What is Jamal and Dana's poster about?
Listen to a Classroom Conversation · ELPAC Grade 2 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A multiple-turn conversation between two speakers, followed by three questions.
Listen to Jamal and Dana talk in class. Then answer the questions.
The Water Poster
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Jamal: Dana, our poster is about ways to save water. What should we draw first?
Dana: Let's draw someone turning off the water while they brush their teeth.
Jamal: Good idea. I can draw a short shower too, with a timer next to it.
Dana: What about the title? It has to be big so people can read it from the door.
Jamal: Your letters are neater than mine. Can you write it?
Dana: Sure. I'll use the blue marker, and you can color in the drawings.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What is Jamal and Dana's poster about?
- How to brush your teeth
- Ways to save waterCorrect answer
- How to use a timer
- Ways to make a title big
Why “Ways to save water” is correct
Jamal names the topic in his first sentence, and the drawings they plan are examples of it. A topic question asks for the big idea, not one of the examples. Ask your child whether brushing teeth and a short shower are the topic or examples of the topic.
Why the other answers are wrong
- How to brush your teeth — Turning off the water while brushing teeth is one picture on the poster, an example of saving water.
- How to use a timer — The timer goes next to the shower drawing, as a way to save water. It is not the topic.
- Ways to make a title big — The title has to be big so people can read it, but that is about the poster, not what the poster says.
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