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News Scoop October 3, 2008



This Issue:
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Cover Story - Spanish Version
Mini-Lesson
Comprehension Quiz
Teacher's Guide and Worksheets

Comprehension Quiz

Design by Nature

Directions:

  1. Print the student quiz with the ten questions below.

  2. Customize this quiz by changing questions 9 and 10.

  3. Find the answer key to the quiz in this week's Teachers' Guide. Look under the ANSWERS section on page 2.

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Identify Main Idea)


    1. This story is mostly about

    1. amazing animals.
    2. inventions inspired by nature.
    3. a new type of car modeled on the boxfish.

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Recall Facts and Details)


    2. What does bio mean?

    1. life
    2. copying
    3. invention

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Infer Character Traits)


    3. Which word does not describe Janine Benyus?

    1. creative
    2. stubborn
    3. grateful

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Recall Facts and Details)


    4. Clearer cell phone screens were modeled after

    1. a lotus leaf.
    2. rat teeth.
    3. butterfly wings.

  • Article: "Bookends: Authors Talk About the Candidates" (Sequence Events)


    5. Which of the following happened first?

    1. Nikki Grimes read speeches and books by Barack Obama.
    2. Nikki Grimes talked to TFK Kid Reporter Claire Epting.
    3. Nikki Grimes wrote a children's book about Barack Obama.

  • Article: "Bookends: Authors Talk About the Candidates" (Identify Cause and Effect)


    6. Meghan McCain wrote a children's book so that

    1. kids would spend more time reading.
    2. kids would vote for her dad, John McCain.
    3. kids would learn about her dad, John McCain.

  • Article: "Bookends: Authors Talk About the Candidates" (Identify Genre)


    7. Both new books are

    1. biographies.
    2. mysteries.
    3. how-to's.

  • Article: "Top 5 Apple Varieties" (Read a Graph)


    8. How many Red Delicious apples were grown in the U.S. in 2007?

    1. 54
    2. 54 million
    3. 54 million bushels

  • Article: "Punctuation Matters!" (Draw Conclusions)


    9. This activity shows that punctuation marks

    1. get in the way.
    2. can change the meaning of a sentence.
    3. cannot change the meaning of a sentence.

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Draw Conclusions)


    10. Why are inventors looking to nature for ideas?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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