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5.25 Reading Progress Monitoring

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Goal: Identify the central idea and support it with evidence from the text.

Question 1

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Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? HINT: Read paragraph 5

The outcome of one living thing on another depends on if their relationship is harmful or helpful.

TV companies make money by showing the violent relationships between animals.

Relationships between animals are usually violent because they fight over food to survive.

Question 2

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Which quote from the text best supports the answer to question 1?

“They do not steal anything. They do not bite. They just think the body of another living thing is a great place to hang out.” (Paragraph 3)

“When a lion kills a gazelle, it wants to eat as much as it can and maybe share the rest with its family.” (Paragraph 2)

“There’s a word that we use for all of these kinds of relationships. Symbiotic is when two living things live together and change how the other one lives” (Paragraph 6)

Question 3

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According to paragraph 3, which statement best describes the relationship between a whale and a barnacle?

Both the whale and the barnacle benefit because both of their lives are made eaiser by being attached.

The whale benefits from this relationship because nothing will try to eat it, and the barnacles are not harmed.

The barnacles benefit because they can eat food while they are attached to the whale, and the whale is not harmed.

Question 4

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Which quote from paragraph 3 best supports the answer to question 3?

“one gets good things out of it while the other is not hurt”

“Unless, of course, the whale wants to go on a date.”

“First, nothing will try to eat them. They are on a whale!”

Question 5

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How does the author structure the text to convey the central idea of the article?

The author only provides examples 

Non-violent relationships to violent relationships

Violent relationships to non-violent relationships