Genre
Cause/Effect Text Structure
Point of View
Words in Context
Central Idea
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What genre are the texts that you just read? How do you know?
Non-Fiction!
Tells facts and dates, has text features
100
What are three different words/phrases that authors use to show a cause-effect relationship?
Any of these work:
As a result
Effects
Changes
Causes
This is because
100
What does point of view mean?
An author's opinions about a topic.
100
Name a strategy that you could use to figure out the meaning of a word you don't know (googling doesn't count!)
Use context clues (read before and after the word)
Break the word apart into words you know (add prefixes and suffixes change meaning)
100
What does "Central Idea" mean?
What the text is mostly about,
What an author is trying to teach you about a topic.
200
What is a text feature? Someone on your team needs to find one and point to it while you tell the definition!
Extra info like pictures, graphs, data tables, captions...
Teaches reader more info in a way that grabs their attention!
200
True or False:
According to the author of Passage 1, is this the RESULT of a growing demand for fish?
More than 40 percent of all fish produced for food come from fish farms.
TRUE
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Which of the following states the author’s point of view on fish farms?
A. “Hunting trips didn’t always result in food brought back to the community.”
B. “The tanks help farmers provide an exact amount of food.”
C. “Despite these problems, we will surely see more fish farms in the future.”
D. “Around the world, most fish farming occurs in lakes and ponds or in the ocean.”
C. “Despite these problems, we will surely see more fish farms in the future.”
200
Which word best helps the reader understand the meaning of "Consistent" in paragraph 1?
Long ago, people depended on hunting for food. Later they settled in some places and began farming. Farming usually provided a more consistent food supply. Hunting trips didn’t always result in food brought back to the community. Farming gave people more control over their food.
A. settled
B. result
C. reliable
D. control
D. Control
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3.
How does the graph support a main idea of the passage?
A. It shows that the amount of fish produced by fish farms has grown steadily since 1990.
B. It shows that total fish farm production is measured in metric tons.
C. It shows that fish farming wasn’t as important in 2015 as it was in 1990.
D. It shows that fish farming became a major source of food worldwide in only twenty-five years.
D. It shows that fish farming became a major source of food worldwide in only twenty-five years.
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Which statement is supported by the information in the graph?
A.There were no fish farms in the world before 1995.
B.The number of fish farms has doubled since 1990.
C.In 2015, there were more than 70 million fish farms in the world.
D.In 2010, the world produced nearly 60 million metric tons of farmed fish.
D.In 2010, the world produced nearly 60 million metric tons of farmed fish.
300
True or False:
According to the author of Passage 1, is this the RESULT of a growing demand for fish?
Fish are used for other purposes besides food.
FALSE: This is another CAUSE of the demand for fish, not an effect.
300
Which statement best describes the point of view of BOTH authors?
A. Fish farming is not yet a perfect process
B. Fish farming tanks is better than in nets or cages
C. Fish that are farmed in Asia cannot be properly inspected
D. Fish Farming is growing worldwide and cannot be controlled
A. Fish farming is not yet a perfect process
300
Read the sentence from paragraph 3.
“For example, precise feeding is an important component of successful fish farming.”
Which phrase best helps the reader understand the meaning of the word component in paragraph 3?
Fish farmers grow fish in a number of ways. Some use large indoor tanks that allow them to control all the factors in the process. For example, precise feeding is an important component of successful fish farming. The tanks help farmers provide an exact amount of food. Any uneaten food can be collected and reused. The tanks can be cleaned of fish waste after each use. There is also no danger of fish escaping into wild waters. They cannot spread diseases to wild fish or take over their habitats.
A. “factors in the process”
B. “successful fish farming”
C. “uneaten food”
D. “fish waste”
A. “factors in the process”
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How does the author of Passage 2 support the main idea of paragraph 2? (Look for evidence that supports the main idea).
A. By describing the polluted conditions that some fish farms are raised in.
B. By detailing factors that might make some seafood imports unsafe.
C. By praising the efforts of officials who inspect seafood imports
D. By explaining how some substances can increase fish growth.
B. By detailing factors that might make some seafood imports unsafe.
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How do the points of view of the authors of "A Crop for New Farmers" and "Congress should Demand Regulation of Imported Seafood" differ?
. The author of passage 1 believes that we get an increasing amount of our seafood from fish farms
B. The author of Passage 1 thinks the government should encourage the creation of more fish farms
C. The author of Passage 2 worries that escaped fish from fish farms will crowd out native species
D. The author of Passage 2 wants stricter regulations on the importation of seafood from Asia
D. The author of Passage 2 wants stricter regulations on the importation of seafood from Asia
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What does prohibited mean as it is used in paragraph 2? (Text: Congress should Demand the Regulation of Imported Seafood)
a. paid for
b. not allowed
c. produced
d. widely used
b. not allowed