Explaining an Author's Reasons and Evidence

Explaining an Author's Reasons and Evidence

Lesson 19

Our Mission!

• Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text

• Identify which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

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Read to determine the reasons and evidence the author uses to support her point!

Multiple Choice

Part A

Which statement below provides a reason the author uses in paragraph 2 to support her main point about settling on the moon?

• Regolith can destroy the lungs of humans living there.

• The Moon's surface is a dangerous environment for life,

• Temperatures vary because of the lack of atmosphere

• Radiation from the Sun's rays is likely to make colonists ill.

Multiple Select

Part B

Choose three pieces of evidence from paragraph 2 that support your answer in Part A

• "radiation would sicken any colonists"

• "lack of atmosphere"

• "Without a thick, Earth-like atmosphere"

• "not an easy place for life to thrive"

• "temperatures to vary greatly"

Multiple Choice

What is the best synonym for the word "settle" as it is used in the title:

"Should We Settle the Moon?"

• rest

• explore

• garden

• colonize

Multiple Choice

What word in paragraph 1 is a clue to the meaning of the word "feasible"?

• spectacular

• possible

• colony

• exploration

Multiple Choice

Why does more radiation from the sun reach the Moon's surface than the Earth's surface?

• The Moon doesn't have thick atmosphere to filter the sun's rays.

• The Moon's temperature varies greatly.

• The Earth's radiation blocks radiation from the sun.

• The Earth has insurance through StateFarm and the Moon doesn't.