Informational Practice with Editing & Revising

Which sentence from the selection supports the idea that dogs have evolved well to be around people?

• Either way, dogs developed an uncanny ability to pick up human signals, endearing the pups to humans, scientists say.

• Other researchers say that humans manipulated every aspect of canine behavior by breeding dogs for certain traits.

• For their part, dogs love us.

• Today, there are 78.2 million owned dogs in the United States.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

The author included paragraph 10 and 11 most likely to -

• Explain in detail how dogs came to North America from Asia

• Provide information about how dogs became domesticated enough to be in North America.

• Share an idea for how dogs came to North America from Asia.

• Convey the massive changes dogs have gone through since they evolved from wolves

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read this sentence from paragraph 6.

New studies suggest that domesticated, or tamed, dogs first appeared 15,000 years ago in eastern Asia.

Which statement from the article supports the idea in this sentence?

• "But what's certain is that by 9,000 years ago, [dogs] were in America and all over Europe and Asia."

• One group of dogs developed in Europe and Asia from Asian wolves.

• Some scientists believe they have found some of the answers.

• Scientists found that the genes of the ancient American dogs were similar to the genes of dogs born in Europe and Asia.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The author wrote this selection most likely to -

• Warn dog owners of the dangers dogs bring into their lives due to having evolved from wolves

• Persuade readers to bring dogs into their lives because they’re mans best friend.

• Describe the difficult process dogs have been through to become what they are today.

• Provide information about the origins of dogs and theories on how they’ve evolved

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What does the word origin mean in paragraph 7?

• a person's background story

• a company that specializes in computer games

• a point on a number line

• the beginning of something

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

AAAWWUBBIS words are meant for which type of sentence?

• Compound

• Complex

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

FANBOYS are meant for which type of sentences?

• Compound

• Complex

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence? (Choose 2)

• "Nurse Duncan thinks it probably got misplaced during Portland Street's big repainting project, and it will turn up sooner or later."

• "I think Brendan has kind of a crush on Kimmy because he won't hear anything bad about her."

• "I've learned how to play mah-jong, and I've picked up a lot of great tips on how to grow stuff."

• "I respect that more than anything."

• "My scorn is so sharp that it jolts me back to the here and now."

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which is an example of a complex sentence? (Choose 2)

• "It would only make a miserable situation worse."

• "My friends used to act like attention from the cool people meant nothing to them because they never thought they'd get any."

• "I don't like keeping secrets from my brother, but there are some things you just can't say."

• "As I make my way through the halls, I get a sense of just how elderly some of the residents must be."

• "My grandfather is seventy-three, and he still Rollerblade's every morning."

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following are AAAWWUBBIS words?

• For, And, Nor

• When, Until, If

• But, Yet, Since

• After, As, So

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E