November 6th, 2015 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

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Directions: WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES! Choose the level that you feel you can successfully complete, but be brave and choose the level that challenges you!

Level#1

A) Saliva is a liquid that is released during chewing and wets the food and helps in the process of swallowing.

1. Explain what saliva is and what it does to help us swallow food.




2. Pony boy is one of the Outsiders, what are his two brothers names?





Level#2

A)Saliva is a liquid that is released during chewing and wets the food and helps in the process of swallowing. Saliva has an enzyme in it that is able to break down starches in food into sugar.

1. Explain what saliva is and when it is released.



2. What does it do to help us swallow the food we eat?




3. What does saliva have in it that is able to break down starches in food into sugar?



4. Pony boy is one of the Outsiders, what are his two brothers names?



5. What was Pony boy doing by himself when the book first begins?



Level#3

A) Saliva is a liquid that is released during chewing and wets the food and helps in the process of swallowing. Saliva has an enzyme in it that is able to break down starches in food into sugar. This is a form of chemical digestion  that goes on in the mouth.

 1. Explain what saliva is and when it is released.



2. What does it do to help us swallow the food we eat?




3. What does saliva have in it that is able to break down starches in food into sugar?



4. What form of digestion is the enzyme in saliva doing in your mouth?


5. Pony boy is one of the Outsiders, what are his two brothers names?



6. What was Pony boy doing by himself when the book first begins?



7) What happens to Pony boy as he is walking home in the beginning of the book?





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