INFORMATIONAL STAAR QUESTIONS

1. In the selection, the author includes the photographs most likely to help the reader understand.

• A. To emphasize the diversity and wide range of the protest from students around the world

• B. To show how Greta Thunberg led the protests

• C. To illustrate the role social media played in organizing protests

• D. To convince students from around the world to join with the protestors to combat climate change

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8.5F

An idea emphasized throughout the selection is that...

• A. Students blame politicians for failure to act against climate change

• B. Some protests against climate change became unrully

• C. Strikes bring meaningful change against global warming

• D. Students protest because they want a future

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8.8 Di

3. What is paragraph 4 mostly about?

• A. Why scientists support students

• B. How protests and support for students has increased

• C. How a Swedish student inspired teenage activism

• D. Why petitions are effective

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8.8 Di

4. What is the most likely reason the author includes the information in paragraphs 10 and 11?

• A. To share the reason for the March rally

• B. To describe how global warming works and its effects

• C. To emphasize the inaction of governments on climate change

• D. To illustrate how the students' perceptions are inaccurate

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8.8 Di

5. What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• A. To show how students are holding politicians accountable for their actions.

• B. To emphasize the need for immediate change in governments

• C. To share the stories of students who started protests in their neighborhoods

• D. To describe how students across the globe are protesting climate change.

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8.9 A

6. The author develops the thesis of the selection by...(2021)

• A. alternating both descriptions of the reasons behind global protests and specific examples of places that held protest

• B. providing an overview of each area in which students organized protests

• C. listing the catastrophic changes that will occur if climate change goes unaddressed

• D. describing the reactions of politicians and scientists to the student protests

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8.8 Di

7. Read this sentence

She wasn't a climate activist until two weeks ago when she read about Thunberg's efforts

What does this sentence help the reader understand?

• A. Climate change protest are new to the United States.

• B. Thunberg is considered a hero among most teens

• C. Bottom-up organizing is effective

• D. Thunberg's efforts are having a rippling effect in other parts of the world.

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8.5F

What is the best summary for this selection?

• A. In response to climate change, Greta Thunberg, Swedish activist, organized thousands of rallies across the globe using social media and grassroots organizing, tens showed up to protest the French government's failure to act global warming.

• B. On March 15th, students across the globe demanded politicians act on climate cange by protesting and coordinating school strikes. Inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, students rallied to raise awareness on the projected catastrophic increase in global temperature.

• C. Students skipped school in order to protest the government's inaction on climate change. Students from across the globe displayed signs such as "You'll miss the rains down in Africa" and "Denial is not a policy"

• D. Students from all over the world held protests to raise awareness of the government's failure to act on climate change though inspired by Geta Thunberg, Swedish activist,many students organied their own protests in their own countries.

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8.6D