📌BA U1W1 Assessment: Cleaning Up the Harbor

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A - What is the main idea of this passage?

• Neighbors clean up trash.

• Schoolchildren in Baltimore paint colorful murals.

• Some people throw trash on the streets and sidewalks.

• People in Baltimore are working to clean up their harbor.

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RI.3.2

Part B - Choose one sentence from the passage that supports the main idea in Part A.

• “The city of Baltimore has a great Inner Harbor.”

• “That’s why Baltimore has started the Healthy Harbor Project.”

• “As water flows down the streets, it picks up trash.”

• “It reminds everyone to put trash where it belongs.”

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RI.3.1

RI.3.2

What is the meaning of the word debris in paragraph 2?

• taxis

• rainwater

• trash

• drains

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RI.3.4

L.3.4

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A - How does the author organize information in paragraph 2?

• by sequence of events

• by comparison and contrast

• by order of importance

• by questions and answers

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RI.3.3

Part B - Which sentence from the passage supports the answer to Part A?

• The debris in the harbor comes from the city’s streets.

• The streets have storm drains for rainwater.

• As water flows down the streets, it picks up trash.

• Finally, it all empties into the harbor.

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RI.3.1

RI.3.3

Look at the map. What is located east of the Inner Harbor?

• Rash Field

• Visitor Center

• National Aquarium

• Maryland Science Center

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RI.3.7

According to the caption under the map, visitors to Baltimore can —

• join the Healthy Harbor Project.

• help paint the storm drains blue.

• get information at the Visitor Center.

• travel around the harbor by water taxi.

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RI.3.7

In paragraph 3, the i in litter is pronounced with the same vowel sound as the i in

• this

• like

• crime

• sign

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RF.3.3

The passage says that people in Baltimore decided to do something about the trash. Choose two effects of this decision. Check the box next to each detail you choose.

• …

  The mayor started Mayor’s Cleanup Day.

• Trash in the water causes health problems.

• Rainwater pours into the storm drains.

• Neighbors and others pick up trash.

• Trash in the harbor comes from the city’s streets.

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RI.3.1

RI.3.3