Waste Not, Want Not by Earl M. Weber

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Waste Not, Want Notby Earl M. Weber
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• 08 What is the meaning of the word necessities in
  paragraph 4?
• A. Extras
• B. Seasonings
• C. Supplementals
• D. Essentials

IC14 Interpret vocabulary critical to the
meaning of the text (Reading GLE 1.3.2)
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• 09 According to the text box, which statement is
  true?
• A. Ice cream cones in the 1930s cost one
  dollar.
• B. A woman in the 1930s could sell a pie for
  thirteen cents.
• C. Kids with a job in the 1930s could earn ten
  cents an hour.
• D. A feed mill salary in the 1930s was
  eighteen dollars a week.

IA15 Apply understanding of text features and
graphic features (titles, headings, subheadings,
informational divisions, captions, maps, charts,
graphs) (Reading GLE 2.2.2)
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10 Any of these titles could be another title for
the selection. Choose the title you think best
fits the selection. Every Penny Counts Recycling
Helps We All Worked Together Provide two details
from the selection to support your
answer. _________________________________________
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IC11 Demonstrate understanding of major ideas
and supporting details (Reading GLE 2.1.3)
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to
• Every Penny Counts or Recycling Helps or We All
  Worked Together
• Millions of Americans were jobless / penniless
• Homeless
• Had own supply of food from farm / food was not a
  problem
• Momma gave us two pennies for Sunday School /
  every penny was important / careful not to lose
  pennies
• Father had a job at the feed mill / earned 18
  dollars a week / earned barely enough to pay
  mortgage, electric bill, and buy necessities /
  money was scarce
• Momma sold pies and bread for 20 or 10 cents each
  / helped at the market / helped Momma
• Momma used the market money to buy clothing for
  the family / she seldom bought anything new
• Most of our clothing was patched, darned and
  mended
• Made nightgowns out of chicken feed sacks
• Removed buttons from old clothes
• Made rugs from old clothes / made rugs
• Save string
• Used tin cans to fix roof / corncrib / store
  nails
• Took apart crates for future projects / crates
  considered a real prize
• Straightened nails
• Waste not, want not was a familiar phrase
  during the Depression

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10 Any of these titles could be another title for
the selection. Choose the title you think best
fits the selection. Every Penny Counts Recycling
Helps We All Worked Together Provide two details
from the selection to support your answer.
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E. Money was scarce. G. Momma seldom
bought anything new
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10 Any of these titles could be another title for
the selection. Choose the title you think best
fits the selection. Every Penny Counts Recycling
Helps We All Worked Together Provide two details
from the selection to support your answer.
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D. In the 1930s every penny was important.
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10 Any of these titles could be another title for
the selection. Choose the title you think best
fits the selection. Every Penny Counts Recycling
Helps We All Worked Together Provide two details
from the selection to support your answer.
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This response is a 0. The student did not use
text-based details.
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• 11 Which sentence tells how the author and his
  sister are similar?
• A. Momma would give both a nickel for an ice
  cream cone.
• B. Both of them received two pennies for
  Sunday school.
• C. Both of them received a new pair of
  knee-length pants.
• D. Momma made clothes for both from colorful
  calico.

IA16 Compare/contrast elements within and
between text(s) (Reading GLEs 2.3.1, 2.4.6)
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• 12 Which sentence best summarizes this selection?
• A. People ate well during the Great
  Depression.
• B. Families wasted nothing during the Great
  Depression.
• C. Bread lines were common during the Great
  Depression.
• D. Items were recycled for money during the
  Great Depression.

IC12 Summarize with evidence from the reading
(Reading GLE 2.1.7)
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13 Is this statement a reasonable conclusion that
may be drawn from the selection? People could
live a rewarding life during the Great
Depression. Provide two details from the
selection to support your answer. _______________
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IT19 Evaluate reasoning and ideas/themes related
to the informational text (Reading GLEs 2.4.1,
2.4.5)
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to
• Banks were closed
• Stores were closed
• Factories were closed
• Homeless
• One in four Americans who wanted to work was
  unable to find a job/ jobless/penniless
• I didnt think of our family as poor/even though
  we never seemed to have money/his father made 18
  dollars a week/his salary was barely enough to
  pay the farm mortgage and the electric bill and
  to buy necessities/money was scarce
• We had an old horse/a cow/a few pigs/a flock of
  chickens/a big garden/food was not a problem/we
  never went to bed hungry/we didnt stand in line
  for bread/we lived in the country
• Momma would give us each two pennies for our
  Sunday School offerings/every penny was important
• Weekly newspaper pictured people standing in
  breadlines
• Sold pie and bread/helped at the market/helped
  Momma
• 20 a pie/10 a loaf
• Momma would give me a nickel for an ice-cream
  cone
• Excited to see a package from Sears, Roebuck and
  Company/new pair of pants was very special/new
  clothes/new clothing for one at a time
• We always went to school looking neat and
  clean/most of our clothing was patched, darned or
  mended
• Got new socks at Christmas
• Made nightgowns out of feed sacks
• Clothing not thrown away/buttons put in cans and
  jars/best parts of clothing cut into strips and
  saved for rugs

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13 Is this statement a reasonable conclusion that
may be drawn from the selection? People could
live a rewarding life during the Great
Depression. Provide two details from the
selection to support your answer.
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H. ...on Sunday mornings, Momma would give each
of us two pennies for our Sunday school
offerings. S. A wooden create was considered a
real prize.
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13 Is this statement a reasonable conclusion that
may be drawn from the selection? People could
live a rewarding life during the Great
Depression. Provide two details from the
selection to support your answer.
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F. ...their fathers salary, of eighteen
dollars a week was barely enough to pay the
farm mortgage and the electric bill.
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13 Is this statement a reasonable conclusion that
may be drawn from the selection? People could
live a rewarding life during the Great
Depression. Provide two details from the
selection to support your answer.
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This response is a 0. This student did not use
text-based details to support the conclusion.
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• 14 What is the authors purpose for writing this
  selection?
• A. To entertain with stories about recycling
  during the 1930s
• B. To describe a familys resourcefulness
  during the 1930s
• C. To demonstrate how to make clothes from
  feed bags
• D. To persuade the reader to waste nothing

IT18 Analyze authors purpose in an
informational text, and/or evaluate
effectiveness for different audiences (includes
fact/opinion, authors point of view, tone, and
use of persuasive devices, and/or authors
assumptions and beliefs) (Reading GLEs 2.4.2,
2.4.3, 2.4.4)