Humans Need to Explore Outer Space
Authored by Ashley Lowe
English
7th Grade
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and argumentative text analysis within the context of space exploration. Designed for 7th grade students, the assessment evaluates multiple essential English language arts skills including vocabulary in context, identification of argumentative elements, textual analysis, and rhetorical appeals. Students must demonstrate their ability to determine word meanings using context clues, recognize thesis statements and counterarguments, identify supporting evidence, analyze text structure, determine author's purpose, make inferences about the author's perspective, and understand the concepts of ethos, pathos, and logos. The quiz requires students to engage with complex informational text that presents an argument about the importance of space exploration, demanding critical thinking skills as they navigate between supporting claims and opposing viewpoints while analyzing how the author constructs a persuasive argument. Created by Ashley Lowe, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 7. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding of argumentative text analysis, a review activity following lessons on persuasive writing techniques, or homework to reinforce classroom learning about reading comprehension strategies. Teachers can use this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before diving deeper into argumentative writing units, or as practice for students preparing for standardized assessments that require analysis of nonfiction texts. The quiz directly supports Common Core standards including CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.4 for determining technical and figurative word meanings, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.6 for analyzing author's purpose and point of view, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.8 for evaluating arguments and supporting evidence, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1 for making inferences and citing textual evidence, making it an invaluable resource for middle school English instruction focused on critical reading and analysis skills.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
With so much human investment made, we must go forward, fully embracing space exploration as an important priority.
Embracing means...
Experiment or invest
Exceed or go beyond
Accepting or acknowledging
Idea or suggestion
Critical or essential
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
New discoveries keep emerging that raise more questions. It is imperative that we use all our available resources to continue research on Mars.
Imperative means...
Experiment or invest
Exceed or go beyond
Accepting or acknowledging
Idea or suggestion
Critical or essential
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The future of the human race and Earth itself is at stake. We are close to surpassing our planet's carrying capacity and exhausting our natural resources.
Surpassing means...
Experiment or invest
Exceed or go beyond
Accepting or acknowledging
Idea or suggestion
Critical or essential
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Private companies looking to colonize Mars beleive the risk of space flight is similar to that of climbing Mount Everest. As we all know, this is a risky, but not impossible proposition.
Proposition means...
Experiment or invest
Exceed or go beyond
Accepting or acknowledging
Idea or suggestion
Critical or essential
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Technological innovations are developing to allow us to venture even farther into space.
Venture means...
Experiment or invest
Accepting or acknowledging
Idea or suggestion
Critical or essential
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence from the article is the author's thesis statement?
Space travel has its documented dangers; however, direct human involvement could likely boost the potential for discovery.
It is imperative that we use all our available resources to continue to research on Mars.
With so much human investment made, we must go forward, fulling embracing space exploration as an important priority. Our future in space depends on science.
NASA has also conducted robotic missions within our solar system.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence from the text is the author's counterargument?
But space travel is not without risk. NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which was the main connections to the International Space Station, suffered two terrible losses.
Technological innovations are developing to allow us to venture even father into space.
NASA has also conducted robotic missions in our solar system.
On the other hand, the future of the human race and Earth itself is at stake.
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