Editorial Development: Bonnie Brook Communications

WEEK 17 
DAY 1
1. C 
2. D 
3. D 
4. A
Questions will vary.
DAY 2
1. C 
2. A 
3. B 
4. B
Responses will vary.
DAY 3
1. D 
2. C 
3. A 
4. C
Sample question:
How does 
the fungus kill bats?
DAY 4
1. C 
2. B 
3. B 
4. A
Responses will vary.
DAY 5
1. D 
2. B 
3. A 
4. D
Sample question:
What do 
Swima
eat?
WEEK 18 
DAY 1
1. D 
2. A 
3. D 
4. C
Sample answer:
the list of 
foods to pack and to collect 
and the recipe. Those foods 
can be transported, found, 
or made in the wilderness.
DAY 2
1. C 
2. B 
3. B 
4. D
Sample answer:
Tables of 
contents all show the book’s 
topics in the order they 
appear in the book. It gives 
you an overview of the 
whole book at a glance.
DAY 3
1. B 
2. D 
3. C 
4. A
Sample answer:
The text 
describes how they are built 
and compares setts of two 
different types of badgers. 
The diagram shows readers 
what a sett looks like.
DAY 4
1. C 
2. C 
3. A 
4. A
Sample answer: 
It is 
organized from oldest to 
most recent. It is useful for 
making a timeline or looking 
for historical trends.
DAY 5
1. C 
2. B 
3. B 
4. D
Sample answer:
the gray 
box, because it tells you 
whether you are eligible to 
donate
WEEK 19 
DAY 1
1. B 
2. A 
3. D 
4. D
Sample answer:
turpentine.
I read the list that includes 
the word and figured it is 
another smelly thing.
DAY 2
1. D 
2. A 
3. B 
4. C
Sketch should include:
fur, 
upright posture, dark eyes
DAY 3
1. B 
2. C 
3. D 
4. D
Sample answer:
Rereading 
allowed me to focus on the 
situations in which 
chopsticks were used in 
earlier points in history.
DAY 4
1. C 
2. A 
3. C 
4. D
Sample answer:
Her mouth 
is open in astonishment and 
her eyes show relief.
DAY 5
1. C 
2. B 
3. A 
4. C
Sample answer:
It was hard 
to keep track of the food 
and the visits, so I made a 
chart to organize what is 
eaten when and who visits 
whom.
WEEK 20 
DAY 1
1. B 
2. C 
3. B 
4. A
Sample answer:
the second 
and third paragraphs, which 
discuss skin-cell 
replacement and blood flow
DAY 2
1. B 
2. A 
3. C 
4. D
Questions will vary.
DAY 3
1. D 
2. A 
3. B 
4. C
Sample answer: 
the second 
paragraph, because it lists 
all the problems
DAY 4
1. B 
2. D 
3. D 
4. C
Sample question:
What kinds 
of things were considered 
funny in Shakespeare’s day?
DAY 5
1. A 
2. C 
3. D 
4. B
Sample answer:
Trash can 
be tracked electronically so 
we can analyze where it 
goes and what it does.
WEEK 21 
DAY 1
1. B 
2. B 
3. A 
4. D
Responses will vary.
DAY 2
1. D 
2. B 
3. A 
4. C
Diagrams will vary but 
should reflect similarities 
and differences from the 
passage.
DAY 3
1. D 
2. C 
3. B 
4. A
Responses will vary.
DAY 4
1. C 
2. B 
3. A 
4. D
Outlines should indicate 
types of technology and 
examples of each.
DAY 5
1. A 
2. C 
3. B 
4. A
Responses will vary.
WEEK 22 
DAY 1
1. D 
2. C 
3. B 
4. A
Sample answer:
Rereading 
allowed me to see how 
comfortable she felt 
speaking in a foreign country 
by the end of her stay.
DAY 2
1. A 
2. B 
3. D 
4. C
Sample answer:
I’m sitting in 
a really old, fancy church. 
There are enormous, 
gleaming organ pipes in a 
row behind the choir, and 
the rich sounds of the organ 
and young voices fill the air.
DAY 3
1. D 
2. D 
3. B 
4. C
Sketches will vary.
DAY 4
1. A 
2. B 
3. D 
4. D
Sentences should come 
from the first and/or last 
paragraphs and relate 
cryptography/encryption to 
maintaining data privacy.
DAY 5
1. B 
2. A 
3. B 
4. C
Sample answer:
I didn’t 
understand the part about 
symbolism until I read the 
resolution at the end.
WEEK 23 
DAY 1
1. B 
2. D 
3. A 
4. C
Questions will vary.
DAY 2
1. A 
2. B 
3. B 
4. D
Responses will vary.
DAY
3
1. A 
2. D 
3. A 
4. C
Questions will vary.
DAY 4
1. B 
2. B 
3. D 
4. C
Responses will vary.
DAY 5
1. C 
2. A 
3. B 
4. D
Questions will vary.
WEEK 24 
DAY 1
1. C 
2. B 
3. A 
4. D
Sample answer:
the books 
by Hall and Warner because 
they are fairly recent and 
specifically mention either 
the future or at least really 
modern cities
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DAY 2
1. B 
2. C 
3. C 
4. A
Sample answer:
The bulleted 
list lets you gather the 
ingredients before you start, 
and the preparation section 
tells you what to do then.
DAY 3
1. D 
2. A 
3. B 
4. C
Sample answer:
the TV line, 
to see what percent watches 
TV news, and the growing 
Internet line, to see how fast 
the main competition is 
rising
DAY 4
1. A 
2. C 
3. D 
4. B
Sample answer:
Using two 
different lines makes it 
easier to tell the routes 
apart.
DAY 5
1. C 
2. B 
3. B 
4. D
Sample answer:
It would 
help someone who is 
planning a trip to Oregon or 
who wants to know which 
museum would be best to 
find specific information. 
WEEK 25
DAY 1
1. A 
2. C 
3. D 
4. B
Sample answer: 
the 
beginning of the second 
paragraph and the third 
paragraph
DAY 2
1. C 
2. A 
3. D 
4. B
Sketch should include:
a 
bear holding a can between 
its paws and opening it with 
its mouth 
DAY 3
1. B 
2. D 
3. B 
4. C
Sample answer:
I made a 
timeline and put each 
development on it.
DAY 4
1. D 
2. B 
3. A 
4. D
Sketch should include:
a 
man sitting up in a hospital 
bed cutting his stomach and 
using a mirror 
DAY 5
1. C 
2. A 
3. D 
4. B
Sample answer:
1) Decide on content.
2) Pick a picture.
3) Design the poster.
4) Check the poster.
WEEK 26 
DAY 1
1. D 
2. A 
3. C 
4. C
Sample answer:
Two Italian 
craftsmen improved it 
significantly, and well-known 
composers featured it in 
compositions.
DAY 2
1. B 
2. A 
3. D 
4. C
Questions will vary.
DAY 3
1. D 
2. A 
3. B 
4. B
Students should underline 
the second and/or fourth 
sentences in the second 
paragraph of the passage.
DAY 4
1. D 
2. B 
3. B 
4. A
Questions will vary.
DAY 5
1. C 
2. A 
3. B 
4. D
Sample answer:
1) Edwin Budding got his 
idea for the lawn mower 
from a textile machine. 
2) Lawn mowers have been 
powered by animals, 
people, steam, and gasoline.
WEEK 27 
DAY 1
1. C 
2. A 
3. D 
4. B
Responses will vary.
DAY 2
1. B 
2. D 
3. A 
4. B
Sample answer:
The 
background suggests the 
type of change about to 
happen. The middle 
paragraph describes the 
two characters, so I can 
compare their descriptions. 
The last paragraph tells 
what happened in order, 
comparing the different 
outcomes.
DAY 3
1. B 
2. A 
3. C 
4. C
Responses will vary.
DAY 4
1. A 
2. A 
3. D 
4. D
Sample answer:
The 
paragraphs have a main 
idea that is supported with 
details and examples.
DAY 5
1. B 
2. A 
3. C 
4. D
Sample answer:
People 
would not be so greedy, 
businesses would be more 
fair, and society would be 
more balanced.
WEEK 28 
DAY 1
1. B 
2. C 
3. A 
4. D
Sample answer:
Rereading 
helped me figure out when 
in the story Rip slept for 20 
years.
DAY 2
1. C 
2. D 
3. B 
4. C
Sample answer:
They ride 
snowmobiles behind a large 
herd, toward a flat, wide 
expanse of grassy land. 
They stop and set up the 
lavvu and check the herd.
DAY 3
1. C 
2. D 
3. B 
4. B
Sample answer:
At first, I 
thought the farmer knew 
secret information. By the 
end, I saw that he knows 
that there is potential for 
good and bad in every 
event.
DAY 4
1. C 
2. A 
3. C 
4. B
Sample answer:
I see Dana 
visiting a stand at an 
outdoor market with one of 
her clients who is selling 
handmade baskets.
DAY 5
1. D 
2. A 
3. A 
4. D
Sample answer: 
I reread the 
second paragraph after 
learning that he had a heart 
defect, and I visualized him 
doing all those activities. It 
made me appreciate his 
achievements.
WEEK 29 
DAY 1
1. D 
2. A 
3. B 
4. C
Questions will vary.
DAY 2
1. B 
2. A 
3. D 
4. A
Sample answer:
Someone 
should invent a vegetable 
bar that tastes like 
chocolate so people can be 
healthier. 
DAY 3
1. D 
2. A 
3. C 
4. C
Sample answer:
I wondered 
where Milo went after he 
caught Ginger. It was 
answered in the last 
paragraph. 
DAY 4
1. A 
2. B 
3. D 
4. C
Responses will vary.
DAY 5
1. D 
2. D 
3. B 
4. C
Questions will vary.
WEEK 30 
DAY 1
1. C 
2. B 
3. A 
4. D
Sample answer:
I would use 
the first or third entries 
because they were written 
by people who were there.
DAY 2
1. A 
2. A 
3. D 
4. B
Sample answer:
It shows 
another section that deals 
with the same topic.
DAY 3
1. A 
2. B 
3. C 
4. C
Sample answer:
the dots 
showing the current year’s 
forecast on the specific day 
plus any information from 
the text about rain
DAY 4
1. B 
2. D 
3. A 
4. B
Sample answer:
Each 
paragraph is a numbered 
rule. By numbering, you can 
tell how many rules there are 
and refer to them by 
number.
DAY 5
1. A 
2. C 
3. D 
4. B
Sample answer:
It is most 
important for the employee 
to know that materials and 
assistance with problems 
are provided.
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