Author's Claim
What is another word for Claim?:
What is Opinion
What is a Central Idea?
What is the main point or message of a piece of text
What text structure describes a problem and then provides a solution?
What is Problem and Solution
para.16 What is the meaning of the word progress? A.) becoming less important B.) Suffering C.) Gradual improvement D.) Good health
What is C.) Gradual improvement
How does an author support their claim?
What is reasons and evidence
What is the central idea of paragraph 7?
A.) Native Americans had to hunt farther from the land. B.) It was difficult for the U.S government to take the land form the Native Americans. C.)Many bison had been killed after the transcontinental railroad was built. D.) It became difficult for Native Americans to find Bison.
What is D.) It became difficult for Native Americans to find Bison.
What text structure organizes information by presenting events in the order they happened over time?
Chronological Order
Para.4 What is the meaning of the word roamed? A.) to travel or wander freely B.) to remain in one area C.) to take over an area
What is A.) to travel or wander freely
What is the purpose of an author's claim?
What is to convey their main point and convince the reader to agree with them
Which detail is most relevant to the central idea in paragraph 7?
A.) "By 1881, 31 million bison had been killed." B.) "The effect on the Native Americans who lived there was devastating." C.)"Due to overhunting, bison began to disappear from the Great Plains." D.)"For thousands of years, the Plains tribes had lived off the land, but that became more and more difficult."
What is C.)"Due to overhunting, Bison began to disappear from the Great Plains.
Name 5 text structures
Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Description, Problem and Solution, Sequence, Chronological Order
para.4 What is the meaning of the word plentiful? A.) helpful B.) more than enough of something C.) to live
What is B.) to have more than enough of something
What is the author's claim in “The Railroad‘s Impact on Native Americans”? A.) The Transcontinental Railroad changed the lives of many Americans. B.) Treaties with the United states did not benefit the Native Americans C.) The transcontinental railroad had a “devastating” effect on Native Americans on the Great Plains?
C. the transcontinental railroad had a “devastating” effect on Native Americans on the Great Plains?
Which sentence best states the author’s central idea about the Native Americans?
A.)The Transcontinental Railroad had a negative effect on the Native Americans B.) Native Americans faced pressure to take on the American lifestyle C.) The Natives were provided with food and care after signing the treaties.
What is A.)The Transcontinental Railroad had a negative effect on the Native Americans
Which two structures does the author use to organize the text? A.) Cause and Effect B.) Compare and Contrast C.) Chronological Order D.) Problem and Solution
What is A.) Cause and Effect and C.) Chronological Order
para.7 What is the meaning of the word devastating? A.)having a big impact B.) disappointing C.) terribly harmful
What is C.) terribly harmful
What reasons and evidence from pg.23-24 support the author's claim that treaties with the United States did not benefit the Native Americans who lived on the plains? A.) The soil on the reservation was too rocky and made it very difficult for people to survive by hunting, farming, and gathering. B.) The U.S. government paid Native people money for land. C.) Due to overhunting, bison slowly disappeared from the Great Plains.
What is A.) The soil on the reservation was too rocky and made it very difficult for people to survive by hunting, farming, and gathering.
What two details support the central idea that the Transcontinental Railroad had a negative effect on the Native Americans? A.)"The U.S. government made a promise in its treaties." B.) "For thousands of years, the Plains tribes had lived off the land, but that became more and more difficult. C.)"Native Americans have less access to resources and opportunities." D.) "After the transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869, life changed for people all across the united States."
What is B.) and C.)
Read the following "Due to overhunting, bison began to disappear from the Great Plains. The effect on the Native Americans who lived there was devastating."
How does the author organize the information? A.) Problem and Solution B.) Sequence C.) Cause and Effect
What is C.) Cause and Effect
para.16 What is the meaning of the word descendants? A.) people's children and grandchildren B.)troubling times C.)Animals
What is A.)people's children and grandchildren