Lesson 5

Which sentence is the main idea?

• Many companies began making computer video games.

• Spacewar! helped introduce computer games to the world.

• Spacewar! showed what a computer could do.

• Pong was invented by electrical engineers.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

Which three are key details that support the main idea?

• Spacewar! showed what a computer could do and was fun to play.

• Pong was so successful, Bushnell started a company to make and sell it.

• Many companies began making computer video games.

• Stars and gravity were added to make the game more realistic.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

Which of these details is not important enough to include in a summary of the article?

• Spacewar!, the worlds first video game, began the age of electronic games.

• Games were ideal for exploring what computers could do.

• Space Invaders, Asteroids, Sea Wolf, and Carnival were all arcade games.

• Spacewar! was too difficult for most people to play.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

Part A

Which sentence best summarizes key details in paragraph 8?

• Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney designed Computer Space.

• Dabney's and Bushnell's failure with Computer Space led them to create pong, which was successful.

• Computer Space was not a hit with game players.

• Games created by the Atari company were ideal for discovering the intelligence of computers.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

Part B

Which sentence from the passage best supports your answer to Part A?

• "About the same time, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, two electrical engineers, designed the games Computer Space."

• "Bushnell described the game as a cosmic dogfight between a spaceship and a flying saucer."

• "An expert on arcade games, Bushnell matched the excitement of table tennis with the fun of a pinball machine."

• "Pong was so successful that Bushnell founded the Atari company to manufacture and sell the game."

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.8

Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

Spacewar! proved too bulky and complicated for the average person to play. For years, it remained a researcher's game.

What does the word average mean as it is used in the sentence?

• younger

• ordinary

• outstanding

• important

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CCSS.L.4.4A