Identifying Constellations

Match the following

• what the text is mainly about

• Main Idea

• supports the main idea

• Key Detail

• supports key details, gives more details

• Supporting Detail

• 1 or 2 words -about the subject

• Topic

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

From the title of the text, "Identifying Constellations," what does it mean to identify? Choose all that apply.

• recognize

• pick out

• point out

• know

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5 RI 4

What is the topic of the text, "Identifying Constellations?"

• Ursa Major

• Orion

• Constellations

• Identifying Constellations

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5.RI.2

What are the reasons the author wrote the text, "Identifying Constellations?" Select all that apply.

• To persuade

• To inform

• To explain

• To describe

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which is the best text evidence in the text that tells what constellations are?

• shapes

• stars

• a group of stars

• a group of stars that form recognizable shapes

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5.RI.4

What is the meaning of "gave rise to" in the sentence: These shapes, called constellations, helped ancient people make sense of the sky. They also gave rise to some amazing stories.

• made

• created

• inspired

• motivated

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5.RI.4

How is the text organized?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

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5.RI.5

Part A: Which BEST states the main idea of the text written by Allen James?

• One constellation that most people can identify is the Big Dipper.

• Another easy constellation to spot is Orion, the Hunter.

• For thousands of years, people have come up with ways of identifying and keeping track of the stars in the night sky.

• Ancient cultures named the stars and told stories about them.

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5.RI.2

Part B: Which statement from the text BEST supports the answer to Part A?

• "Ancient cultures made sense of the stars was by grouping them into recognizable shapes."

• "Constellations also gave rise to some amazing stories."

• "The Big dipper is a constellation of seven stars that looks like a longhandled cup, or dipper, for water."

• "To see Orion, the Hunter, look for three stars that are close together in a slightly diagonal line."

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5.RI.1

Which of these is MOST CLEARLY a key detail of the passage?

• "Other times, the shapes took the forms of mythic heroes and monsters."

• "Constellations gave rise to some amazing stories."

• "The Big Dipper is part of the larger constellation called Ursa Major, or the Great Bear."

• "Other stars above and below the belt form Orion's upper and lower body."

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5.RI.2