Test Prep Review

Cite the best evidence to support that:

Video games are harmful to one’s health.

• “...97% of Americans ages 12 to 17 play video games” (Green).

• “These games allow players to move their bodies to control the game” (Green).

• “Moderate game playing doesn’t usually harm people’s physical health over the long term” (Green).

• “This tension and repetition can strain body parts such as the neck, wrist or elbow. The strain can cause pain” (Green).

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Cite the BEST evidence to support that:

Video games are harmful to one’s health.

• “Around 4:15 a.m., one of the guys craved a milkshake, so they piled into two cars and drove around Carol Stream, Ill., in search of an ice cream shop still open” (Healy).

• “An hour later, they were back at the friend’s house, slurping down their drinks while ” (Healy).

• “They are so connected to their machines they are treating themselves as though they don’t need any rest” (Healy).

• “Cassidy eventually decided to go to sleep at 2 a.m” (Healy).

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Cite the best evidence to support that:

Video games can be beneficial to one’s health. 

• “These games allow players to move their bodies to control the game” (Green).

• “...some video games can actually help people become more physically active” (Green).

• “Moderate game playing doesn’t usually harm people’s physical health over the long term” (Green).

• “...the best solution is simply to cut the cord and encourage youths to spend less time in front of screens” (Schectman).

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

Cite the best evidence to support that:

Video games do not negatively affect physical health when played in moderation. 

• “...the best solution is simply to cut the cord and encourage youths to spend less time in front of screens” (Schectman).

• “Moderate game playing doesn’t usually harm people’s physical health over the long term” (Green).

• “...some video games can actually help people become more physically active” (Green).

• “These games allow players to move their bodies to control the game” (Green).

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Correct the conventions and then cite the following piece of evidence

from Passage 1: Video Games and Physical Health by Joseph Green:

Video games have also been blamed for the rise in obesitee. People may choose video games over fysical activity

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Correct the conventions and then cite the following piece of evidence

from Passage 2: Teens’ sleep cut short by high-tech toys by Vikki Ortiz Healy:

But many of theze probs occur win the games are played excessively moderate game playing doesn’t usually harm people’s physical health over the long term

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Excerpt from The Selection by Kiera Cass 

When we got the letter in the post, my mother was ecstatic. She had already decided that all our problems were resolved, gone forever. The big hitch in her brilliant plan was me. I didn't think I was a particularly disobedient daughter, but this was where I drew the line. I didn't want to be royalty, and I didn't want to be a One. I didn't even want to try. I hid in my room, the only place to avoid the chattering of our full house, trying to come up with an argument that would sway her. So far, I had a solid collection of my honest opinions…I didn't think there was a single one she would listen to.

Part A: The main character is in her room trying to come up with a way to _______ her mom.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• explain

• describe

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Part B: Which sentence from the text BEST supports your answer to Part A?

• I didn't want to be royalty.

• When we got the letter in the post, my mother was ecstatic. 

• I didn't think there was a single one she would listen to. 

• I hid in my room. The only place to avoid the chattering of our full house, trying to come up with an argument that would sway her.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Excerpt from Holes by Louis Sachar

There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.There once was a very large lake here, the largest lake in Texas. That was over a hundred years ago. Now it is just a dry, flat wasteland. There used to be a town of Green Lake as well. The town shriveled and dried up along with the lake, and the people who lived there. During the summer the daytime temperature hovers around ninety-five degrees in the shade—if you can find any shade. There's not much shade in a big dry lake. The only trees are two old oaks on the eastern edge of the “lake.” A hammock is stretched between the two trees, and a log cabin stands behind that. 

Part A: What is the speaker’s purpose?

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• explain

• describe

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

Part B: What does this do for the reader?

• It helps convince the reader to like Camp Green Lake.

• It helps the reader feel excited about Camp Green Lake.

• It helps the reader learn about Camp Green Lake.

• It helps the reader imagine the heat.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5