Generalization

What is a generalization?

• A fact

• An opinion

• What a passage is mostly about

• A broad statement about a subject based on information, observations, and experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which statement is a generalization?

• A cheeseburger is made with meat and cheese.

• Many kids love to eat cheeseburgers.

• Cheeseburgers are the best food.

• My brother doesn't like cheeseburgurs

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

What is the clue word in the following generalization?

Most government buildings are closed on holidays.

• Most

• Are

• Closed

• Government

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CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the clue word in the following generalization?

Few kids prefer vegetables to fruits.

• Prefer

• To

• Few

• Kids

What is the clue word in the following generalization? Teachers typically grade papers over the weekend.

• Over

• Typically

• Grade

• Weekend

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which words signal a generalization?

• is, am, are, was, were

• all, most, usually, never

• alike, different, same, difference

• like, hate, love, agree, disagree

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CCSS.L.7.4A

1824: The first public high school for girls opens in Massachusetts.

1837: A college in Ohio becomes the first to admit female students.

1849: The first female doctor graduates from university.

1869: Wyoming becomes the first state to grant women the right to vote.

What generalization can be made from this information?

• Wyoming and Ohio respect women's rights.

• Women should have been able to vote much earlier.

• Many milestones in women rights occurred in the 1800s

• Massachusetts paved the way for women's education.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

A blue whale can reach lengths of 100 feet. That is almost as long as 3 school buses in a line. Blue whales are thought to be one of the biggest animals that ever lived on Earth. What generalization can be made from this information?

• Blue Whales are the kings of the ocean.

• The size of the Blue Whale is very impressive!

• No animal is larger than the blue whale.

• Blue Whales typically grow to be very large.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

In 1905 an eleven-year-old Frank Epperson was mixing powdered soda and water to make soda pop. Frank accidentally left the mixing bucket outside. During the night the mixture froze solid, with the wooden stirring stick standing straight up. But the frozen pop tasted great!

What generalization can be made from this information?

• Some of our favorite foods were discovered by accident.

• The popsicle was invented in 1905.

• Frank Epperson was the most famous inventor of the 1900s.

• All popsicles are made in mixing buckets.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

When you make a statement about all or most of the people or things together

• Opinion

• Judge

• Rude

• Generalization