Q4 S2

Read the claim and the supporting evidence.

Claim: Parents should not give their young children access to televisions, tablets, or similar devices.

Evidence: "The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of two have no screen time."

Why does the evidence support the claim? Choose the analysis that better explains the connection.

• The American Academy of Pediatrics is a trusted source for recommendations about raising healthy children

• Older children should similarly have little to no screen time

What is an inference?

• Something you have a gut feeling about.

• Evidence that supports your claim.

• An educated guess.

• What the story is mostly about.

What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?

• Title

• Pictures

• Headings

• All of these

Read the phrase below:

"The tall trees danced in the wind"

Which type of figurative language is being used in the sentence?

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

Textual evidence is _____.

• using quotations, summaries and paraphrasing from a text to support a position

• a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something

• your own words

Character development is _______.

• How a character changes from the beginning of a story to the end of a story as a result of the experiences they’ve had.

• How a character changes at the beginning of a story.

• How a character changes at the end of a story as a result of the experiences they’ve had.

• How a character experiences an event in a story.

Mrs. Travers was worried that her students were not understanding what she was teaching in class. She decided she would work late after school every single night trying to create the best lessons for her students. She even started coming in early in the mornings as well. Because of this, she started to see a huge increase in her student's grades, and eventually this led to her earning a "Teacher of the Year" award!

What experience did Mrs. Travers have that helped her develop throughout the story?

• She tried nothing and her students ended up learning better because of it.

• She asked other teachers to help her figure out why her students weren't learning.

• She found that if she worked really hard before and after school to make better lesson plans, her student's performance would improve.

• She curled up into a ball and cried until the school year was over.

What is the purpose of a text feature?

• To help the reader figure out why the author chose the topic.

• To help the reader write a paper on the topic.

• To help the reader better understand what they are reading.

• To help the reader not be distracted while they read.

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The three main reasons why an author would write something is to:

• entertain, describe and be funny

• explain, inform, learn

• persuade, inform, entertain

Read the short story below and determine the author's purpose.

Frogs are amphibians. They can live on either land or in water. A frog can lay thousands of eggs called frog spawn.

• entertain

• entertain

• inform