NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.WhatistheMAINreasontheauthorwrotethisselection?topersuadereaderstomakebasketstoshowwhybasketsarehardtomaketoexplainanancientartformtotellaboutabasket-weavingevent2.Howdoyouknowthatthisselectionisexpositorynonfiction?Ittellsabouttheauthor’sthoughts.Itgivesinformationaboutatopic.Itpresentsasolutiontoaproblem.Ithassomemade-upeventsandpeople.3.Accordingtotheselection,whatistheFIRSTstepinmakingabasket?peelingtherootsscrapingthebarktwistingthestringgatheringtheplants4.WhichsentenceisanOPINIONfromtheselection?Theyarereallysour—worsethanadillpickle!Therearetwowaysofmakingbaskets:coilingandtwining.Geographyandclimatedetermineanarea’splantlife.Beginners,youngorold,learnfrommoreexperiencedweavers.5.HowdoestheauthorfeelaboutCaliforniaIndianweaving?Weavingadesignisasimpletask.Youngweaversshouldcarryonthetradition.Weavingisthemostdifficultskilltolearn.Theprettiestbasketsaremadebyadultweavers.WeeklyLessonTestLesson9©Harcourt•Grade4SelectionComprehension“WeavingaCaliforniaTradition”75Name6.Accordingtotheselection,whydoCaliforniaweavershavetroublegettinggoodbasketmaterials?Peoplehavestoppedplantingbunchgrass.Insectshavebeendestroyingthedeergrass.Harshwinterfrostshavedamagedtheplants.Peoplearenotallowedtoburnfieldsyearlytohelpplants.7.Whydomostweaversmakeonlyafewbasketseachyear?ThereareveryfewIndiantribesinCalifornia.Indianbasket-makershavekepttheirskillsecret.Gatheringandweavingmaterialstakesalongtime.Thebasket-makers’gatheringisnolongerinCalifornia.8.WhyisCarly’sMomworkingwiththeForestService?Sheneedstheirhelptokeepplantshealthy.Shewantstoteachthemaboutdifferentplants.Sheworriesfireswillwipeoutnativegrasses.Sheneedstheirhelpgatheringsuppliesonprivatelands.READTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.DescribewhatCarlydoesattheCaliforniaIndianBasketweaversGathering.Explainhowtheseactivitieshelpcarryonthetribes’traditions.Useinformationanddetailsfrom“WeavingaCaliforniaTradition”tosupportyouranswer.TOTALSCORE:/8+/2Weekly...
