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Study Guide "Gross Jobs"

 

Define these vocabulary words.

1. Flee

2. Flexible 

3. Vital 

4. install 

 

Directions: Please answer the following by restating. 

5. What is the genre of the story?

6. List three jobs that keep our community safe and clean (using an oxford comma)? 

7. What would happen if no one cleaned the refrigerator or bathroom?  

 

Directions: Describe the job of each person and write a quote of something a person at this job would say. 

 

Example: Security guard- protects and guards a building from intruders. The security guard said, “Can I see your identification.” 

 

 

Description of the job 

Quote a person with this job would say 

8. Plumber 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Trash Collector 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Custodian 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Pest Control Specialist 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classify the following words into the correct category.

desk   bus    airplane   table   pencil   magazine   crayon   book   

dresser   newspaper   marker   subway

12. Furniture -

13. Things You Can Draw - 

14. Things You Can Read -

15. Forms of Transportation - 

 

Short Answer:

16. What do custodians do? What would happen without them?

 

Comprehension: 

- What is the genre of the story?

- What is the suthor's purpose?

- Why do insects go into buildings?

- Which best describes all jobs?

- What is the greatest danger of clogged pipes

- Where does your trash go once it's picked up by the trash collector?

- Which job uses the tool "snake?"

- What is the main idea of the story?