The History of Pumpkin Pie
Students read a nonfiction passage about the history of pumpkin pie, written at 9 reading levels (kindergarten to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about the history of pumpkin pie and find details that answer questions.
- Explain how canned pumpkin changed the way people bake pie.
- Figure out the meaning of the phrase "from scratch" from its context.
- Describe how a paragraph is organized by comparing before and after.