Main Idea
School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time.
This passage is mostly about?
a. popular fashions being expensive
b. school uniforms being a good idea.
c. students working many hours at jobs.
d. teens enjoying wearing uniforms.
School uniforms being a good idea
Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
The best summary of this passage is:
Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
Jill loves Mexican food.
The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin
Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
An instructional booklet describing how to operate an MP3 player
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Inform
Little Johnny Wiggins fell down a well on the farm. His family looked for him. Finally, at sundown, Mr. Wiggins found Johnny. He had been trapped in the well for three hours.
CAUSE: Johnny Wiggins fell down a well.
What was the EFFECT?
He was trapped for three hours.
His mother found him at sundown.
He was visiting the farm
He was trapped for three hours
"Brody, I gave you a map so you could teach your team how to navigate around the ship," the captain said. "If you had followed orders, you would have had no problem responding quickly.
Which words help the reader know what the word navigate means?
to participate in
around the ship
had no problem
teach your team
around the ship
Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked.
This author believes that:
Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.
Gorillas don't like other animals.
Gorillas are mean animals
Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals
Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy.
The best summary of this passage is:
Ants carry many things.
Some ants may bite you.
Ants are hard workers.
Some ants help take care of the queen
Ants are hard workers.
A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself.
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Entertain
Jessica wanted to be a dancer. She knew that dancers must work every day. She took dance lessons every Tuesday. She practiced a few hours each day.
EFFECT: Jessica practiced every day.
What was the CAUSE?
She worked hard on Tuesdays.
She took lessons every day.
She wanted to be a dancer.
She wanted to be a dancer
4. LEGO creates building sets for children of all ages. These sets contain intricate parts that are more detailed and challenging to put together.
Which of the following words from the paragraph help the reader understand the meaning of intricate?
detailed and challenging
larger and easier
is understandable
different-shaped
detailed and challenging
What is the word that means:“The main message of the text or a lesson about human behavior; a life lesson"?
Central Idea
Theme
Moral
Lesson
Theme
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The best summary of this passage is:
There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
There are a lot of cows in Texas.
There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
The memoir a professional athlete who tells about his trials and tribulations while trying to make it to the NFL.
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Entertain
It is a good idea to lock your door at night. Mr. Griswold forgot to lock his door last Monday. When he returned home, he found that his new T.V. set had been stolen.
EFFECT: Mr. Griswold's T.V. was stolen.
What was the CAUSE?
He went to a show every Monday.
He forgot to lock his door.
It was very late.
He forgot to lock his door
Ben is so APPREHENSIVE about appearing in the play that he has an upset stomach.
thrilled
modest
bored
nervous
nervous
What is the word that means:“Proof from the text used to support your ideas and arguments”?
Text Evidence
Cite
Inference
Analysis
Text Evidence
As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy. The best summary of this passage is...
Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.
Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt.
Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house.
The quilt was warm
Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt
A politician's speech about how health insurance should be provided to all families
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Persuade
Double Jeopardy!!!!
Name the red part of the sentence.
Carlos fell asleep in the car because he went to bed late last night.
Cause
Effect
Cause
The continents are slowly drifting apart. Since they are not stationary, North and South America will one day separate entirely.
What does stationary mean?
Paper to write letters with
Staying in one place
Land
Melting quickly
staying one place
what are the steps to determine the central idea in a nonfiction text?
A. Use basic text features: Ex: HEADING of the passage. SUBHEADINGS. Although some subheadings convey supporting details, so be careful! 2.Determine the Text Structure:
B. Read the title
C. Read the first sentence and the last sentence in the story.
Use basic text features: Ex: HEADING of the passage. SUBHEADINGS. Although some subheadings convey supporting details, so be careful! 2.Determine the Text Structure:
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Books lay in the middle of his floor. Several broken toys were shoved halfway under the bed, and dirty clothes were everywhere. Frank's parents kept telling him to clean his room, but it never seemed to get clean. In fact, if Frank did manage to clean part of it, the rest of the room just got messier. In one corner of the room was an old peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and an open bag of potato chips was thrown on the dresser.
Frank's room was a mess.
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich was in one corner of the room.
Frank liked potato chips.
Frank got in big trouble because his room was not clean.
Frank's room was a mess.
A pamphlet urging people not to eat animals or use products made from animals or animal suffering because the author thinks that is cruel and unnecessary
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Persuade
Policeman sometimes use dogs to help them in their line of work. Dogs have a good sense of smell. this makes them useful in tracking down outlaws. Dogs can also help find stolen goods.
CAUSE: Dogs have a good sense of smell.
What was the EFFECT?
They are good at stealing.
They work for outlaws.
They can track down outlaw
They can track down outlaws.
Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her dignity, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site.
What does the word dignity mean?
self-worth
hatred
anger
laziness
self-worth