Comprehension Lesson

The author expresses the opinion that

• soldiers found BJ when he was a puppy
• BJ's life was as uneventful as other dogs' lives
• her Uncle Bill could not keep a dog at his college
• she wrote the Dog Newspaper when she was ten

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

How does the author give more information about the characters at the beginning of the passage?

• by providing information on Uncle Bill's childhood
• by inserting a flashback to explain where BJ came from
• by summarizing all of the issues of the Dog Newspaper
• by describing different dog breeds and their characteristics

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which sentence from the passage states a main idea of the passage?

• "He slept with them in foxholes."
• "He helped search rubble for signs."
• "As the soldiers fought to protect the free world, BJ did his duty, too."
• "While in Germany, his unit went into a town that had recently been bombed."

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which detail supports the main idea that BJ was showered with loving attention?

• Uncle Bill got to keep BJ
• The author read aloud to BJ
• BJ was flown to Minneapolis
• BJ destroyed the gingerbread house

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

In the following sentence, which word shows that it is an opinion?
The gingerbread house was absolutely breathtaking.

• gingerbread
• house
• was
• breathtaking

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The details about the various articles in issue two of the Dog Newspaper show the reader that the author

• was aware of her publication's fault
• thought all of her articles were exciting
• wanted to speed up the story with more action
• wanted to bore her readers as much as possible

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the sentences from the passage states a fact?

• "The next issue was even worse."
• "BJ still had not done anything newsworthy."
• "Issue number three was a publishing disaster."
• "Less than one month after its launch, the Dog Newspaper went out of business."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which word from the sentence below indicates that this is an opinion?
I believed my writing career was over.

• believed
• my
• career
• over

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which sentence from the passage states a fact?

• "I need exciting plots, unique information, and fresh insights."
• "What was in it for them?"
• "He lived to be sixteen, a good long life for an orphaned puppy who entered the world during a wartime bombing."
• "BJ took one more plane ride, from Minneapolis to Fresno, California, where my parents moved shortly after I got married."

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Which statement best expresses one of the main ideas of the entire passage?

• Having multiple owners is unhealthy for a dog.
• A newspaper about dogs could never be successful.
• Dull material will eventually cost a writer his or her audience.
• Dog owners should create more exciting lives for their dogs.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2