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LESSON 12 - “TIME TRAVEL”1Content Standard:7.1: Use comprehension strategies (e.g., sequencing, predicting, drawing conclusions,comparing and contrasting, making inferences, determining main ideas) in contextsIntroduction toStudents:This question asks you to understand a connection the author makes in the passage. Inthis question, you are asked why the author brings up the subject of flying. What is theauthor trying to say by making this connection?Think about what the author is trying to say. The author compares time travel to flying.How is time travel like flying, according to the author?If you answered A, B, or D, your answer is incorrect. Let’s talk about why. Reread the last paragraph of thepassage. How does the author make a connection between flying and time travel? Why does the author make thisconnection?In the last paragraph, why does the writer talk about flying?A. to teach us the history of flying (What is the problem with this answer? This passage is about time travel,not flying.)B. because flying is a mystery to scientists (What is the problem with this answer? Flying is not really amystery to scientists anymore.)C. to show dreams can become real Correct. The author says that time travel is a mystery to scientists now,just as flying once was. Scientists solved the mystery of flight. Now people fly around the world every day.Someday the mystery of time travel might also be solved. The dream of time travel may become real. Thisis the best answer.D. because planes can fly the speed of light (What is the problem with this answer? The author does not saywhether planes can fly at the speed of light.)LEAPGrade 4 | Teachers GuideELA | READING AND RESPONDING28