Unit 2 Informational Reading Review

a conclusion that is reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• claim

• common sense

• inference

• evaluation

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.RL.7.1

Causes the behavior of someone or something.

• copy

• influence

• argue

• information

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CCSS.RI.7.3

The author’s intent for writing something.

• genre

• author's purpose

• literary

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CCSS.RI.7.6

What is an central idea?

• To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage

• To have this directly stated in a passage as support

• The most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage

• An overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What should you do to find the central idea of a passage or section?

• Read the first sentence an hope that is the central idea.

• Read the title of the article and hope that is the central idea.

• Read the passage and take notes in the margins and determine what all the notes have in common.

• Take a guess based on something you saw while reading.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To have a strong effect on someone or something.

• influence

• impact

• analyze

• objective

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.

How did the Treaty of Paris impact France?

• British Colonies did not face any further military threat in North America.

• France gave up all its territories in mainland North America

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CCSS.RI.7.3

An objective summary

• tells a story, is three paragraphs in length, written in your own words.

• is a narrative essay

• focuses on the central ideas, and the main points in a nonfiction passage.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

In July of 1585, 600 colonists reached a small island off the coast of Virginia that was called Roanoke. They built a small fort on the north side of the island. They soon parted company. After this encounter, however, the English noticed that one of their silver cups had gone missing, and they attributed its disappearance to the Aquascogoc. Grenville, the English captain, was furious. Whether or not this was true, angry exchanges followed. Soon the English burned the Aquascogoc village. What should be included in an objective summary of this passage?

• They built a small fort on the north side of the island

• Soon the English burned the Aquascogoc village.

• Whether or not this was true, angry exchanges followed.

• Grenville, the English captain, was furious.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

A claim is...

• an author's position on a debatable topic.

• part of the “why” of the argument.

• what the author is going against.

• what determines the author's tone.