Unit 3 AOT

You are reading an article that argues that eating carrots is healthier than eating hamburgers. Which type of evidence would be the most reliable to support this claim?

• An advertisement saying that carrots are better for you than hamburgers.

• A personal story from someone who feels better after eating more carrots.

• Data from a Healthy Living Journal showing that people who eat more carrots have better heart health.

• An online survey asking people to vote for their favorite type of snack.

Wrestling is the best sport ever because I love to wrestle.

Is the statement biased or objective?

• Objective, because it provides a factual view of wrestling without personal opinions

• Biased, because it only gives facts about wrestling that are commonly known.

• Biased, because it includes personal opinions about wrestling being the best and I love to wrestle.

• Objective, because it only describes how wrestling is played without any judgment.

After seeing her friends fight over the toys, which of the following shows Aliyah using critical thinking to help them resolve their disagreement?

• Aliyah lets them argue as long as they want, figuring it’s best to let them figure it out.

• Aliyah tells them that arguing won’t solve anything and suggests they take turns using the toys.

• Aliyah picks one friend to go first so the argument ends quickly, without discussing fairness.

• Aliyah tells her friends that playing with the toys isn’t fun and walks away.

What is the best way for Billy to help his friends solve the argument?

• Walk away and let them work it out on their own, even if it takes a long time.

• Encourage them to each take turns by setting a timer for equal playtime.

• Tell one friend to go first and ignore the other friend’s feelings.

• Tell her friends to keep arguing until one of them gives up.

What is a text-to-self connection?

• Relating something from a story to something happening in the world.

• Relating something from a story to the author’s own life.

• Relating something from a story to another book.

• Relating something from a story to something you’ve experienced.

“Her mind was a computer.” Why might someone say this?

• Her mind was filled with pictures.

• Her mind was very busy.

• Her mind was filled with information.

• Her mind was focused on a lot of different things.

Complete the sentence by selecting the correct answers from the table.

In the metaphor “He is a shining star in the class play,” the word “star” suggests that he was ______ .

• a hot sun

• talented

• lazy

• out late at night

. Which of the following analogies shows a part-to-whole relationship? Select TWO correct answers.

• teacher : doctor

• Finger : hand

• big : large

• page : book

• sun : moon

Look at the list of items. Notebook, Tablet, Laptop, Pencil, Headphones, and Crayons.

How could the items be sorted and categorized?

• Items for school - notebook, pencil, crayon

  Items for technology - tablet, laptop, headphones

• Items for art - tablet, crayon, pencil

  Items for sound - headphones, laptop, notebook

• Items for drawing - tablet, notebook, pencil

  Items for listening - headphones, crayon, laptop

• Items for outdoors - notebook, laptop, pencil Items for indoors - tablet, crayon, headphones