What is a central idea (also called the "main idea")

• a central idea is the conclusion of the article.

• a central idea is the title of the article.

• a central idea is what the article is mostly about.

• a central idea is a sentence located in the exact center of the article.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the central idea of this passage (what the writer is saying about the topic) ?

Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.

• the central idea is that summer is a wonderful time at West Beach.

• the central idea is that the beach is full of purple starfish.

• the central idea is that the beach has light-colored, soft sand.

• the central idea is that the coastline is very long.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

What does it mean to use textual evidence?

• it means using zero information to support your claim, and just hoping nobody will fact-check anything you're writing.

• it means using clues to unmask the mysterious culprit.

• Scooby Doo

• it means using information from the text to support a claim you are making about it.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.9A

What is an inference?

• an educated guess or conclusion

• a random, baseless opinion

• a furnace where students burn boring homework

• a word that describes a verb

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

You open the door to walk outside and there are banana peels all over the ground, standing perfectly upright. What is a reasonable inference you could make about this situation?

• There was a farmer's market outside your house, and the merchants accidently left the peels behind.

• The sky is raining bananas.

• Someone put them there to make you slip.

• A monkey escaped from the zoo and dropped them by accident.

What are the first-person pronouns?

• he/she/it, him/her/it, his/hers/its, himself/herself/itself

• I, me, mine, my, myself

• you, you, your, yours, yourself

What are third-person pronouns?

• he/she/it, him/her/it, his/hers/its, himself/herself/itself

• I, me, my, mine, myself

• you, you, your, yours, yourself

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

What point of view is this written in?

She finished her cereal then fell asleep.

• Second person

• First person

• Third person

What point of view is this written in?

I hate pizza - it's my least favorite food.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• Weird person

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CCSS.RI.7.6

What does it mean to compare two things?

• To determine how they are similar.

• To determine how they are different.