Editorial Development: Bonnie Brook Communications



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{teacherscom library}Daily Reading Comprehension 8

SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. Why did the author write the passage?

to share a personal story

to give information about blues music

to persuade readers to buy a Telecaster

to explain how to play the guitar
 2. Why did the author mention Chris practicing 
phrasing, bending notes, and creating a tone?

to express an opinion of Collins’s music

to list basic guitar skills

to give an example of a typical lesson

to show how much Chris admired
Collins’s style
 3. Which word best explains how the author feels 
about Chris at the end of the passage?

annoyed

proud

suspicious

disinterested
 4. In the last paragraph, the author is mainly 
showing readers 
.

a prediction for Chris’s career

the results of Chris’s hard work

feelings about Chris’s efforts

an example of Chris’s new skills
STRATEGY PRACTICE
Which information from the passage helps you to best understand Chris’s motivations?
 
Author’s Purpose
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Daily Reading Comprehension • EMC 3458 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
Name: 
WEEK 14
DAY 2
READ THE PASSAGE
Think about the author’s purpose for writing about the brown pelican.
The Pelicans Return
Brown pelicans have few natural enemies. The biggest threat these birds face comes from humans. 
Brown pelicans had once thrived in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, but by the 1960s, human 
practices had caused them to nearly disappear from the area. In the 1940s, farmers in the United States 
started using toxic pesticides to kill insects. The widespread use of these pesticides, such as DDT, caused 
the brown pelican population to fall to almost zero. When the pelicans ate fish contaminated with DDT, the 
eggs they laid were so fragile that the thin shells broke during incubation. The number of brown pelicans 
decreased because the pelicans were not able to reproduce successfully.
In the 1970s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the brown pelican as endangered, a term that 
means the species is in danger of extinction throughout all or much of its range. At about that same time, 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned the use of DDT in the United States and restricted the 
use of other pesticides. Since then, there has been a reduction of chemicals contaminating the brown 
pelicans’ eggs.
As a result of the DDT ban and additional conservation efforts, the brown pelican species has made 
a strong comeback. Nestlings were transplanted from Florida to Louisiana between 1968 and 1980. The 
birds have responded well, and they now number about 250,000 in the United States, according to 2010 
estimates. The resurgence of the brown pelican is an encouraging success story. The brown pelican with 
its unique dip-net bill is a familiar sight once again along the Gulf Coast.

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