Wonders U3 Partaking in Public Service

Reread paragraph 1 on page 193.

What is the author's purpose in writing that 27% of us volunteer, or one in every four of us is performing a public service?

• To support the different ways that Americans volunteer.

• To support the claim that volunteering in an important part of American life.

• To support the claim that kids join local volunteer groups to give back to their communities.

• To support the claim that 4-H clubs have grown in popularity.

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How did the author support the claim that amazing young people have taken volunteering to the next level and have shown the rest of us what public service is all about?

• By highlighting and explaining the accomplishments of four young volunteers.

• By giving facts about how many young Americans partake in volunteering organizations.

• By stating that all of these kids started with a simple idea and worked to help their community in important ways.

• By stating that the number of teens and children volunteering has doubled in the last 20 years.

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Part A

What is the purpose of the text Partaking in Public Service?

• To entertain the reader with stories about young volunteers.

• To persuade the reader to partake in volunteering and public service.

• To inform the reader about different activities that people can do as volunteers.

• To inform the reader about ways that we can make our environment safer.

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Part B

Choose two details to support your answer to Part A.

• All of these kids started with a simple idea. They worked to help their community.

• Volunteering is an important part of American life.

• Some amazing young people have truly taken volunteering to the next level.

• They work together to help others and to improve their schools and neighborhoods. Kids join local volunteer groups to give back to their communities.

• Community projects may include planting gardens or collecting food and clothing.

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What is the author's perspective on volunteering in the text Partaking in Public Service?

• Volunteering is an important way to help the community you live in.

• Kids can make a difference by taking a simple idea and using it to help their community.

• Only adults can volunteer and help their community.

• Kids join volunteering organizations only to make money.

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