How to Press a Flower

Questions

1. Sequence What is the first step?

   Wait about two weeks before opening the book. Lay the flower flat between two sheets of paper. Pick a flower that is dry, with no dew or rain on it. Close it inside the heavy book.
2. Sequence What is the last step?

   Wait about two weeks before opening the book. Lay the flower flat between two sheets of paper. Stack more books on top. Pick a flower that is dry, with no dew or rain on it.
3. Sequence What do you do right after this step: "Close it inside the heavy book."

   Pick a flower that is dry, with no dew or rain on it. Lay the flower flat between two sheets of paper. Wait about two weeks before opening the book. Stack more books on top.
4. Cause and effect Why do you do this step: "Lay the flower flat between two sheets of paper."

   So it doesn't stick to the book's pages. So the seed touches the damp soil. So the straw can slide along it. So the seeds have something to stick to.
5. Details Which of these do you need?

   three or four kinds of fruit two sheets of paper one sheet of paper a butter knife
6. Author's purpose Why did the author write this text?

   to explain how to wash germs off your hands to describe an animal to explain how to make a simple bird feeder to explain how to dry and flatten a flower to keep it
7. Text features Why are the steps numbered?

   to count the materials to show the order to do them in to show how long each step takes to show which step is most important

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