Fall Benchmark Review

What is the following question asking you to do?

What is paragraph 10 mostly about?

• Look for the author's purpose

• Look for the main idea

• Look for the controlling idea

• Look for the organization

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

All of these would be strategies for annotating except...

• summarizing the paragraph

• underline the title

• circle unknown vocabulary

• bubble in the scantron

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on -

What skill are you being asked to use for this question?

• factual claim

• main idea

• context clue

• author's purpose

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

STAAR Question: The author organizes this selection by -

What skill are you being asked to use in this question?

• text structure

• graphic elements

• supporting details

• main idea

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Look up the word secure.

Read this sentence:

My art project fell apart because I didn't secure it carefully.

What is the correct definition of the word secure as it is used in this sentence?

• to feel safe

• to release from work or duty

• to fasten tightly to something else

• to place in a safe in a bank

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The reader can CONCLUDE that the little girl is funny because she tells jokes all the way through the story.

What does the word CONCLUDE mean?

• to infer

• draw a conclusion

• have the idea

• all of these are correct

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of these do you HAVE TO DO when you're doing a reading checkpoint or reading benchmark?

• highlight and hashtag

• reread

• look back at your story

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late 1700's. He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires. He also invented the Franklin stove. The stove could heat a room better than a fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel. He also invented a special kind of glasses called bifocals. This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.

• Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.

• A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.

• Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is "tension" in a story?

• scenes that took place in the past

• the turning point of a story, has the most action in the plot

• the sense that something threatening is right around the corner

• the problem of the story

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is an example of "tension" in a story?

• an immigrant teen really wants to go to her school dance but knows parents will say no

• an immigrant family packs for their trip to Panama and mom packs too many shoes

• a pregnant housewife is waiting for her husband to come home and she's in a good mood

• a detective sneaks around a house where someone could pop out at any moment

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5