from Storytelling Assessment

The author wrote this selection to ---

• encourage people to start telling their own stories

• present the ways storytelling impacts the world

• explain the educational qualities of stories

• persuade people to read books about storytelling

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Mark each statement that represents a controlling idea.

• Stories are told all around the world.

• Storytelling is an important part of being human.

• Stories serve people and communities in positive ways.

• Storytelling is a way to teach good listening schools

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Mark each statement that represents a supporting detail.

• Stories are told all around the world.

• Storytelling is an important part of being human.

• Stories serve people and communities in positive ways.

• Storytelling is a way to teach good listening schools

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which phrase from paragraph 2 helps readers understand the meaning of universal?

• story has begun

• something deep within

• no known culture without

• the craving to know

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Paragraph 3 is important to the selection because it ---

• explains where in the world storytelling can be encountered

• lists examples of the type of people who tell stories

• suggests that stories may have hidden meanings

• gives an idea of how storytelling can be defined

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What feature of paragraph 6 helps the author support her idea?

• The point of view of the spider story

• The description of the storyteller

• The specific example of how a story can teach leaders

• The suggestion that being greedy is a negative behavior

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The author organizes information in paragraphs 7 and 8 to ---

• explain the ways in which storytelling delivers information

• suggests that groups that rely on storytelling are rare

• demonstrate the various historical uses of storytelling

• contrast how different groups of people use storytelling

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The author of the selection plans to add the following ideas to the end of paragraph 9.

Many folktales include moral advice.

The folktale genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.

How can she combine the ideas into one complete sentence that correctly represents how the ideas are created?

• Even though many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.

• While many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.

• Because many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.

• Until many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which two words in paragraph 11 help the reader understand the meaning of adversity in paragraph 11?

• growth

• anger

• battling

• show

• demons

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the response in the picture. What revision should be made to the response?

• Change this to that

• Change and to or

• Change tell to told

• Change has to have

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10