"Release the Kraken

What is the main idea of paragraph 2

• The description of a giant bus

• The description of a giant squid

• The description of the Kraken

• the description of an old ship

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which piece of evidence supports your answer in number 1?

• “Giant squids have been found up to 33 feet lon

• 1. “They live in the deepest parts of the ocean”

• 1. “There isn’t much information available about giant squids”

• "There are a lot of sea creatures in the ocean,"

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which statement best states the central idea of “Release the Kraken”? 

• The Kraken is a long school bus.

• The Kraken is described as being as large as a bus

• The Kraken  was told to have been mean to sailors everywhere

• 1. The Kraken  is proven to be a giant squid

  
  

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What words from the selection help you understand the meaning of tentacles?

• 1. Up to 33 feet long

• 1. Legendary sea monster

• Giant squids are great swimmers

• 1. These long arms

  
  

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which piece of evidence supports the idea that scientists know very little about

             giant squids?

• Giant squids live deep in the ocean

• Giant squids only visit beaches

• 1. Scientists are not really interested 

  
  

• Giant squids are smaller than a turtle

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.W.6.1B

What statements suggest that giant squids adapted to life in the deep ocean?

• They have giant eyes to see in the

          dark

  
  

• They have mouths like a parrot

  
  

• Giant squids have an extra respiratory system.

• 1. They have long tentacles to reach 

          ships from the bottom of the ocean

  
  

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why did the author choose to compare the squid to a small bus?

• To show the reader what it sounds like

• 1. To show the reader what it feels like

• 1. To show the reader what is looks like

• To show the reader what it smells like

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Based on the text, what inference can be drawn about the giant squid? 

• Giant squids are pretend animals

• Giant squids loved to eat sailors

  
  

• Giant squids attacked small ships 

  accidentally

  
  

• Giant squids are always on the surface of the water

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Based on the sentence below, how many limbs does a giant squid have? 

“A giant squid has eight arms and two longer tentacles”

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 10