Middle School Review English

It's important to go to school. What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.

What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain with a story about school

• to teach you how to get good grades

• to persuade you to work hard in school

• to explain the best colleges

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is a claim?

• An opinion that can be argued.

• Text that cannot be argued.

• Facts to prove something true.

• Explains your evidence and identifies how the evidence supports your claim.

What is evidence?

• An opinion that can be argued.

• Explains your evidence and identifies how the evidence supports your claim.

• Facts, data, & research that supports the claim.

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the Central Idea?

• The middle of the point.

• The most important point of the text. (One-sentence summary!)

• The supporting detail.

• The topic.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is an Objective Summary?

• A summary of your opinion and personal feelings of the text.

• The most important point of the text.

• A summary of minor details and personal opinions.

• A summary that does not include any opinions about what is written in the text.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the central idea?

Jackie Robinson did something nobody had ever done before. He was not only a three-sport athlete at UCLA. He was the first African-American to play on a Major league baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson had to deal with racism all over the country. He was treated very poorly by the by other players and fans in the stadiums he visited. But, whenever things got difficult, his courage and determination kept him going. Today his number 42 is retired on every team in major league baseball, and he is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

• Jackie Robinson is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

• Jackie Robinson played many different sports.

• Jackie Robinson is an important figure in American History.

• Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which sentence from the paragraph SUPPORTS the central idea that CATS HAVE A SMART WAY OF GETTING WHAT THEY WANT?

_{Most people want to think that they are in control of their pets. However, a study by Karen McComb at the University of Sussex found that cat owners are controlled by their cats. Cat owners probably won’t have too much trouble believing this. Cats make a fairly loud noise by mixing a purr with a cry. The sound seems to be less annoying to humans than straight meowing. Using this sound, cats tell humans when they want to eat and when they want the door opened. The purr part of the sound keeps humans from becoming too annoyed, so the cat gets exactly what he or she wants.}

• "Most people want to think that they are in control of their pets."

• "The purr part of the sound keeps humans from becoming too annoyed."

• "Cats make a fairly loud noise by mixing a purr with a cry."

• "Cat owners probably won't have too much trouble believing this."

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Select the best evidence to support the statement that ancient civilizations used their knowledge of forces to move massive objects.

For thousands of years, people have recognized the importance of forces. Even if they do not fully understand

them, they have certainly known how to use them. Fantastic monuments like the pyramids in Egypt, the

statues on Easter Island, and Stonehenge in England were built because our ancestors had developed an understanding of how to use forces to make work easier. That process of using forces to make life easier continues today. You can see it in action around you in everything from a can opener to a scooter, from the family car to a pair of scissors.

• Fantastic monuments like the pyramids in Egypt, the statues on Easter Island, and Stonehenge in England were built because our ancestors had developed an understanding of how to use forces to make work easier.

• You can see it in action around you in everything from a can opener to a scooter, from the family car to a pair of scissors.

• For thousands of years, people have recognized the importance of forces.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is the author's point of view towards reading?

It is recommended that parents read to their children everyday, starting as early as six months of age. When you read with your children, you are starting them off as a life-long reader and learner. Reading to children teaches communication skills as well as increases attention spans. Turn off the television and read a book to your child.

• Children like to have someone read to them.

• Parents should read to their children.

• Elderly people enjoy reading.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the author's claim?

It's important to go to school. What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.

• It's important to go to school.

• What you learn in school will help you later in life.

• It will also help you get a job.

• If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.