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Multiple Choice

Which is the most specific, attention-grabbing and relevant hook for this motion and argument?

• In 2015, there were hundreds of different video games available.

• People spend lots of money each year on entertainment.

• In 2015, Americans purchased a staggering 23.5 billion dollars worth of video games.

Multiple Choice

Which is the most specific, relevant and attention-grabbing hook for this motion and argument?

• A protester, in the middle of a passionate and excited crowd of people chanting and singing, takes out their phone, films history changing, and then with a simple click of a button sends it to a reporter.

• A protester marches with a huge crowd holding homemade signs.

• A father takes out his iPhone and films his daughter before sending to his wife.

Multiple Choice

What are the reasons mentioned for moving to America?

• Economic opportunities

• Personal freedom

• Better education

• Job security

Multiple Choice

TRUE or False: Attention getters/hooks are usually between 1 and 3 sentences.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What is one of your favorite frolics? Why do you think it is important for people to have frolics?

Open Ended

Can you think of a reason why a farmer would leave plant stubble in a field?

Open Ended

Can you think of things in your life that are indispensable? What would you do without those things?

Open Ended

What are some other things you could describe as dainty? How would you take care of those dainty things?

Open Ended

Can you think of a time when your walk could be described as plodding along? How did it feel to plod along?

Open Ended

Can you think of a time when you were oblivious to someone joking with you?

Open Ended

When have you been regaled with a funny story? What was the story?

Open Ended

What advantage do you think a machine that can thresh wheat has over humans who perform the same task?

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to visualize when you read?

• to state the cause and effect

• to create a picture in your mind as you read

• to make predictions as you read

• to summarize what you read in your own words

Open Ended

How can we visualize what we read?

Multiple Choice

What does this family effort tell you about their perspective on the harvest?

• The harvest was seen as very important work for the pioneers

• They needed hay

• The family had no perspective

• The pioneers did not need the harvest

Open Ended

What do you see as you visualize the scene in paragraph 21?

Multiple Choice

How does the illustration on page 285 connect to the text?

• It shows why women were important

• Is shows work

• It shows what harvesting means

• It shows the steps for gathering bundles

Open Ended

What does visualizing this scene help you understand about the people?

Open Ended

What can you infer from paragraph 35 about the lives of farmers during harvest time?

Open Ended

Why were pioneers particularly interested in forecasting the weather?

Open Ended

What did you learn from the text?