📚 Part 1: Understanding the Text

1. What is the main purpose of the text "Making the Oven Dome"?

To explain how to cook food in an oven

To give instructions for building an oven dome

To describe different types of ovens

To compare clay and brick building materials

2. Which of these words from the text means "to press down firmly"?

blend

layer

compact

arch

3. According to the text, what happens if the soil mix is too wet?

4. List the main materials needed to make an oven dome (check all that apply):

Oven mix

Water

Metal tools

Soil

Concrete

🔍 Part 2: Making Inferences and Connections

5. Why do you think it's important not to press the oven mix onto the soil form? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

6. The text mentions that the dome must be strong enough to hold heat. What building techniques described in the make it strong?

7. Connect this text to your own experience: Have you ever followed instructions to build or make something? How is building an oven dome similar to other crafting projects?

📝 Part 3: Summarising and Reflecting

8. Write a summary of the most important things in this text that will ensure the oven is strong enough to last? Use your own words and include the most important details.

9. What questions do you still have about building an oven dome after reading this text?

10. If you were teaching someone else to build an oven dome, what would be the most important advice you'd give them based on this text?