The Green Bean Casserole
Students read a nonfiction passage about the green bean casserole and how a recipe becomes a tradition, written at 7 reading levels (2nd grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about how the green bean casserole was invented and explain what a test kitchen does.
- Find the sentences that tell when, where, and by whom the recipe was created.
- Explain how a recipe can turn into a family tradition using details from the text.
- Identify the time-order structure of the passage and determine the meaning of the word tradition.