Pumpkin Weighing 2,350 Pounds Wins California Contest

Worksheet by Rebekah Cole
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ELA
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5
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ENG
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"Being cooped up at home due to the pandemic really paid off for a Minnesota teacher. He used the extra time to constantly water and feed a huge pumpkin. The pumpkin won this year's Half Moon Bay pumpkin contest."In this paragraph, what does cooped up mean? living like a chicken being outside being kept inside of a place Gienger, age 40, then drove his enormous pumpkin for 35 hours to Half Moon Bay, California. The city is south of San Francisco. The town hosts a pumpkin festival each year. This was the 47th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, and Gienger's pumpkin won. It weighed in at 2,350 pounds.In this paragraph, what does enormous mean? medium-size very large very small Gienger says the trip was nerve-wracking because with every bump on the road he thought, Is it going to make it? He finally arrived and his was the last one to be weighed. "Oh, my gosh, it's been incredible!" Gienger said.In this paragraph, what does nerve-wracking mean? causing stress or anxiety chill full of happiness

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