WorksheetsECR Practice: Guess the Prompt!
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: The farmer and Olivia feel differently while working toward their goals because the farmer is patient and hopeful, while Olivia feels frustrated and discouraged.
Explain how the farmer and Olivia work together to reach the same goal.
Explain why the farmer and Olivia feel DIFFERENTLY while working toward their goals.
Explain what goal the farmer and Olivia are trying to achieve in the story.
Explain how the farmer and Olivia change their feelings by the end of the story.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: Soil is important to Earth because it helps plants grow and provides homes for many living organisms.
Explain how soil is formed and where it comes from.
Explain the ways that soil is important to Earth.
Explain what would happen if there were no soil on Earth.
Explain how people can protect soil from being damaged.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: People should be rewarded for recycling because it encourages more people to help the environment and makes recycling feel important and worthwhile.
Explain how recycling helps reduce the amount of trash in landfills.
Explain your opinion about why people should or should not be rewarded for recycling.
Explain what kinds of materials can and cannot be recycled.
Explain how recycling programs work in schools or communities.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: People should make changes to traditional dishes because it allows for creativity and helps meet different tastes and dietary needs.
Explain whether or not people should make changes to traditional dishes.
Explain why traditional dishes are important to a culture or family.
Explain how traditional dishes are usually prepared and passed down over time.
Explain what makes a dish “traditional” in the first place.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: The events in the story cause Cody to change his opinions because he learns new information and begins to understand others’ perspectives.
Explain what Cody’s opinions are at the beginning of the story.
Explain how the events in the story cause Cody to change his opinions.
Explain how Cody’s actions affect other characters in the story.
Explain what lesson the author wants the reader to learn from Cody’s experience.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: Technology has changed animation because it improves visual quality and allows artists to create more detailed and creative stories.
Explain how animation was created before modern technology existed.
Explain the effects that technology has had on animation.
Explain why animation is an effective way to tell stories to audiences.
Explain what skills animators need to be successful in their work.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: Kim shows determination throughout the story because she does not give up when things are difficult and continues trying to reach her goal.
Explain what Kim’s main goal is in the story.
Explain how Kim shows determination throughout the story.
Explain how other characters support or challenge Kim.
Explain how the setting affects what happens to Kim in the story.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: Public access to the cave should be closed off because it will protect the cave from damage and keep people safe from getting hurt.
Write a letter addressed to the town council about whether public access to the cave should be closed off.
Explain what makes the cave an interesting or important place to visit.
Explain how caves are formed and what features they usually have.
Explain how people can safely explore caves without causing damage.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: Chip and Xavier behave similarly because they both stay determined when facing challenges and show courage when things become difficult.
Explain how Chip in the excerpt and Xavier in the poem behave SIMILARLY to each other.
Explain how Chip and Xavier are different in the way they respond to challenges.
Explain what challenges Chip faces and what challenges Xavier faces in their stories.
Explain how Chip and Xavier change from the beginning to the end of their texts.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: The relationship between the author and her grandmother influenced her life because her grandmother taught her important lessons and helped shape who she became.
Describe how the relationship between the author and her grandmother influenced the author’s life.
Explain what the grandmother was like as a person in the story.
Explain how the author shows respect for her family traditions.
Explain what event first brought the author and her grandmother together.
By looking at this central idea/thesis statement, can you guess the prompt? Thesis/Central Idea: Humans benefit from allowing robots to complete simple tasks because robots save time and help keep people safe from dangerous work.
Explain how robots are built and programmed to complete tasks.
Explain some ways humans benefit from allowing robots to complete simple tasks at home and in the workplace.
Explain what challenges or problems robots can create for humans.
Explain how robots have changed jobs in different careers.
