03/09- "Dead Sea Scrolls"

How does paragraph 1 prepare readers for the rest of the account?

• It describes how the scrolls were discovered.

• It introduces the scrolls and suggests their importance.

• It explains that the scrolls are really documents.

• It describes what scholars learned from the scrolls.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Read these sentences from paragraph 2.

Over the next decade, ten other caves containing manuscripts were found in the Judean Desert. Archeologists also excavated the ruins of Qumran, not far from the caves.

How does this information fit into the overall structure of the account?

• It continues the chronology of events in paragraph 1.

• It answers the question of the manuscripts' origins.

• It compares the desert caves to the ruins of Qumran.

• It shows what caused archeologists to excavate the ruins.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How do paragraphs 3 and 4 support a key idea of the account?

• They explain why the scrolls are so important.

• The show just how old the scrolls really are.

• They demonstrate how the scrolls are used by scholars.

• THe prove that the scrolls are as important as the Bible.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which graphic best represents the text structure of the informational text "The Dead Sea Scrolls"?

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Explain why the author includes paragraph 5 in the account?

Answer explanation

Follow Restate and answer (no details if there is no space)

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3