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Listen to draw conclusions and make inferences. |
this week's Leveled
Readers. See pp. 220f–220g 
| 1. | What can you conclude about Carrie's neighborhood? (Possible responses: People from lots of different cultures live there.) Draw Conclusions |
| 2. | Where does Carrie go first after her mother asks her to look for Anthony? Where does she go after that? (She looks on the street, then goes to the Diaz's house. After that, she goes to the Hua's house. ) Identify Sequence |
My stomach was grumbling. Mom was cooking dinner, and I couldn't wait to sit down and eat. "Carrie, will you go out and find Anthony—dinner is almost ready." Mom is always asking me to look for Anthony. He's my little brother, and he's such a moocher! If he's not playing ball or hopscotch, he's at a neighbor's house tasting their dinner.I walked outside and looked up and down the street. I couldn't see Anthony anywhere, so I went over to the Diaz's house. The Diaz family lives next door to us.When I walked into the kitchen, my friend Fendra Diaz and her little brother, Tito, were cooking dinner because their mom was working late. Tito was telling Fendra that she uses too much spice. Fendra said Tito was checking the pot too often, so the rice and pigeon peas would never cook. Their teenage brother, José, told them to pipe down. He wanted to watch TV.I looked in the pot to see what was cooking. The rice was bright yellow! Fendra told me that her grandmother in Puerto Rico had taught her how to cook with turmeric. Turmeric makes rice yellow. Tito gave me a taste from the cooking spoon. Boy, was it delicious! Then I asked if anyone had seen Anthony. Fendra said Anthony had been there to taste their dinner but had left to help Mrs. Hua and Mei-Li with their groceries. The Huas live on the corner, so I started to walk up the street."Carrie, wait up!" someone called. It was my friend Rajit. He was carrying three round metal boxes all clipped together. Something inside smelled delicious, so I asked him what it was. Rajit said his parents were working at their video and gift shop, so he was bringing them leftovers in a tiffin carrier.There was a big party at the Krishnamurthys' house last weekend, so Rajit's mother cooked a fancy, colorful Indian dish called biryani. It's made with peas, cashews, raisins, lots of spices, and a special kind of rice called basmati rice. I had tasted biryani at Rajit's house the last time I went out looking for Anthony.When I told Rajit that I was looking for my brother again, he said Anthony and Mei-Li were blowing bubbles out a window of the Huas' house.The Huas came from China a year ago. Mrs. Hua is just learning how to speak English. We smile at each other a lot.Mrs. Hua was steaming white rice for her family and the boarder who lives in the back room. She was also making tofu and vegetables in the wok—that's a big pan with a round bottom. Mrs. Hua always makes me sit down and eat something when I come over.continued on TR1
