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Worksheets2021 RW STAAR Walkthrough Lesson 8
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
The author uses paragraph 1 mainly to -
indicate that learning new things is fun.
identify different types of schools.
introduce the idea of going to school in cyberspace.
suggest that cyberschools are better than schools with buildings.
Which of these is the best clue to the meaning of correspondence in paragraph 2?
special radio station
miles apart
in the mail
did their homework
The information in paragraphs 3 - 4 is mainly organized to -
demonstrate how cyberschools are different from regular schools
explain the process of attending a cyberclass
clarify where cyberclasses take place
provide facts about the students who go to cyberschool
The main difference between the schools in paragraphs 3 - 4 and in paragraph 5 is that in paragraph 5 the students -
are all in a classroom.
are at different locations.
cannot ask questions.
are together with the teacher.
The author's main purpose for including paragraph 6 is to show that -
cyberstudents can be located anywhere in the world.
students and teachers do not need to meet for classes to be effective.
cyberschools allow students to go to school at any time that is convenient for them.
cyberstudents can ask questions while they are logged in to the class.
The details in this story help the reader infer that the author wrote this science fiction story -
very recently.
about five years ago.
about fifty years ago.
about 100 years ago.
Because this story is told by a third-person narrator, the reader is better able to understand -
how Margie feels about what schools were like in the past.
why students learn by using teaching machines.
how all the characters think and feel.
what kinds of lessons students learn at different grades.
From the details in paragraphs 10 - 12, the reader can tell that Margie dislikes school because -
there are no other students in her class.
the mechanical teacher calculates her marks too quickly.
it makes her feel like a failure.
the Inspector is unpleasant to her.
Which of these meanings best fits the way superior is used in paragraph 15?
Meaning 1
Meaning 2
Meaning 3
Meaning 4
Margie says that a man can't know as much as a teacher because -
her father is not well educated.
she wants to get into an argument with Tommy.
she admires her teacher and wants to show how much he knows.
the only teacher she has known is a machine.
Finding the book at the beginning of the story is an effective device for revealing the theme because -
the children learn what books were like in the past.
the book shows how students learned together in the past.
Margie's grandfather once told her about books printed on paper.
the book is similar to the mechanical teacher.
The short story provides imaginative details about what schools would be like in the future, while the article -
explains why students prefer to learn with computers.
provides imaginative details about learning in cyberspace.
gives facts and details about learning many years ago.
describes real-life contemporary learning situations.
Which type of school described in the article would Margie, in the story, feel most comfortable with?
Schools where students log on to programs when and where they want.
Schools with students in different sites who log on to the same program at the same time.
Schools with classrooms of kids who log on to the Internet.
Schools where students learn from their homes through correspondence courses.
The purpose of "Going to School in Cyberspace" is to explain different ways of going to school, while the theme of "The Fun They Had" suggests that -
books are better tools for learning than computers.
technology brings with it many benefits.
the social aspects of learning are important.
people should fear the future and look toward the past.
