Corn Passage Unit 1 Week 2 ( Benchmark)

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A: Which sentence states a central idea of the passage?

• Corn has spread across North America.

• Maize was an important crop to the first people of Central and North America.

• The Native Americans “three sisters” method of growing healthy crops was very important to human survival.

• Corn is imported to other countries.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Part B: Which detail from the passage best supports the answer to part A?

• The kernels were ground into cornmeal for cooking and baking.

• Corn is what we know it today started out as a wild grass plant called teosinte.

• Americans in what is now Mexico develop teosinte into maize, or corn.

• Corn was a strong and vertical plant that stood straight so the beans could curl up around its stalk.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is the best summary of the passage?

• In the United States, most of the corn was, and still is grown in the Midwest, or Corn Belt.

• The region’s climates has the hot summers and regular rainfall that corn needs.

• In the past, a farmer would grow corn year after year in the same field, the corn harvest would decrease.

• Native Americans in Mexico planted corn, using the “three sisters” method, and maize spread throughout North and South America. Corn was and still is an important crop in America.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Select the two options that describe the author’s purpose for writing this passage.

• to teach readers how to grow corn

• to explain the history and importance of corn

• to entertain readers with a story about corn

• to inform readers about the spread of corn in the Americas

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the purpose of the passage titled "A Short History of a Special Plant"?

• to warn people about the dangers of eating corn

• to compare corn with other legumes

• to share interesting information about corn

• to let people know the history of the corn plant

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which phrase best helps the reader understand the meaning of the word symbiosis in paragraph 5?

• “healthy crop”

• “mutually beneficial arrangement”

• “keep away pests”

• “found in nature”

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4