where <blank>Grandmother Silk</blank> lived