A Whale of a Rescue

Read the following sentence:

"Swimming in stormy seas can exhaust some animals. Their exhaustion will make them disoriented." Which organizational structure BEST shows how the two sentences of the text are related?

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem solution

• compare and contrast

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How are the following two paragraphs connected?

One time, in Feb. 2011, not just one whale, but 82 were stranded! For reasons unknown, 82 whales became stranded.

The Department of Conservation of New Zealand, along with over 100 volunteers, came to the rescue. They worked all weekend long to get the animals back into the water. All 17 made it.

• One is the cause. The other is the effect.

• One tells about a kind of whale. The other compares another kind of whale to it.

• The first one happens first. The second one happens next.

• One shows a problem. The other shows the solution.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Why didn't the volunteers move the stranded whales back into the water?

• The whales weighed too much.

• There were too many whales to save.

• Moving whales causes them too much stress.

• The whales were sick and exhausted.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Read the following sentences.

"Swimming in stormy seas can exhaust some animals. Their exhaustion will make them disoriented."

What is the most likely reason the author wrote these sentences?

• to explain why the whales were stranded

• to tell why scientists study whales

• to show how seas can be stormy

• to point out that whales can get sick

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the main ideas of the second paragraph?

• There are many reasons why whales come out of the water onto the shore.

• Whales come out of the water when they are sick.

• Whales need to be rescued when they come onto the shore.

• Storms and weather patterns can make whales tired and exhausted.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What is one reason why whales get stuck?

• Whales become stranded on a beach in New Zealand.

• Whales try to find food on the shore.

• Whales can get stuck when the water is shallow and the tide is outgoing.

• Whales can be in pain.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which sentence from the passage describes the photo at the bottom of the article?

• One time, in February 2011, not just one whale, but 82 were stranded!

• Instead, the volunteers cared for the whales on the shore while waiting for the high tides to return.

• "New evidence suggests that moving stranded whales causes them a lot of stress and pain," Department of Conservation ranger Simon Walls told a local newspaper.

• Imagine walking along the beach and stopping now and then to pick up an interesting shell.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Whales that get stranded on the beach are in danger.

• In February 2011, in New Zealand, there were 82 pilot whales stranded on the beach.

• Whales cannot live on land or on the beach; they belong in the deeper waters.

• Volunteers help 82 stranded whales while they were stranded on the beach.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2