Relevant/Irrelevant information

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: Dogs are better than cats.

• Dogs are quicker to train in a household.

• Dogs are more lovable than cats.

• Dogs are always happy to see their owners.

• Dogs are clumsy and shed their hair everywhere in the house.

• Dogs are more adventurous than cats.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: The driving age should be lowered.

• Lowering the driving age would make teens more responsible.

• Newer, young drivers are twice as likely to cause car accidents than older, experienced drivers.

• Teens have much better eyesight when they are younger, which would help their driving.

• Teens can get jobs at a younger age because their parents won't have to drive them.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

Select the RELEVANT evidence for this claim: Schools should start later in the morning.

• Students would be more awake in class for getting more sleep in the mornings.

• Schools would get out later in the day, which gives students less time to complete homework or after school activities.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: School buses should require all students to wear a seat belt.

• In case of an accident, students will stay safe in their seats.

• Students would not be able to exit the bus as quickly in case of a car accident or fire if they had seatbelts on.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

Select the RELEVANT evidence for this claim: Children should be given allowance for doing chores.

• Earning money for chores will help children learn responsibility very early in life.

• Children can become irresponsible by spending all of the money they earn right away.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Select the RELEVANT evidence for this claim: Students should spend 3 weeks during summer preparing for the upcoming school year.

• Students and teachers will spend less time reviewing old material and more time learning new information at the beginning of the school year.

• Families will be able to spend more time on vacation before the school year starts.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: Schools should require all students to be involved in after-school activities.

• After-school activities will help students be opened up to many job opportunities.

• Students may not have the time after school for activities due to homework or at-home responsibilities.

• Activities will help students with social skills as they learn how to do activities with other students.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

Select the IRRELEVANT pieces of evidence for this claim (CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE): Schools should require students to wear uniforms.

• Families would save money by not buying as many clothes for school.

• Uniforms are expensive.

• Students would not be able to express individuality at school.

• Students would not break the dress code at school.

• Students would not bully others for their clothing.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

Select the RELEVANT pieces of evidence for this claim (CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE): Students should not be able to have phones in school.

• Phones cause distractions in classrooms.

• Phones are essential in case of emergencies at school.

• Phones create access to cyberbullying in school.

• Phones help students look up information in the classroom.

• Phones help students cheat in classrooms.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

This paragraph is about the life and reproduction of the queen termite. Which sentence is irrelevant?`

• The longest-lives creature in the insect world is the queen termit (ant).

• She has been known to live for 50 years.

• During that time, the queen can lay over 30,000 eggs each day.

• So in her 50 years of life, it is possible for her to give birth to half a billion children.

• Some termite hills can be over six meters high.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.2