i-Ready Lesson 1 Part 5
Authored by Suzanne Carey
English
6th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz centers on reading comprehension and text analysis skills, specifically focusing on identifying central ideas and supporting details in nonfiction informational text. The questions are appropriate for 6th grade students and require them to demonstrate understanding of how authors structure arguments and support main points with evidence. Students must distinguish between main ideas and supporting details, analyze how specific textual evidence reinforces central themes, and understand author's word choice and literary devices. The core concepts assessed include reading for main idea versus supporting details, analyzing text structure, understanding cause and effect relationships, making inferences about author's purpose, and synthesizing information from multiple paragraphs. Students need strong analytical reading skills to identify the most important information an author conveys while distinguishing it from examples, facts, and descriptions that support but don't constitute the central message. Created by Suzanne Carey, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 6. This quiz effectively supports instruction by providing targeted practice with informational text comprehension, which forms the foundation for academic reading across all subject areas. Teachers can use this as a formative assessment to gauge student understanding of text analysis concepts before moving to more complex readings, or as review material to reinforce lessons on identifying main ideas versus supporting details. The quiz works well for individual practice, small group discussions where students defend their answer choices, or homework assignments that prepare students for upcoming assessments. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RI.6.2 (determining central ideas and providing summary of text distinct from personal opinions) and RI.6.1 (citing textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text), giving students essential practice with the analytical reading skills they need for success in middle school English language arts.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following is the best statement of the central idea of "Against All Odds: Earth's Fragile Pioneers"?
The story of the invasion of life is nearly the same everywhere in the world
Hawaii's story is unique because of the great distance life traveled to get there
The jet stream caused the wind to move away from Asia and blow right over Hawaii
Certain species, such as Hawaiian crickets, struggle and adapt to survive
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence best expresses the central idea of the entire article
One species every 70,000 years! That's the rate at which plants and animals once colonized the Hawaiian Islands
It took time but these barren new worlds risen from the sea and born of fire, finally surrendered to the slow but persistent assault of life
Remote and alone in the heart of the North Pacific, Hawaii is the most isolated island group on Earth
They had to struggle to survive on harsh Hawaii, feeding on organic debris tossed to shore by wind and wave
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CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The central idea of paragraph 3 is that wind helped bring plant and animal life to Hawaii. Which sentence from the paragraph best coneys that central idea?
Many of Hawaii's plants, spiders and insects have origins in Asia, thanks to a torrent of thin air called the jet stream, which roars across the upper atmosphere with hurricane force
Each January, the eastward-flowing jet stream makes a souhterly meander over Asia
As the wind in the jet stream moves away from Asia, it slows to a minimum of about 110 kph just over Hawaii
The entire journey can take just four hours
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CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which detail best convey the central idea of paragraph 4
Insects and seeds travel on birds that migrate or flee from storms
They great frigate bird has an impressive, two meter wingspan
eds often drop into cracks and crevices and start to root
Birds can loosen seeds and snails when they preen their feathers
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How is Hawaii plant and animal colonization different from other places?
Hawaii is different because of the incredible distances life had to travel
Hawaii is different because of the short distances life had to travel
Hawaii is different because life traveled on boats
Hawaii is different because life developed rapidly
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CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How did life get to Hawaii
wings, wind and water
boats, and birds
birds, people and wind
fire, air and water
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CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The central idea
the lesson of the story
the most important point the writer is trying to make
facts, examples reasons or descriptions that help expand the topic
the last sentence in the text
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
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