Explore the Wild West

What gives information about a noun?

• article

• adverb

• adjective

• conjunction

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The text structure with the purpose of explaining what happened and why it happened is?

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• chronological/ sequential

• compare and contrast

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The trails to the West began where?

• Independence Rock

• Independence, Missouri

• Independence, Kansas

• Independence, Massachusetts

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which of the following were dangers that the pioneers faced while going West?

• snow on the trail

• buffalo stampedes

• attacks by Native Americans

• diseases (mumps, smallpox, and cholera)

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

When did westward expansion increase

• 1818

• 1803

• 1913

• 1806

True or false? President Jefferson needed a map of the West because the land was new and not explored by Native Americans

• false

• true

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the genre of "Explore the Wild West?"

• Informational Texts

• Narrative Nonfiction

• Fantasy

• Article

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What is cause?

• gives information about a noun

• what happens as a result

• why something happens

• refers to a specific noun or

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

What text structure does the author use to organize “The Chance to Strike it Rich?”

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• chronological/ sequential

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Why was it important to reach Independence Rock by July 4.

• the temperatures would get to hot and they would die of heatstroke

• they would run into the danger of storms in the mountains

• they would run into the dangers of facing hunger

• they would be stampeded by buffalo migrating.

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5