Unit 1 Post Assessment - TyQuisha Porter | Library

                                                            Garbage in the Ocean
                                                                 By, Kate Paixão
The ocean is full of garbage. Most garbage comes from land. How does garbage get into the ocean? Wind blows litter there. Rivers also carry trash to the ocean. The garbage collects in gyres. A gyre is a place where water moves in a circle. The garbage cannot escape the gyre. It builds up. When that happens, it is called a “garbage patch.” Fish and birds eat the garbage. Eating the garbage makes them sick. Ocean garbage is bad for animals and the Earth.

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How does most garbage end up in the ocean?

                                                 An Upset
      The Hawks were in last place. Everyone agreed: they were the worst players in the whole league. Every other team had scored at least one win this season. But the Hawks were losers.
It was strange. Even though they never won, Taylor loved to play. He got along well with his teammates. Their coach was fun. He never yelled at them. A lot of the other coaches would scream and turn red. And they were the winning team! Why were they always so mad?

      This was the final game of the season. As usual, the Hawks had gotten to the park early. They had something to eat. They kicked the ball around just for fun before the game. They had a large cheering section. Their parents lined the field. Some of them shouted, “Good job!” when a foot met a ball. When the goalie blocked a score, everyone cheered. Some parents ran onto the field. They looked silly, but they were having a good time.
The other teams did not have to work very hard to beat the Hawks. They took chances. They pretended to miss easy kicks. They sat down, waiting for the Hawks to move. They spun in circles to show they could do anything and still win. The Hawks tried to ignore their antics.

       Then something happened. The other team missed an easy goal. The Hawks made two goals, one right after the other. A player on the other team slipped and fell. Taylor lobbed the ball halfway across the field. Another goal! The whistle blew. No one could believe what happened: The Hawks had won 3 to 1. As they left the park, they carried Taylor on their shoulders. It was a day none of them would ever forget.

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At the final game of the season, the Hawks

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Read the second paragraph, what does the reader learn about Taylor in this paragraph?

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Even though everyone though the Hawks were "the worst players in the whole league", how did the players feel about playing on the team?

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The author never mentions the sport by name in the passage. What sport is being played in this passage? How do you know that this is the sport being played?