Messages in Bottles

The author wrote this selection most likely to —

• persuade the reader to try sending a message in a bottle

• tell the reader how to start a floating bottle experiment at school

• describe some examples of messages sent in bottles and tell what happened to them

• explain some of the challenges of trying to communicate with people who live across the ocean

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Paragraphs 2 and 3 are mainly about —

• rewards people have received for returning bottles that were found

• what keeps bottles with messages in them from sinking in the ocean

• bottles that have drifted in the sea and then been found

• what people write on the notes that are placed inside bottles

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What happened as a result of someone finding a bottle that had been released by students in Hawaii in 2007?

• The bottle experiment quickly spread to other schools.

• People around the world were encouraged to find pen pals.

• Students tried to send messages in bottles to their classmates.

• Two people living in different parts of the world became friends.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5