Unit 3 Week 4 Comprehension

ESOL Biweekly Unit 5 Week 4

Author's Point of View

Multiple Select

Read the sentence from the letter.

This is what happens when trash is improperly thrown away.

If properly means “correctly,” what does the word improperly mean?

A

B

C

D

• knowing the correct way

• not done in a correct way

• knowing how to correct something

Multiple Select

This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Which sentence best explains the author’s point of view

on teaching people not to litter?

• Everyone should help decorate the city.

• We should not worry about people who litter.

• The city should get involved to help stop littering.

Multiple Select

Part B: Which sentence from the letter best supports your

answer in part A?

• “We need to start a city program to clean up the litter.”

• “One group called the Trash Masters picks up trash along its

  island’s roads.”

• “In Philadelphia, they say ‘UnLitter Us.’”

Multiple Select

Which text evidence supports the author’s view that picking up

litter is only one solution to litter? Pick two choices.

• “People have joined together in other places to pick up litter.”

• “Litter can dirty our water and harm wildlife and the places

  where animals live.”

• “We should also keep people from littering in the first place.”

Multiple Select

This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Read the sentence from the letter.

If we are unsuccessful in stopping litter, our city will no longer be a

great place to live.

What does the word unsuccessful most likely mean?

• Something has failed.

• Something has ended.

• Something has spread.

Multiple Select

Part B: Which word has the same suffix as the word unsuccessful?

• accessed

• careful

• recesses

Multiple Select

Which sentence state the author's point of view?

• Caring for our environment is important.

• People can start a program to stop littering.

• The city could provide more trash cans on streets.