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WorksheetsCREE Quiz with Out of the Dust
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
What does the C stand for?
Cause
Claim
Conjunction
Complex
What does the R stand for?
Response
Reply
Review
Reason
What does the FIRST E stand for?
Evidence
Explain
Ending
Essay
What does the SECOND E stand for?
Evidence
Explain
Ending
Essay
When Billie Jo thinks of her best friend moving, she wonders "What kind of friend am I wishing my feet on that road instead of Livie's." (7).
CLAIM
REASON
EVIDENCE
EXPLANATION
During the trials of the dust storms, Billie Jo wishes she were somewhere else.
CLAIM
REASON
EVIDENCE
EXPLANATION
Billie Jo is tired of all the challenges she has had to face due to the drought and dust.
CLAIM
REASON
EVIDENCE
EXPLANATION
Billie Jo's thoughts reveal she wishes she were moving to escape the dust that is taking over all aspects of her life.
CLAIM
REASON
EVIDENCE
EXPLANATION
Choose all of the EVIDENCE sentence starters
This proves
According to the text
The text states
When ____ realizes ____, he/she says
His/her thoughts reveal
Choose all of the EXPLANATION sentence starters
This proves
According to the text
The text states
When ____ realizes ____, he/she says
His/her thoughts reveal
Which is the best CLAIM for the following prompt:
What is the tone in poem?
In Out of the Dust, Billie Jo loves her family.
In Out of the Dust, the speaker, Billie Jo, has a calm, straightforward tone in the poem "Beat Wheat".
In Out of the Dust, Billie Joe is calm.
The tone is calm.
What is the best EVIDENCE to prove Billie Jo is hopeless?
"One quarter of the wheat is gone"
"The dust brought the rain that was no blessing"
"I test my long fingers on the wild rhythms"
"I know our future is drying up and blowing away with the dust"
What is the best EXPLANATION?
Claim: Billie Jo is hopeless.
Evidence: "I know our future is drying up and blowing away with the dust".
Billie Jo's thoughts reveal she understands just how bad things are for her and her family in the panhandle of Oklahoma, and she has no reason to be optimistic about what is to come.
Billie Jo's thoughts show she knows the wheat is drying and the dust is blowing everything away.
She is hopeless.
Billie Jo's thoughts prove she is hopeless, but in other parts of the story she is hopeful for her mom's apple tree to bloom.
How many pieces of EVIDENCE should you use in each paragraph?
1
2
3
4
What is a REASON Billie Jo plays the piano?
Billie Jo likes the piano.
Billie Jo and her Ma play piano.
Billie Jo plays the piano to keep her mind off of the dust that has taken over every other aspect of her life.
Billie Jo plays the piano to get out of cleaning the dust from their house and taking tests.
