Integrate Information from Two Texts

Integrating Information

RI.3.9: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

Let's practice integrating information by comparing and contrasting

Read the text and then answer the questions

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences uses information from BOTH paragraphs?

• Anne Frank wrote about her experiences hiding from the Nazis.

• Anne and her family concealed themselves behind bookshelves.

• Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who grew up in Germany.

• Anne Frank loved to write and had her journal published.

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from "Marie Curie: Life and Death" : "...Marie became sick and eventually died from being overexposed to radiation..." What evidence from "Marie Curie: The Radium Queen" supports that Curie was overexposed to radiation?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence most accurately combines the information from both passages about the Wright Brothers?

Multiple Choice

Put the following events in chronological order:

A. Rachel Carson published Under the Wind.

B. Rachel Carson published Silent Spring

C. Rachel Carson published The Sea Around Us

• A, B, C

• C, B, A

• A, C, B

• C, A, B

Multiple Choice

Which sentence most accurately combines information from both paragraphs about Benjamin Franklin?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences accurately combines information from both passages?

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from "Honest Abe": "Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, and his proclamation ensured that all Southern slaves would be freed." What evidence from "The Civil War President" supports that Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery?

Multiple Choice

Put the following events in chronological order.

A. Thomas Edison founded the General Electric Company

B. Thomas Edison worked as a telegraph operator.

C. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph

D. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

• D, C, A, B

• C, D, B, A

• A, B, D, C

• B, C, D, A

Multiple Choice

Put the following events in chronological order:

A. Early humans began making stone tools.

B. Early humans began hunting and gathering.

C. Early humans began walking on two legs.

D. Early humans first started using fire.

• B, D, A, C

• C, A, D, B

• B, A, D, C

• C, A, B, D

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from "Types of Burns": "Severe burns should never be treated by anyone other than a professional." What evidence from "Burn Dos and Don'ts" supports the idea that an inexperienced person should not treat a severe burn?