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What Is Candy Corn, And How Is It Made - Vale Middle School

Vale Middle School Reading Article

What is Candy Corn, and How is it Made? (1120L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.

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Notes on my thoughts,

What is Candy Corn, and How is it Made?

reactions and questions as I

read:

Every Halloween, bags of triangle-shaped, yellow, orange and white candies fill

trick-or-treat bags all over the country. And there are many bags to fill:

According to the National Confectioners Association, candy companies will

produce nearly 35 million pounds of the corny candy this year. That's about 9

billion individual kernels of corn.

Candy corn is a sweet replicate of dried corn kernels. It's considered a "mellow

cream," a name for a type of candy made from corn syrup and sugar that has a

marshmallow-like flavor. Although candy corn tastes rich, it's actually fat-free.

Most people know the traditional candy corn with three stripes -- yellow at the

bottom, orange at the center and white at the top -- but it also comes in a variety

of other colors and flavors depending on the holiday:

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Brown, orange, and white Indian corn (the brown section is chocolate-

flavored) for Thanksgiving

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Green, white and red Reindeer corn for Christmas

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Pink, red and white Cupid corn for Valentine's Day

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Pastel-colored Bunny corn for Easter

The traditional variety is most popular in the fall -- especially around Halloween.

Watson, S. What is candy corn, and how is it made? Available at October 10, 2012.

What Is Candy Corn, And How Is It Made - Vale Middle School