Summarizing Task Cards-3.0

What is the best summary of the excerpt from 'The Wizard of Oz'?

• Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, and Dorothy lived on a farm in Kansas. They did not have much, and the house was small.

• Dorothy lived with her Uncle and Aunt in a small one-room house with a small cyclone cellar.

• Dorothy lived in Kansas in a one-roomed house.

• Dorothy lived with her Uncle and Aunt on a small farm in Kansas. There was not much there, just gray prairie.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The excerpt from 'Youth Voices by Phill' is mainly about - A) social media B) Facebook C) online scams D) hackers. Fill in the blank: The excerpt discusses the risks associated with ________.

• social media

• Facebook

• online scams

• hackers

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the best summary of the excerpt?

• Holmes seems uninterested in the Count and his secrecy.

• The Count came to Holmes for help on a problem of great importance to the great House of Ormstein.

• The Count tries to explain why he must keep his identity a secret, but Holmes has already figured it out.

• The Count is worried about his identity being uncovered, so he wears a mask when he comes to see Holmes about a case.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The excerpt is mainly about - A) the Ormstein Family B) Holmes’s attitude C) the new case D) the Count’s secrecy. Fill in the blank: The main focus of the excerpt is ________.

• the Ormstein Family

• Holmes’s attitude

• the new case

• the Count’s secrecy

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the best summary of the excerpt from 'Dracula'?

• The narrator and his companions were speechless by the beauty of the mountains.

• The hills and mountains were stunning and full of color.

• The mountains were an amazing sight to see as they came into view on the narrator’s journey.

• The mountains were tall, colorful jagged and full of snow.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The excerpt from 'What is the Microbiome?' is mainly about the - A) human body B) maintaining health C) microbial cells D) research.

• human body

• maintaining health

• microbial cells

• research

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the main idea of the excerpt from 'The Time Machine'?

• The Medical Man doubts the machine's ability to travel in time.

• The Time Traveller explains the workings of his model.

• The machine is described as unreal and twinkling.

• The Time Traveller is a quack.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Fill in the blank: According to the excerpt about electric cars, an electric vehicle will notify the driver if there's ______.

• a need for maintenance

• a problem with the battery

• a crash

• a high speed

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the best summary of the excerpt from 'A Christmas Carol'?

• Scrooge is a grumpy man who is obsessed with money.

• Scrooge is unhappy he has to pay his clerk on his day off for the holiday.

• The clerk is afraid to ask for the day off since Scrooge is mean.

• The clerk believes Scrooge is unfair since he does not want to give him the holiday off.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The excerpt from 'Youth Voices' is mainly about - A) identity theft B) social media C) Facebook D) targeted ads. Fill in the blank: The main concern expressed in the excerpt is about ______.

• identity theft

• battery wiring

• Facebook

• targeted ads

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3