Spring Check-In Review (#1)

1. Read this sentence from Paragraph 4.

"Buying touch pads is just the first step down a slippery slope toward spending hundreds and thousands of dollars more on software."

What does the use of the phrase “slippery slope” MOST suggest about the decision to buy touch pads?

• It may take a long time to gain acceptance

• It will increase the pace at which lessons are taught

• It will begin a series of events that is difficult to stop

• It may cause disagreements between teachers and students

2. Read this sentence from Paragraph 4.

"Using a touch pad might be as natural as picking up a pencil, but just because a kid can pick up a pencil does not mean she knows how to spell correctly."

In the sentence, how is a touch pad similar to a pencil?

• Both should be avoided when better options are present

• Both can cause students to fall behind in their schoolwork

• Both are tools that must be used properly to have any effect

• Both are more difficult to use than most people think they are

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

3. Which idea is MOST fully developed in the passage?

• Students should pay more attention to what is around them.

• Touch pads are not worth the money they would cost schools.

• Schools need to spend more money on art and music programs

• Young people should not be allowed to use touch technology at school.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

4. Which statement from the passage is a FACT?

• Everybody agrees that touch devices are fun.

• That is, we have to buy a touch pad and then all the apps for it.

• This would be a much better way to improve our schools.

• It is a waste of money to buy these unnecessary tools.

5. Which statement from the passage is an example of exaggeration?

• Students also enjoy watching movies, playing video games, and eating ice cream.

• Young people are learning more than just facts and figures in school.

• Students who use touch devices are likely to forget how to interact with the world around them.

• Teaching a person how to write well is challenging with or without expensive tools.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

6. Read this sentence from Paragraph 5.

"I believe that any of these options would be a better investment of our limited school resources."

What does the word resources mean in the sentence?

• money or supplies

• ideas or suggestions

• things that are needed

• people who teach others

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

7. Read these sentences from the last paragraph.

"Tools alone do not teach. Teachers teach."

What do the sentences MOST suggest about technology?

• It cannot help students learn.

• It is not worthy of serious study.

• It causes interruptions in the classroom.

• It is useless without the work of skilled people.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

8. Read this sentence from Paragraph 2.

This is a question to ask before testing out any new fad in our schools.

What does the use of the word fad suggest about touch devices?

• They are likely to break easily.

• They cost a large amount of money.

• They will only be popular for a short time.

• They are less powerful than they appear to be.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

9. How does the author organize the information in Paragraph 5?

• by giving reasons why schools should receive more funding for programs

• by describing the steps in the process of hiring new teachers and staff members

• by comparing the abilities of teachers to those of touch devices and other technology

• by suggesting improvements that would be more useful to schools than touch devices

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

10. Which sentence from the passage is an example of a hyperbole?

• Touch technology gives kids easy, flashy access to facts.

• The list of things we will need to buy is endless

• The money could also pay for better lunch programs, or art or music education

• Touch pads are expensive, but that does not mean they are valuable for learning.