The fever

Why did the author write this text?

• To help us understand how different diseases work

• To help us understand how nature works

• To explain what Malaria is, and why it is still spreading.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What type of organizational pattern does the author use?

• cause-and-effect organizational pattern

• Chronological Pattern

• Problem-Solution Pattern

• Compare-Contrast Patterns.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does anomalous mean?

• Important

• Unusual

• evil

• invisible

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Dis" in "disappear" is a type of

• Affix

• Prefix

• Suffix

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

The author states that malaria today still infects three hundred million people and kills one million people every year in spite of efforts to control it. What claim does this support?

• Malaria is essentially wild and untamed.

• Malaria is no longer spreading

• Malaria affects nature in a negative way

"ly" in "quickly" is a

• prefix

• affix

• suffix

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

In the text, the author discusses Barnacles. Why?

• Their way of life is opposite to Plasmodium's life.

• They develop to adulthood in the same way as Plasmodium

• They are parasites, just like Plasmodium

• She does this because they are common in nature.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Ent" in the word "Malevolent" is a

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Affix

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A