Think Up Assessment - RI 7.6 - "Furry Friends Home Alone" & "Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?" (8.5) - Scott Yamanashi | Library

Instructions

Read the passages using your Scratch Paper Strategies and answer each question.

Required

1

Use “Furry Friends Home Alone” to answer questions 1–5.

Read this sentence from the selection.
"Created by Audible.com and famed dog whisperer Cesar Millan, the Audiobooks for Dogs series features classic books read in a soothing monotone."

How does the Greek root mono, that means “one,” help the reader know the meaning of the word monotone?

EX.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4.a

Required

1

Read this sentence from the selection.

"The best choices are toys that are interactive and require dogs to solve puzzles, thus boosting their mental and physical capabilities."

How does this sentence help develop the central idea in the selection?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2

Required

1

Which phrase does the author use to create a positive and caring tone in the text?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4

Required

1

Which strategy does the author use to achieve her purpose in the selection?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6

Required

1

Which sentence from the selection supports the answer to Question 4?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6

Required

1

Use “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 6-9.

Which statement describes the strategy the author uses to make her argument?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.8

Required

1

In which sentence does the author acknowledge a conflicting viewpoint?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6

Required

1

Read this sentence from the selection.

"It is quickly becoming an unwise national obsession."

How does the selection provide relevant and sufficient evidence to support this claim?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.8

Required

1

Read this sentence from the selection.

"But others feel the preponderance of new products and services is unnecessary."

What does the word preponderance mean in this sentence?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4

Required

1

Use “Furry Friends Home Alone” and “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 10-13.

How would the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone” most likely respond after reading “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?”

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6

Required

1

Which statement expresses a point of view shared by both authors?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6

Required

1

What do the two selections disagree about?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.9

Required

1

What is a concern of “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” that is not shared by the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone”?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.9

Think Up Assessment - RI 7.6 - "Furry Friends Home Alone" & "Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?" (8.5)

Think Up Assessment - RI 7.6 - "Furry Friends Home Alone" & "Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?" (8.5)

Read this sentence from the selection."The best choices are toys that are interactive and require dogs to solve puzzles, thus boosting their mental and physical capabilities."How does this sentence help develop the central idea in the selection?

Which phrase does the author use to create a positive and caring tone in the text?

Which strategy does the author use to achieve her purpose in the selection?

Which sentence from the selection supports the answer to Question 4?

Use “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 6-9.Which statement describes the strategy the author uses to make her argument?

In which sentence does the author acknowledge a conflicting viewpoint?

Read this sentence from the selection."It is quickly becoming an unwise national obsession."How does the selection provide relevant and sufficient evidence to support this claim?

Read this sentence from the selection."But others feel the preponderance of new products and services is unnecessary."What does the word preponderance mean in this sentence?

Use “Furry Friends Home Alone” and “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 10-13.How would the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone” most likely respond after reading “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?”

Which statement expresses a point of view shared by both authors?

What do the two selections disagree about?

What is a concern of “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” that is not shared by the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone”?

Read this sentence from the selection."The best choices are toys that are interactive and require dogs to solve puzzles, thus boosting their mental and physical capabilities."How does this sentence help develop the central idea in the selection?

Which phrase does the author use to create a positive and caring tone in the text?

Which strategy does the author use to achieve her purpose in the selection?

Which sentence from the selection supports the answer to Question 4?

Use “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 6-9.Which statement describes the strategy the author uses to make her argument?

In which sentence does the author acknowledge a conflicting viewpoint?

Read this sentence from the selection."It is quickly becoming an unwise national obsession."How does the selection provide relevant and sufficient evidence to support this claim?

Read this sentence from the selection."But others feel the preponderance of new products and services is unnecessary."What does the word preponderance mean in this sentence?

Use “Furry Friends Home Alone” and “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 10-13.How would the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone” most likely respond after reading “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?”

Which statement expresses a point of view shared by both authors?

What do the two selections disagree about?

What is a concern of “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” that is not shared by the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone”?

Read this sentence from the selection.

"The best choices are toys that are interactive and require dogs to solve puzzles, thus boosting their mental and physical capabilities."

How does this sentence help develop the central idea in the selection?

Use “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 6-9.

Which statement describes the strategy the author uses to make her argument?

Read this sentence from the selection.

"It is quickly becoming an unwise national obsession."

How does the selection provide relevant and sufficient evidence to support this claim?

Read this sentence from the selection.

"But others feel the preponderance of new products and services is unnecessary."

What does the word preponderance mean in this sentence?

Use “Furry Friends Home Alone” and “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 10-13.

How would the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone” most likely respond after reading “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?”

Read this sentence from the selection.

"The best choices are toys that are interactive and require dogs to solve puzzles, thus boosting their mental and physical capabilities."

How does this sentence help develop the central idea in the selection?

Use “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 6-9.

Which statement describes the strategy the author uses to make her argument?

Read this sentence from the selection.

"It is quickly becoming an unwise national obsession."

How does the selection provide relevant and sufficient evidence to support this claim?

Read this sentence from the selection.

"But others feel the preponderance of new products and services is unnecessary."

What does the word preponderance mean in this sentence?

Use “Furry Friends Home Alone” and “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?” to answer questions 10-13.

How would the author of “Furry Friends Home Alone” most likely respond after reading “Have Pet Owners Gone Too Far?”