Cactus Jam

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Cactus Jam

• by Ruth J. Luhrs

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• 1 Which sentence best summarizes the selection?
• A. Tohono Oodham men work alone to make cactus
  jam.
• B. Tohono Oodham children work hard to make
  cactus jam.
• C. Tohono Oodham members work together to make
• cactus jam.

IC12 Summarize with evidence from the reading
(Reading GLE 2.1.7)
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2 Explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam. Include two details from the
selection in 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
• Young women use poles to knock the fruit down.
• Children try to catch the fruit in baskets /
  Young women and children gather fruit.
• Men make the camp / build shelter / gather wood /
  light fires.
• Children bring baskets of fruit to the shelter.
• Older women scrape fruit out of its peel.
• Put fruit in big cooking pots / Women cook fruit
  over the fire.
• Pour the juice through a strainer to take out
  seeds.
• Cook the juice more / until the juice is thick
  and sweet.
• Pour it into clay jars to cool.

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2 Explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam. Include two details from the
selection in your answer.
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This response provides four text-based details to
explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam E. ...scrape it from its peel. F.
...cook it over a fire. G. ...pour it trough a
wire strainer. H. ...they cook it some more...
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2 Explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam. Include two details from the
selection in your answer.
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This response provides three text-based details
to explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam E. ...you peel of the skin. F.
...cook it for a long Time... G. ...put it in
a strainer to get all the seeds out.
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2 Explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam. Include two details from the
selection in your answer.
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This response provides one text-based detail to
explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam A. They knock the fruit down from
cactuses whith big poles.
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2 Explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam. Include two details from the
selection in your answer.
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This response provides one text-based detail to
explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam I. ...they put it in the jar to
cool.
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2 Explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam. Include two details from the
selection in your answer.
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This response does not provide any details to
explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam.
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2 Explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam. Include two details from the
selection in your answer.
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This response does not provide any details to
explain how the Tohono Oodham Indians make
cactus jam.
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• 3 What is the meaning of the word strainer in
  paragraph 6?
• A. A tool that boils food
• B. A tool that crushes food
• C. A tool that separates food

IC14 Interpret vocabulary critical to the
meaning of the text (Reading GLE 1.3.2)
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• 4 According to the captions under the pictures,
  which statement
• is true?
• A. The saguaro has tiny black seeds.
• B. The saguaro fruit is the size of an egg.
• C. The saguaro provides shelter from the sun.

IA16 Demonstrate understanding of text features
(titles, headings, and other information
divisions, table of contents, captions) and
graphic features (Reading GLE 2.2.2)
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5 Any of these words could be used to describe a
saguaro cactus. Choose the word you think best
describes the saguaro cactus. Useful
Traditional Important Use two details from the
selection to support your choice. _______________
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IC13 Make inferences or predictions based on the
reading (Reading GLE 2.1.5)
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• Text-based ideas may include, but are not limited
  to
• Useful / Traditional / Important
• The people sing
• The people dance
• Cactus gives them fruit (provides food)
• The people make the jam
• Happens once a year
• People knock down / catch / gather / scrape /
  cook / strain / pour (fruit) / make camp
• The people work together (cooperation)
• Eat the jam / fruit
• The people have a feast / celebration

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5 Any of these words could be used to describe a
saguaro cactus. Choose the word you think best
describes the saguaro cactus. Useful
Traditional Important Use two details from the
selection to support your choice.
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This response provides two text-based details to
support a word to describe the saguaro cactus H.
...you can eat the fruits that are on it. D.
...you can make jam with the fruit...
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5 Any of these words could be used to describe a
saguaro cactus. Choose the word you think best
describes the saguaro cactus. Useful
Traditional Important Use two details from the
selection to support your choice.
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This response provides two text-based details to
support a word to describe the saguaro cactus C.
...it provides fruit... D. ...use the fruit
for jam...
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5 Any of these words could be used to describe a
saguaro cactus. Choose the word you think best
describes the saguaro cactus. Useful
Traditional Important Use two details from the
selection to support your choice.
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This response provides one text-based detail to
support a word to describe the saguaro cactus C.
...it grows fruit.
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5 Any of these words could be used to describe a
saguaro cactus. Choose the word you think best
describes the saguaro cactus. Useful
Traditional Important Use two details from the
selection to support your choice.
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This response provides one text-based detail to
support a word to describe the saguaro cactus D.
...to make jam.
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5 Any of these words could be used to describe a
saguaro cactus. Choose the word you think best
describes the saguaro cactus. Useful
Traditional Important Use two details from the
selection to support your choice.
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This response does not provide any text-based
details to support a word to describe the saguaro
cactus.
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5 Any of these words could be used to describe a
saguaro cactus. Choose the word you think best
describes the saguaro cactus. Useful
Traditional Important Use two details from the
selection to support your choice.
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This response provides three text-based details
to support a word to describe the saguaro
cactus G. ...they all work... D. ...make the
jam... H. ...they eat the jam...
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• 6 What is the difference between what young
  women do to make
• cactus jam and what older women do to make
  cactus jam?
• A. Young women gather the cactus fruit older
  women cook the fruit.
• B. Young women cook the fruit older women spread
  it on bread to eat.
• C. Young women climb the cactus for the fruit
  older women catch it below.

IA17 Compare and contrast information presented
in text (Reading GLE 2.3.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.6)
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• 7 Which sentence explains why the women need to
  use long poles to
• knock the fruit down?
• A. The saguaro can be up to sixty feet tall.
• B. The saguaro might be surrounded by bees.
• C. The saguaro may be covered with flowers.

IA18 Make connections (cause and effect) within
a text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)