The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution TSP

Which text structure did the author use?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The author wrote this passage to

_____________________.

• show what caused the

  Declaration of Independence to

  be written

• show the differences between the

  Declaration of Independence and

  the Constitution

• describe the Declaration of

  Independence and the

  Constitution

• explain the problem that the

  Declaration of Independence and

  the Constitution solved

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which detail from the passage best

supports the text structure?

• The Declaration of Independence

  and The Constitution are two of

  the most important documents in

  American history.

• However, the Declaration of

  Independence and the

  Constitution were written for

  different reasons and did not have

  the same goal.

• The Constitution was written to

  establish how the government of

  that new, independent nation

  would work.

• The Constitution was signed on

  September 17, 1787.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

According to the text, which of the

following is true about both

documents?

• Both documents established how

  the new government would work.

• Both documents were written in the

  same year.

• Both documents were written on a

  single piece of parchment paper.

• Benjamin Franklin signed both

  documents.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What was the MAIN goal of the

Constitution?

• The Constitution was written to

  only explain the three branches of

  government.

• The Constitution was written to

  formally announce to the world

  that the thirteen colonies were

  separating from Britain.

• The Constitution was written to

  establish how the new

  government would work.

• The Constitution listed all the ways

  the King of England had

  mistreated the colonies.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1