Fruitcake and Christmas Pudding
Students read a nonfiction passage about the history of fruitcake and Christmas pudding, written at 6 reading levels (3rd grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a passage about fruitcake and Christmas pudding and find details that answer questions.
- Explain why dried fruit, sugar, and spices helped food last through winter.
- Find the meaning of the word "plums" from its use in the passage.
- Describe how a paragraph is organized as a problem and its solution.