Daily reading: central ideas and inferencing week 2
name:
day 1
you may have heard the sayings "spring forward" and "fall back”. these sayings are
references to the time change known as daylight saving time. daylight saving time is
observed in many different places throughout the world including the united states,
canada, australia and many countries in europe. countries began temporarily switching to
daylight saving time during world war i and world war ii. the rationale behind the move
was that people would use less resources such as coal, if it stayed lighter outside later in
the day. in the united states, the permanent adoption of daylight saving time occurred in
1966, but not every state participates. the actual resource saving benefits of the time
change are inconclusive, but many people do enjoy the extra daylight after work or school.
1. what is the central idea of the 2. what inference can be made 3. write a sentence from the
passage?
about resources during world passage that supports your
wars i & ii?
answer to #2
a. daylight saving time began
temporarily, but is now
a. daylight was scarce during
permanent in many countries. the wars.
b. daylight saving time was b. resources such as coal were
popular when it started in
scarce during the wars.
world war i.
there were not any actual
c. in the united states, daylight shortages during the wars.
saving time began in 1966.
c.
what is the central idea of the passing?