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Authored by John S

English

5th - 6th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Explain

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Now is the time for the people of earth to consider building a colony on the moon. While the crisis of overpopulation is not yet widespread on earth, there is no better time than the present to plan how humans might set up a civilization on the moon. Everyone reading this should contact his or her representatives in Congress and suggest funding a moon colony.
The author most likely wrote this selection to - 

Describe what its like to live on the moon. 
Entertain with a story about astronauts. 
Persuade you to consider building a colony on the moon. 
Inform you about an exciting new technological advance. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."

Persuade
Inform
Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

Persuade
Inform
Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

Persuade
Inform
Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The author instructs or tells how to do something.

entertain
fiction/literary
describe
explain

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The author writes to make the reader laugh, cry, or experience some other emotion.

entertain
inform
describe
bias

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

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