Common Lit Kindness Kahoot

PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?

• Most people are kind towards others without realizing they are actually being selfish, as they expect something in return.

• People are only ever truly kind when they do something good for someone else without receiving anything in return.

• The brain recognizes acts of kindness as rewarding because positive social interactions are an important part of human survival.

• Showing kindness towards others can improve your mood through positive interactions and reinforcing the notion that you're a good person.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• "We know that deciding to be generous or cooperating with others activates an area of the brain called the striatum. Interestingly this area responds to things we find rewarding." (Paragraph 2)

• "Doing a kind act to make someone who is sad feel better can also make us feel good - partly because we feel the same relief they do and partly because we are putting something right." (Paragraph 7)

• "For example, an animal-lover could rescue a bird, an art lover could donate to a gallery or a retired teacher could volunteer at an after-school group." (Paragraph 10)

• "Work on the psychology of kindness shows that one out of several possible motivations is reciprocity, the returning of a favor." (Paragraph 11)

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

How does paragraph 1 contribute to the author's explanation of kindness in the text?

• It shows how people have conflicting opinions about why people are kind.

• it introduces the idea that being kind to others makes us feel good.

• It emphasizes the idea that people are kind more often than we realize.

• It highlights the darker motivations for why people are kind.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the author's main purpose of the text?

• To encourage readers to be kinder to one another.

• To emphasize the disadvantages of only being concerned with yourself.

• To explore the different explanations for why being kind makes us happy.

• To suggest that humans are kind for largely selfish reasons.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6