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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.
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CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Pearls are made by a living animal known as a mollusk. A mollusk forms a pearl when it gets a piece of sand trapped inside it’s shell. As a protective measure, the mollusk then coats the grain of sand with a material called nacre. Like how we think of snow flakes, no two pearls are alike because they are made inside of different kinds of mollusks.
What is the author’s purpose for this selection?
Inform
Describe
Entertain
Explain
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
3.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When an author is giving you facts, what is their purpose?
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If the author wants you to vote for a certain person, what is their purpose?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one would be written to inform?
A comic strip
an ad for McDonalds
A newspaper article about our school
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CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
A story about a family trying to stick together and survive during the Great Depression
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)
Persuade, Inform, Electrify
Perform, Infer, Entertain
Persuade, Inform, Educate
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
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