6th grade Unit 3 Exercise

1.. How does the author best illustrate the importance of conservation?

• She uses visual imagery to help the reader imagine what the world would look like if humans continue to be wasteful and create pollution.

• She explains how someone fought to make others aware of the results of pollution and waste.

• She provides data to show the negative impact of pollution on the world

• She describes what is currently happening to forests all over the world.

What is the central idea of the text?

• Gaylord Nelson organized a huge event to bring people together to come up with ways to help the environment.

• President Kennedy campaigned unsuccessfully to convince people the environment was in danger.

• Many politicians acknowledged there were concerns about the environment, but none of them took action to address the issues.

• Gaylord Nelson’s tireless efforts to call attention to issues with the environment led to the creation of an annual event celebrating the health of our planet.

Which sentence from Text 1 best helps develop the correct central idea from Part A?

• “Nelson realized very few people were concerned about environmental problems like deforestation, the destruction of trees.”

• “The President set out on a five-day, 11-state conservation tour in September 1963.”

• “‘The idea that became Earth Day,’ said Nelson, ‘occurred to me while on a conservation speaking tour out West in the summer of 1969.’”

• “Gaylord Nelson died on July 3, 2005, but his contributions will always be remembered as younger generations continue his fight to preserve the world's environment.”

In Text 1, which claim made by the author is least supported by evidence?

• “. . . , Gaylord Nelson decided something needed to be done to protect the environment.”

• “The work that he began led to what we now know as Earth Day.”

• “Word about the environment began to spread.”

• “. . . but his contributions will always be remembered as younger generations continue his fight to preserve the world's environment.”

If Text 1 were made into a biographical video, what would be the focus?

• Key events in the life of Gaylord Nelson as his environmental work grows into an international, educational holiday.

• President John F. Kennedy’s five-day conservation tour of the United States.

• How author Amanda Davis decided to write a Scholastic article about Gaylord Nelson in 2017.

• The United Nations’ Secretary-General signing of a proclamation establishing Earth Day as an official international holiday.

If Text 1 were made into a biographical video, what would be the focus?

• Key events in the life of Gaylord Nelson as his environmental work grows into an international, educational holiday.

• President John F. Kennedy’s five-day conservation tour of the United States.

• How author Amanda Davis decided to write a Scholastic article about Gaylord Nelson in 2017.

• The United Nations’ Secretary-General signing of a proclamation establishing Earth Day as an official international holiday.