Childree's Check In Quizizz

Here's how the Pony Express worked. A young rider would grab a mailbag. Then, he would jump on a horse and ride for ten miles at top speed. Next, he would jump on a fresh horse and keep going.

He would change horses seven times. Finally, he would pass the mailbag to another rider, who would complete the same process.

This passage is organized using:

• Compare & Contrast

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

Sharks and dolphins look very similar. They have fins, mouths with teeth, and their skin feels the same. They both live in the ocean. They both also eat smaller fish.  However, they are different in many, many ways. For instance, a dolphin is a mammal (like a human). It breathes air through its blowhole and can drown if it doesn't surface to breathe. A shark doesn't have to surface. It has gills that turn water into oxygen. Also, sharks are not mammals. They are fish. What other differences can you think of between sharks and dolphins?

How does this author organize this passage?

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

When I first started school, I was lonely. I had just moved into a new neighborhood, and I didn't know anyone at the new school. All of my friends were still at my old school, and I was so scared that I wouldn't like anyone at my new school. Here, they all wore uniforms, and my old school didn't. They ate lunch earlier. Their recess period was shorter. Their hallways were smaller. I never had a locker at my old school, and now, I had one at my new school. My old school had televisions in the classroom. This new school didn't even have chalkboards in the classroom.

• Compare & Contrast

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

Raisins are dried grapes. The sun dries the grapes and turns them into raisins. The drying process makes them sweeter. As the amount of water in the grapes decreases, the concentration of sugar increases. The sun dries out the grapes to a moisture level of 15% or less, and they become raisins.

• Sequence

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, on February 12th, 1809. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Indiana. They settled near the Ohio River. Abraham Lincoln's schooling was short - less than an entire year in all. While attending school, Abraham Lincoln had to walk a distance of about four and a half miles from his home. Till he was about twenty years old, he helped his father by chopping wood, and doing other chores. Later, he studied law and then joined politics. In 1858, Lincoln received the nomination of the Republican Party for the United States Senate.

• Descriptive

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence/

  Chronological

• Compare & Contrast

Some cities offer free tutoring to youth. One-on-one learning is important for some students. However, tutors can be expensive and hard to find. Free tutoring is the perfect fix. It can be offered at schools, community centers, churches, or libraries. Sometimes, volunteers will tutor for free. Other times, the tutoring program can raise money to pay the tutors. Either way, parents and their children can receive a valuable service at no cost.

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological

Choose the interjections in the following sentence:

"Oh! I can't believe you, wow, won the race!" (select two choices)

• Race

• Oh

• Wow

• Believe

Identify the prepositions in this sentence:

"John walked through the park into the cafe." (select two choices)

• Walked

• Through

• Park

• Into

Choose the words that can be used as conjunctions in a sentence.

• But

• Unless

• And

• Happy

Match the interjection in the following phrases with its expressive function.

"Wow! What a beautiful view."

• Pain

• Amazement

• Mistake