Practice Central Idea, Summarizing, and Inferencing

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What is the central idea of the following text: "In the story, a young girl named Emma learns the importance of honesty after she faces the consequences of lying to her friends."

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Emma learns the importance of honesty.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

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Based on the text, "Tom always helps his neighbors with their groceries," what can you infer about Tom's character?

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Tom is helpful and kind.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

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Based on the text, "Mark always finishes his homework before playing video games," what can you infer about Mark's priorities?

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Mark prioritizes his homework over video games.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

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Which sentence best expresses the central idea of paragraph 4? Options: Baseball is popular in many countries., Baseball's original roots are from America., Baseball likely originated from similar sports played in other parts of the world long ago., "The English and Irish played a game called 'rounders' that involved a ball, a bat, and a stick in the ground as a single base."

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Baseball likely originated from similar sports played in other parts of the world long ago.

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What inference can be made about volleyball?

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People were interested in playing indoor sports.

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What inference can be made about movie theaters?
Options:
1. Having a small, local theater is important to moviegoers.
2. Americans were not interested in watching movies in their cars.
3. Having a choice in what movie they watch is important to moviegoers.

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Having a choice in what movie they watch is important to moviegoers.

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Choose the best summary for the paragraph about Jane Goodall's arrival in Tanzania in 1960 and her interaction with the chimps.

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In the summer of 1960, Jane Goodall arrived in Tanzania and became friends with the chimps. They learned she was kind and gentle.

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What is happening? Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California."

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Tim is moving to California with his family.

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Joseph and Caitlin were choosing the players for their teams. It was Caitlin's turn to choose, and only Jason was left. Caitlin said, "Jason."

We can infer that…

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Jason was not a very good player.

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Read the white box. Which is a logical inference to answer the question?

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Humans would face many challenges in order to live on Mars.