Unit 1- Better Than Words & OMG, Not Another Selfie
Authored by Jill Jansen
English
6th Grade
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This quiz addresses digital literacy and media analysis within the context of selfies and social media culture, specifically designed for 6th grade English Language Arts students. The questions assess reading comprehension skills through close reading of informational texts, requiring students to identify main ideas, analyze author's purpose, evaluate evidence types, and understand vocabulary in context. Students must demonstrate their ability to synthesize information from multiple sources, as evidenced by questions comparing perspectives on selfies as both narcissistic behavior and legitimate self-expression. The quiz also integrates grammar instruction through context-based questions about commonly confused words like "there/their/they're." Core concepts include distinguishing between fact and opinion, identifying author bias and persuasive techniques, understanding how technology impacts artistic expression, and analyzing how digital communication affects real-world relationships. Created by Jill Jansen, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 6. This quiz serves multiple instructional purposes in the middle school English classroom, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool to gauge student comprehension after reading paired texts about selfie culture and social media impact. Teachers can deploy this as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge about digital citizenship, use it for guided practice during close reading instruction, or assign it as homework to reinforce literary analysis skills. The quiz structure supports differentiated instruction by combining literal comprehension questions with higher-order thinking tasks that require students to synthesize information across texts and evaluate authorial intent. This assessment aligns with Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6 for determining author's purpose and point of view, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.8 for evaluating arguments and evidence, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4 for determining word meanings through context clues.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Some critics think that selfies are taken by _____ craving attention.
narcissists
terrorists
friends
enemies
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Society is ___ with so much social media.
missing
sad
wondering
saturated
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the only difference between artists of old and artists today?
They have more paint colors.
They are frustrated.
They are confused.
Technology allows anyone and everyone to be an artist.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A self portrait is now called a ____?
person picture
fixer upper
selfie
drawing
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The author thinks ___ can take better pictures than photographers.
family pets
toddlers
monkeys
people
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The author agrees with science, that selfies are a form of ____.
self-checkout
self-expression
self-confusion
self-diagnosis
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The author's purpose is to convince people that___?
selfies and social networking lead to better relationships
selfies make people look better than they do in person
selfies are ridiculous
selfies are a waste of time
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CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
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