Remember: A long page is many short, careful pieces. Mark your place, read a small chunk, type it, and check as you go.
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Grandma Zuri's recipeRafa's Grandma Zuri gave him her pancake recipe card to type up. It was long, with many lines: first, next, then, last. Rafa propped the card beside the keyboard and typed, his eyes jumping from card to screen. Uh oh, where was he? Was it the egg line or the stir line? He picked a line and kept going while Noodle the cat watched. Later, one line was typed twice and a whole line was missing. His big sister Odile did not laugh. She laid a ruler under the line he was typing: type one line, then slide the ruler down to the next. Her second trick was to read a small chunk, a phrase or a short sentence, then look at the screen and type just that chunk. At the end of each sentence, glance at the screen to check it matches the card. At the end of a paragraph, rest your hands and roll your shoulders.
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What did Rafa do when he lost his place?
He picked a line and kept goingHe started again from line oneHe asked the cat
2
Odile's ruler shows which line you are on.
TrueFalse
3
Odile's second trick is to read a small and type just that.
Look closely
Mark your place, type a chunk, check it.
4
The top picture is the card and the bottom is Rafa's page. What went wrong?
nothing, the page is perfectevery line was typed twiceone line was typed twice and one was skipped
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Which line of the card is missing from Rafa's page? Write its first word:
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Join each habit to what it does.
1slide a ruler under the line
2read a small chunk
3glance at the end of a sentence
4rest at the end of a paragraph
Arest your hands, roll your shoulders
Bchecks it matches the card
Cmakes small jumps for your eyes
Dkeeps your place
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Number what Rafa does for one sentence.
Slide the ruler to the next line
Read a small chunk
Type just that chunk
Glance at the screen when the sentence ends
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Circle every way to keep your place on a long page.
a finger under the linetyping the whole page from memoryticking each line as you finish itguessing which line comes nexta ruler under the line
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Rafa finished a paragraph. What should he do next?
skip the next linerest his hands and roll his shouldersstare hard at the keys
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A quick check after a sentence is easier than a long hunt later.
TrueFalse
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Stretch: read all four lines closely. Which line number says soup and thick?
Copy and write
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Copy it. Next, crack two eggs.
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Write two ways Odile's tricks keep your place on a long page.
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Answer key · Set A
Many short, careful pieces
1He picked a line and kept going He picked a line and kept going, so one line was doubled and another skipped.
2True Type one line, then slide the ruler down to the next.
3chunk A chunk is a phrase or one short sentence, so your eyes make small jumps.
4one line was typed twice and one was skipped Line 2 was typed twice, and the stir line (line 3) is missing.
5then The line that starts with Then, the stir line, was never typed.
61-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A Each habit has a job: the ruler keeps your place, a chunk makes small jumps, a glance checks, and a rest looks after your hands.
74, 1, 2, 3 Read a chunk, type it, glance at the end of the sentence, and then move the ruler on.
8a finger under the line, ticking each line as you finish it, a ruler under the line A finger, a tick and a ruler all show where you are. Memory and guessing lose your place.
9rest his hands and roll his shoulders At the end of a paragraph, rest your hands and roll your shoulders.
10True Glancing at the end of each sentence catches a slip while it is small.
114 Line 4 is the only one with soup and thick. Lines that start the same end differently, so read each one closely.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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