Relevance and Topic Development Quiz

Evidence that DOES connect to the claim is _____________ evidence.

• Relevant

• Irrelevant

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Evidence that DOES NOT connect to the claim is _______________ evidence.

• Relevant

• Irrelevant

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: Dogs are better than cats.

• Dogs are quicker to train in a household.

• Dogs are always happy to see their owners.

• Dogs are clumsy and shed their hair everywhere in the house.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Select the IRRELEVANT evidence for this claim: The driving age should be lowered.

• Newer, young drivers are twice as likely to cause car accidents than older, experienced drivers.

• Teens have much better eyesight when they are younger, which would help their driving.

• Teens can get jobs at a younger age because their parents won't have to drive them.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Select the RELEVANT evidence for this claim: Schools should start later in the morning.

• Students would be more awake in class for getting more sleep in the mornings.

• Schools would get out later in the day, which gives students less time to complete homework or after school activities.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Select the RELEVANT evidence for this claim: Children should be given allowance for doing chores.

• Earning money for chores will help children learn responsibility very early in life.

• Children can become irresponsible by spending all of the money they earn right away.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Select the IRRELEVANT pieces of evidence for this claim (CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE): Schools should require students to wear uniforms.

• Families would save money by not buying as many clothes for school.

• Uniforms are expensive.

• Students would not be able to express individuality at school.

• Students would not break the dress code at school.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? Amelia Earhart is famous for being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

• She was able to cross the Atlantic Ocean in only 21 hours.

• She disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

• She went to the Iowa State Fair and saw a plane for the first time.

• She first became a nurse and then a social worker before becoming a pilot.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? Weather reports need to be correct so that people can prepare for bad weather.

• I always keep an umbrella in my car in case it rains.

• Weather reporters study many satellite images before preparing their report on the news.

• It takes several years of schooling to become a weather reporter.

• Weather reporters use pictures to show the news about weather.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Choose the sentence that does not belong in the following paragraph.

(1) Beavers are natural engineers. (2) These mammals occupy slow-moving streams and build dams of sticks and mud. (3) Their dams, which average 10 m to 100 m in length, raise water levels to create ponds. (4) They are one of Canada’s national symbols. (5) Beavers are relentless in their efforts to shape their environment.

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

• sentence 5

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2