Unit 4.1 Reading Info. Stack C

What is the central idea of the text, Community Programs?

• Communities can provide their own arts program to help students express themselves.

• Communities must step in to help replace programs that have to be cut in schools.

• Communities have parks that can be used for a town’s sports league for youth teams.

• Communities cannot be used to replace afterschool programs that are cut from schools.

Select two relevant details to support the answer you chose in Part A.

• “They simply have no money to pay for these things anymore.”

• “The arts help young people express themselves and use their imaginations.”

• “When a school cuts programs, it is the job of the local community to step in and help.”

• “But sometimes, schools find themselves struggling to pay bills.”

• “In this case, communities must step in to help replace what schools lose.”

What is the author’s purpose for writing the text, Community Programs?

• to inform the reader about arts and sports programs in the community

• to entertain the reader with an important story about school programs

• to persuade the reader to add more sports and arts afterschool programs

•  to persuade readers that communities must help to replace afterschool programs

  Which of the following words or phrases does the author include to develop 

    the purpose?

•  “When this happens, school officials must figure out a new way to do things.”

• “In this case, communities must step in to help replace what schools lose.”

•  “The arts help young people express themselves and use their imaginations.”

•  “They might even organize tutors or study groups for students.”

Select the best explanation of the development of the author’s purpose for writing Community Programs.

• The author tries to inform the reader by including important information about the value of different afterschool programs that should be offered in schools.

• The author tries to persuade the reader by providing reasons and evidence that prove that schools should not get rid of afterschool programs for students.

• The author tries to inform the reader about the value of afterschool programs by including stories about how students have benefited from afterschool programs.

• The author tries to persuade the reader by explaining the importance of the afterschool programs and the responsibility that the community has to the youth in the community.

What claim is the author making in the text, Community Programs?

•  It is important for communities to play a part in building their town’s future.

• Art programs are not important, so it is ok for schools to cut them.

•  Schools should spend the most money to keep sports programs going.

• Communities should not consider the programs that schools cut.

 Which detail from the passage supports the claim that the author makes?

• “Schools might also have to make cuts in the arts.”

• “Leaders in the area must look carefully at what schools lose.”

•  “To do that, town leaders might create community sports leagues.”

• “In this case, communities must step in to help replace what schools lose.”