Text Structures: Toothpaste & Orange Juice

Which text structure did the author

use?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/ Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The author wrote this passage to ___________.

• explain why toothpaste causes

  orange juice to taste bad

• show the differences between

  toothpaste and orange juice

• describe how orange juice and

  toothpaste are made

• explain the solution to keep

  orange juice from tasting bad

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which detail from the passage best

supports the text structure?

• SLS is what makes toothpaste

  foam up while brushing.

• Why does orange juice taste so

  bad after brushing your teeth?

• For better (not bitter) tasting

  orange juice, wait an hour after

  brushing your teeth before

  drinking the citrusy beverage.

• Because of SLS, your taste buds

  don’t register the sweetness of

  orange juice.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

According to the text, what is the main

cause for orange juice tasting bad

after you brush your teeth?

• the minty taste of toothpaste

  mixing with the sweetness of the

  orange juice

• Sodium lauryl sulfate causes your

  taste buds not to register the

  sweetness of the orange juice.

• Mixing fruit with toothpaste will

  cause a bitter taste.

• You should wait an hour after

  brushing your teeth before

  drinking orange juice.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Based on the text, what is one way to

stop the bitter taste?

• Only use toothpaste that is fruity

  flavored.

• Wash your mouth out with water

  before drinking orange juice.

• Wait about an hour after brushing

  your teeth before drinking orange

  juice.

• Only use toothpaste that has a

  minty flavor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

Only mint flavored toothpaste will taste bitter.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which word is not a synonym for swig?

• Sip

• Drink

• Taste

• Spit

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does SLS do?

• Makes toothpaste foam up.

• Blocks the taste receptor cells that taste sweet.

• Enhances the taste buds' reception of bitterness.

• All answer choices are correct.