April Evaluate Part 1

How is this passage organized?

• problem and solution

• description

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

Which TWO statements about the passage best support how this passage is organized?

• The author ordered the information by listing a series of events.

• The author organized the passage by providing headings and information relating to each heading.

• The author chose to begin each paragraph with a question.

• The author arranged the information according to regions of the world.

• The author arranged the information according to different types of birds.

Why did the author most likely include the chart in the passage that lists lengths and weights of some interesting birds?

• The author wanted to compare and contrast different birds.

• The author wanted to provide the reader with additional interesting facts about birds.

• The author wanted to show the reader the order of bird sizes, from smallest to largest.

• The author wanted the reader to calculate the differences between small and large birds.

Based on information in the passage, what would an ostrich most likely do if an enemy were to threaten it?

• outsmart the predator

• ride on an air current

• pretend to sleep

• run away fast

Based on the passage, answer the following two-part question....

Why did the author label the final paragraph with the heading "Endless Possibilities"?

• The author wants the reader to know that birds will never be extinct.

• The author wants the reader to know there are many more paragraphs included in the passage.

• The author wants the reader to know that there are many interesting facts still to learn about different species of birds and other creatures.

• The author wants the reader to write the next sections of the passage.

Based on the passage, answer the following two-part question....

Read the following excerpt from the passage. Then click on the evidence that supports your answer from Part A.

• There are close to 10,000 species of birds in the world.

• From hummingbirds, the only bird able to fly backward, to falcons that can spot an object about 4 inches big from about a mile away,

• the fascinating facts you can learn about birds seem limitless.

• And that's not even beginning to consider the millions of other creatures in the animal kingdom!

Imagine your teacher has asked you to prepare a formal oral presentation of "Not Your Average Bird." Read the following excerpt from the passage. Select the statement that is the LEAST formal and should be revised.

• Albatrosses are large birds that live at sea and find their food in the open ocean.

• Unlike hens, female albatrosses only lay one egg every year.

• Albatrosses are most famous for their flying. They can fly for hours without flapping their wings.

• Still not impressed?

Imagine you are writing an opinion essay about the topic of this passage. Choose the TWO sentences that would make the best concluding statements.

• There is nothing average about birds!

• Next, we learn that the albatross can, quite amazingly, sleep while flying.

• While brown eggs are okay, I much prefer white eggs.

• Therefore, ostriches may be able to see more than they can think about.

• In a word, birds are the best!

Read the following sentence from the passage.

Some of the most fascinating facts about our feathered friends are some of the least well known.

Select the choice that best explains the meaning of the underlined word.

• interesting

• unknown

• detailed

• boring

Choose the two sentences that contain correctly written dialogue.

• "Next Thursday, we will have a science test, announced Mr. Jamison."

• "At two o'clock this afternoon, we will have an assembly in the gym," the principal said over the intercom.

• "I am looking forward to our social studies presentations, Kimmie smiled."

• "No!" my sister shouted.

• "I can't wait until lunchtime, Myah moaned, I'm starving!"