Make a Difference at your School!

Which sentence is a claim that argues against the author's main claim?

• Schools should focus on recycling paper first.

• It is too difficult to get schools to recycle.

• Kids need the help of adults make a recycling program work.

• Visiting a recycling center will not teach students enough about recycling.

Which opinion could the author use to support the claim that a compost is a good idea?

• Students can plant vegetables in a school garden.

• A compost is a natural way to create soil for a garden.

• A beautiful garden will make it more fun to come to school.

• Students can study plants and insects with a compost.

In the conclusion, what does the author use most to support her claim?

• Examples

• Facts

• Opinions

• Stories

Which sentence from the conclusion best restates the author's claim?

• The world is truly full of too much garbage.

• Every school must find ways to recycle.

• The more schools that recycle, the more students and teachers will learn.

• The they can pass along the recycling message to other schools.

Which sentence is a fact?

• Here's what you might see: books, notebooks, papers, pencils, and pens, computers.

• It's time to think about making a difference in your school.

• Every school must find ways to recycle.

• If everyone does, the world will be a more beautiful place.

The author's main claim is-

• kids can do anything if they try hard enough

• you can learn a lot if you student ways to recycle

• if kids recycle in their schools, they can make the world a better place

• recycling is a good way to get everyone in the community involved

Which statement best supports the author's claim?

• recycle your clothes, toys, and bicycles.

• No one really cares what happens to the earth.

• All you really need to recycle is plastic water bottles.

• Enough people are already recycling to make a difference.

What is a fact the author could add to support her claim?

• ecycling is just the right thing to do.

• If everyone recycles, we will all be happier and healthier.

• Schools are places where people recycle the least and could recycle the most.

• Each year we throw away more than a billion tons of garbage that could be recycled.

What is the author's claim in paragraph 2?

• It is most important to recycle things at school

• You can find things to recycle everywhere.

• There is more to recycle at school than at home.

• It is easier to recycle small things than large things.

Which sentence is an opinion?

• Put a suggestion box in a convenient place where students can write other ideas for recycling.

• The fines tell how the person must reduce garbage for one day or one week.

• A compost is an outside area where you throw you left-over food from school lunches.

• It is so important for human beings to protect this beautiful earth.