Connecting Literature and Informational Texts Answers

Read these two texts then answer the questions. Passage 1: From the book Jump In, Polar Bear Pete jumped into the water to try to cool off. "What's the matter, Pete?" asked Sammy the Seal. "It's so much hotter this summer than it was last summer. I think my fur coat is too warm," replied Pete. "Good thing we have more water in our ocean to swim in since all that ice melted because of global warming," said Sammy. Passage 2: From the NASA Climate Kids article "What Is Climate Change?" Climate change describes a change in the average conditions—such as temperature and rainfall—in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth’s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years. Identify a characteristic of a literary text as shown in the first passage.

Read these two texts then answer the questions. Passage 1: From the book Jump In, Polar Bear Pete jumped into the water to try to cool off. "What's the matter, Pete?" asked Sammy the Seal. "It's so much hotter this summer than it was last summer. I think my fur coat is too warm," replied Pete. "Good thing we have more water in our ocean to swim in since all that ice melted because of global warming," said Sammy. Passage 2: From the NASA Climate Kids article "What Is Climate Change?" Climate change describes a change in the average conditions—such as temperature and rainfall—in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth’s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years. How is passage one related to passage two?

Read these two texts then answer the questions. Passage 1: From the book Jump In, Polar Bear Pete jumped into the water to try to cool off. "What's the matter, Pete?" asked Sammy the Seal. "It's so much hotter this summer than it was last summer. I think my fur coat is too warm," replied Pete. "Good thing we have more water in our ocean to swim in since all that ice melted because of global warming," said Sammy. Passage 2: From the NASA Climate Kids article "What Is Climate Change?" Climate change describes a change in the average conditions—such as temperature and rainfall—in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth’s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years. Identify the characteristic of an informational text as shown in the second passage.

Read these two texts then answer the questions. Passage 1: From the book Jump In, Polar Bear Pete jumped into the water to try to cool off. "What's the matter, Pete?" asked Sammy the Seal. "It's so much hotter this summer than it was last summer. I think my fur coat is too warm," replied Pete. "Good thing we have more water in our ocean to swim in since all that ice melted because of global warming," said Sammy. Passage 2: From the NASA Climate Kids article "What Is Climate Change?" Climate change describes a change in the average conditions—such as temperature and rainfall—in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth’s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years. Passage one is what kind of text?

Read these two texts then answer the questions. Passage 1: From the book Jump In, Polar Bear Pete jumped into the water to try to cool off. "What's the matter, Pete?" asked Sammy the Seal. "It's so much hotter this summer than it was last summer. I think my fur coat is too warm," replied Pete. "Good thing we have more water in our ocean to swim in since all that ice melted because of global warming," said Sammy. Passage 2: From the NASA Climate Kids article "What Is Climate Change?" Climate change describes a change in the average conditions—such as temperature and rainfall—in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth’s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years. Passage two is what kind of text?