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World Report April 3, 2009



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

Comprehension Quiz

Schools Get Growing

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: "Lessons from the Garden" (Identify Main Idea)


    1. This story is mostly about

    1. school gardens.
    2. life on a farm.
    3. eating healthy foods.
    4. a new garden at the White House.

  • Article: "Lessons from the Garden" (Recall Facts and Details)


    2. Schools are using garden activities to teach

    1. science.
    2. math.
    3. history.
    4. All of the above

  • Article: "Lessons from the Garden" (Identify Cause and Effect)


    3. Learning gardens have recently gained in popularity because of

    1. a new book about gardening.
    2. concerns over nutrition and childhood obesity.
    3. the number of California schools that have gardens.
    4. longer school days.

  • Article: "Lessons from the Garden" (Sequence Events)


    4. What do the Woodland students do second?

    1. plant seeds
    2. harvest the produce
    3. donate produce to a local food bank
    4. tend the garden

  • Article: "Outrageous Fortunes" (Interpret Vocabulary in Context)


    5. "People are . . . outraged about these bonuses." This means

    1. people do not care about these bonuses.
    2. people are happy about these bonuses.
    3. people are angry about these bonuses.
    4. people are annoyed by these bonuses.

  • Article: "A Cheap Ride" (Recall Facts and Details)


    6. For now, the Nano is available in

    1. the United States only.
    2. India only.
    3. both the United States and India.
    4. most countries.

  • Article: "A Way Out of Iraq" (Read a Map)


    7. Which country borders Iraq to the north?

    1. Saudi Arabia
    2. Jordan
    3. Kuwait
    4. Turkey

  • Article: "Cartoon Kings" (Recall Facts and Details)


    8. Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh met while working on

    1. The Simpsons.
    2. Phineas and Ferb.
    3. SpongeBob SquarePants.
    4. Tom and Jerry.

  • Article: "5 Questions for Ryan Howard" (Infer Character Traits)


    9. Which description does not fit Ryan Howard?

    1. straightforward
    2. down-to-earth
    3. worried
    4. content

  • Article: "Lessons from the Garden" (Drawing Conclusions)


    10. What can students learn from working in a garden?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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