Informational Writing & Research

Which question would BEST help you research how to make a sandwich?

• The types of sandwiches

• The history of sandwiches

• The things you need to make the sandwich

• Which country makes the most sandwiches

A student made a plan for a research report. Read the plan and the directions that follow.

Research Report Plan

Topic: Tornados

Audience: fourth grade students

Purpose: to inform

Research Question: How do tornados form?

Which sources would MOST LIKELY have information for the report? Choose TWO answers.

• a National Geographic video showing how tornados develop

• a personal essay called "How I Survived a Tornado"

• a nonfiction book titled Wild Weather: The Making of Tornados

• a link titled "How to Prepare for a Tornado"

There are 25 kinds of chipmunks. Twenty four of them live in North America. Chipmunks can also be found in Northern Asia. Chipmunks live in dens with two rooms. One room is a nest lined with leaves, and the second room is where they store their food. Chipmunks hibernate in cold weather, which means they spend most of the winter sleeping in their dens.

The parts of the student's report are shown below. In which part of the report would the facts from the source best fit.

• Part A: The Family of a Chipmunk

• Part B: The Food a Chipmunk Eats

• Part C: The Appearance of a Chipmunk

• Part D: The Places Where a Chipmunk Lives

A student is taking notes for a research report about the cheetah. The student found an image of this endangered animal and took notes.

What information can the student get from this image?

• It shows what plants cheetahs eat.

• It shows where most cheetahs live.

• It shows why cheetahs are in danger.

• It shows how many cheetahs are left

A student was researching the Ruby-throated Hummingbird and found this diagram.

According to the diagram, which of these appear only on male hummingbirds?

• Red Feathers

• Black eyes

• Whit feathers

• long brown bill

A student is researching about Benjamin Franklin and came across the timeline.

According to the timeline, when did Benjamin Franklin start a business?

• 1706

• 1718

• 1728

• 1731

________________________. These giant apes live in trees most of the time, and they can move from branch to branch easily. They swing through the trees using their long arms, long fingers, and toes. Some male orangutans have an arm span of about 7.5 feet. Their hands and feet are like human hands and feet because they have an opposable thumb and a big toe for grasping objects.

What is the BEST topic sentence for the paragraph?

• Orangutans have special features to help them survive.

• Orangutans prefer the forests on the islands of Borneo.

• Orangutans are similar to humans in many ways.

• Orangutans live in Southeast Asia.

Where is the hottest place on Earth? The answer is not so simple. The hottest places can change from year to year. The temperature at Death Valley, California, was a roasting 134 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913. That's too hot for me! Scientists can use satellites to measure temperatures in hard-to-reach places. In 2005, a satellite over the Lut Desert in Iran recorded the unbelievable temperature of 159.3 degrees. Some of the other hottest places are in Australia and China.

What sentence is the LEAST appropriate for the audience and purpose of the paragraph?

• That's too hot for me! 

• was a roasting 134 degrees

• In 2005, a satellite over the Lut Desert in Iran recorded the unbelievable temperature of 159.3 degrees.

• The temperature at Death Valley

 Alaska is a very big state. It is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana put together! Even though it is a big state, only about 730,000 people live there. Alaska has 39 mountain ranges and two rain forests. A lot of different animals live in Alaska. In Barrow, the town located farthest north in the state, the sun doesn't set between May 10 and August 2, but between November 18 and January 23, the sun doesn't rise. Alaska is a very interesting and unusual place.

Choose the TWO sentences from the student's notes below that would add more facts to the given information in the underlined sentence.

• Black bears, brown bears, moose, musk ox, and whales are just a few animals that call Alaska home.

• The capital of Alaska is Juneau.

• There are 70,000 sea otters living in the waters of Alaska.

• Alaska did not become a state until 1959.

(1) In 2011, Mo wanted to buy a bow tie with exciting colors or patterns. (2) He didn’t see any that he liked. (3) He talked with his grandmother. (4) She had been sewing for more than 50 years and had some old, unused fabrics. (5) She taught Mo, who was only nine years old at the time, how to make a bow tie on her sewing machine.

Which is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• He didn’t see any that he liked because he talked with his grandmother.

• He didn’t see any that he liked, even though he talked with his grandmother.

• He didn’t see any that he liked, so he talked with his grandmother.

• He didn’t see any that he liked when he talked with his grandmother.