RI.1.2 Mini-assessment

What is the main idea of the passage “Sticks and Bones”?

• Mary Anning was an important part of fossil history.

• Mary Anning was not part of the scientific community.

•  Fossils are the remains of things that lived long ago.

• Fossils are an important part of geology.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. 

Part A: Select two key details that support the main idea of the passage.

• Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England.

• People had found fossils before, but until Annig came along, no one in Lyme Regis really knew what they were. 

• A neighbor gave her a book on the new science of geology.

• In 1811, she found an entire skeleton beneath a cliff.

• Although she did know how to read, she had very little education.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Part B: Select the correct explanation of how the key details from Part A support the main idea of the passage.

• The key details show what Anning did after she found her first fossil.

• The key details show why fossils are part of the science of geology.

• The key details show why Anning wasn’t allowed in England’s Geological Society.

• The key details show what Anning did that was important to learning about fossils.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Fill in the circle before two sentences that should be included in a recounting of the text.

• It seems crazy today, but in Anning’s time, women were not even allowed to vote.   

• England’s Geological Society did not allow women, even as guests.

• Still, Anning gained the respect of many scientists for her work.

• She was considered an expert.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3