Informational Text Review - The Erie Canal

This selection uses a __________________ organizational text structure.

• chronological

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which descriptive graphic would most increase the readers' appreciation of the scope of the Erie Canal project?

• a photograph of DeWitt Clinton

• a diagram of the interior of a lock

• a photograph of exhausted pack animals

• a map showing how long the canal stretches

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Why did DeWitt Clinton want to build the Erie Canal?

• Transportation over land was too expensive, and trade was suffering because of it.

• He wanted to prove Thomas Jefferson wrong.

• He wanted to give jobs to thousands of Irish-Americans.

• He wanted to experiment with building fifty locks.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What was the advantage of having so much work to do for the builders of the Erie Canal?

• It allowed them to try many different varieties of locks.

• It made them so busy that they overcame their personal prejudices against one another.

• It gave them plenty of time to improve at their jobs.

• It made the Independance Day holiday especially enjoyable

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The claim in paragraph 3 that "Still, not everyone was convinced," is _________

• Strong because the paragraph goes on to list statistics which suggest that most New Yorkers dud not believe in the project.

• Strong because the paragraph goes on to list examples of people, including Thomas Jefferson, who doubted the wisdom of the project.

• Weak because the paragraph doesn't reference a quote from an authority.

• Weak because all the evidence in support of the claim us only in the form of a description.

Why wasn't it helpful that at the time civil engineering didn't exist as a profession in the United States?

• Civil engineers could have solved almost every economic problem at that time in the United States.

• Americans would have naturally been the best civil engineers in teh world if they had only been trained.

• Civil engineers could have solved the transportation without having to build a canal.

• Civil engineers are trained to solve problems like the ones posed by the construction of the Erie Canal.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1