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SKILL PRACTICE
Read the question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. What in the passage can happen?
A 
A logger can chop down 100 trees 
with one blow.
B 
Mosquitoes can be as large as eagles.
C 
One group of men can cut down 
every tree in a state.
D 
Mosquitoes can bite people.
 2. What in the passage is fantasy?
A 
Loggers cut down trees.
B 
Texas is a state.
C 
Wheat grows as a crop.
D 
Mosquitoes’ stingers go through a pan.
 3. The passage would most likely 
be found in 
.
A 
a book about Texas
B 
a book of tall tales
C 
an encyclopedia
D 
a book about loggers 
 4. You know that Paul Bunyan is 
make-believe because he 
.
A 
is a logger who cuts down trees
B 
is as tall as a mountain
C 
protects himself from pesky bugs
D 
looks like a window screen
STRATEGY PRACTICE
Draw a picture of something you visualized as you read the passage.
Fantasy vs. Reality
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105
WEEK 16
Character and Setting 
Fantasy vs. Reality
DAY 5
READ THE PASSAGE
Visualize the main character, the setting, and events.
Messy Jessie
Jessie stomps into her room. She got home late from school. Now she has
just a few minutes to get ready for soccer practice. Jessie pulls off her green 
sweatshirt and tosses it on the floor. “Hey! Watch it!” the sweatshirt yells. 
Then Jessie flings her cap. “Ouch!” it shouts. The bedroom floor is always 
piled with clothes. Jessie steps all over them while looking for her soccer shirt. 
She doesn’t hear the moans and groans.
Then Jessie kicks off her purple shoes. She watches them sail through the air. 
Each shoe lands with a thump. “Oof! Ow!” scream the shoes. 
Jessie plops onto the floor. She tears off her red socks and rolls each into a 
ball. With a quick toss, Jessie plunks the socks into her wastebasket. The socks 
complain. “Hey! Where are we? It’s dark in here!” 
Jessie dresses and dashes out of her room. “We’ve got to speak up,” begs
the sweatshirt. “It’s time to tell Jessie to take better care of us.”