A New Chewing Gum
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Elizabeth Halter
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A New Chewing Gum
By Elizabeth Halter
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Fold your paper into 8 pieces (3 fold)s
Write T for title in the first box.
Write F or NF for fiction or nonfiction in the second box.
Write P for prediction on the third box
Some text here about the topic of discussion.
Create your organizer using lined paper
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Some text here about the topic of discussion.
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Complete the first three boxes using the non-fiction text features from the article. Do not read it yet!
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Some text here about the topic of discussion.
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Now that you know this text is nonfiction, number the rest of the boxes 1-8.
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Some text here about the topic of discussion.
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Read the article. Stop at the end of each paragraph to think about the topic of that paragraph. Write the topic in the box that matches on your organizer.
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Multiple Choice
What question does paragraph 2 answer?
Why did Thomas Adams want to buy chicle?
What things can be made from white chicle?
Who showed Thomas Adams some chicle?
What was used to make gum before chicle?
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Multiple Choice
In paragraph 3 why did Thomas Adams buy a large amount of chicle?
He needed it in order to experiment.
He wanted to sell a great deal of gum.
He thought he could sell it to inventors.
He knew the price would soon go up.
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Multiple Choice
What question is answered in paragraph 4?
Why was a little girl buying something at a store?
Where did Adams get the idea to make chicle gum?
What is the most popular gum in Mexico?
How did Adams sell the chewing gum?
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Multiple Choice
At first Tom Jr. did not sell any gum because —
no one was interested in trying it
customers liked the chewing wax
the gum had an unusual taste
it was not wrapped in pretty paper
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Multiple Choice
Chicle gum became more popular than wax gum because it —
had a good name
seemed smoother
was wrapped in paper
cost only one cent
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Multiple Choice
If the author added information about gum flavors, in which paragraph would it fit best?
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Multiple Choice
Read this dictionary entry.
ma•te•ri•al (m etîr´e–- e l) n. 1. Cloth. 2. Tool for a task.
3. Part out of which a thing is made. adj. 4. Very necessary.
In paragraph 2, which meaning of material is used?
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What information best supports the idea that Adams did not give up?
He asked his son to sell chicle gum.
He worked at many different jobs.
He worked with the chicle for a year.
He met General Santa Anna.
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