Never Retreat by Paul Fleischman

Daniel asks you, "Why do you think Paul Fleischman wrote Never Retreat?"

• To illustrate how individuals have adapted in the past

• To inform readers that our entire planet is dependent on fossil fuels

• To convince readers to relocate to rural areas and cultivate their own food

• To inspire readers to realize that they can contribute more than they believe to help the environment

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

Ayoub is studying for the Never Retreat exam and asks for your help! He asks, "What do you think the author is most likely trying to accomplish in Never Retreat?"

• To convey to the readers what it is like to live in developing countries

• To explain to the readers why people want to move to rural communities

• To inform the readers of how some people feel about energy consumption

• To show the readers how everyone on the planet shares in the need to solve this problem

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

Imagine Nick, and Yazmin are discussing the essay Never Retreat. Nick asks, "How does the author use their point of view to write Never Retreat?"

• To describe an important event for readers by using objective language

• To persuade readers to agree with his opinion by using subjective language

• To inform readers about an important subject by using objective language

• To entertain readers with anecdotes that use subjective language

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

Jayden is on a journey to understand the author's perspective on fossil fuels. Which phrase from Never Retreat do you think best supports how the author feels about fossil fuels?

• an evil plot

• a heat source

• curiosity and ingenuity

• the internal combustion engine

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

Sherlyn and Ivan read this sentence from Never Retreat.

With fossil fuels, new uses multiplied madly until we wove them into every corner of our lives.

Sherlyn and Ivan need your help! What claim does this quote support?

• People started finding fossil fuels around the world.

• People started using fossil fuels for too many products.

• People started adding fossil fuels to carpets and other textiles.

• People started thinking of fossil fuels as dangerous energy sources.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Imagine Ikey found a card with a riddle about 'scarcity'. Which words in that riddle could help him understand the meaning of scarcity?

• effects, common

• decline, limited

• maintain, lifestyle

• resistance, path

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Imagine you read this sentence.

Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet. We need to become more self-sufficient.

How can this sentence be rewritten with the appropriate conjunction to correct the run-on sentence?

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, or we need to become more self-sufficient.

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, so we need to become more self-sufficient.

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, yet we need to become more self-sufficient.

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, before we need to become more self-sufficient.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Odalis and Ayoub are having a debate about how the author portrays in Never Retreat that people try to maintain their standard of living at any cost. Can you help Odalis and Ayoub identify two ways the author does this?

• By presenting facts about the overfishing of tuna in the Mediterranean Sea

• By explaining what people do with freshwater aquifers in California

• By describing the way developing countries like India once lived

• By showing how rural societies in Africa have a decentralized system

• By reporting how many consumer products are made with fossil fuels in China

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Kevin wonders, "Why do you think the author in Never Retreat writes about farms (rural communities)?" Who is correct?

• Diego suggests, 'Maybe it's to tell how some people used to live in more traditional societies.'

• Yair thinks, 'Perhaps it's to convince people that society should have less reliance on fossil fuels.'

• Mark replies, 'Or it could be to explain how some people suggest solving energy consumption problems.'

• Charlie adds, 'Or maybe it's to persuade people to change their lifestyles to better take care of the planet.'

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Yari is reading Never Retreat out loud for the class and reads the following, "What's the problem with highly integrated systems?" What kind of rhetorical device is this?

• Analogy

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Question

• Simile

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8