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  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Found at the beginning of sections in a passage- help the reader know what different sections of the text are about
    labels
    special print
    Illustrations
    subtitles & headings
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Found under pictures, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture of diagram.
    Captions
    Chart
    Illustrations
    Glossary
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Places that haven't experienced large earthquakes you can find what kind of rocks?
    large
    sturdy
    delicate
    human placed
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: This type of writing gives information step-by-step.
    order & sequence
    compare & contrast
    problem & solution
    cause & effect
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What evidence does Rood give to support his claim that the rocks were carved during the last Ice Age?
    there were more rocks then
    there were more earthquakes then
    there was more water then
    the bedrock was weaker then
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What text structure is the signal word "later that summer" used in?
    Cause and Effect
    Chronological Order
    Problem and Solution
    Spatial Order
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What is referred to as an Odd Hobby?
    Collecting rocks
    Studying balanced rocks
    Hanging out with geologists
    Taking photographs
  • Allied With Green: What supports the idea that not many people care about nature and going green?
    When people volunteer to help with nature.
    When people water their plants.
    People helping plant trees.
    Lucy teacher once have her a C on a test about going green.
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: A gradual change takes place
    invisibly
    with difficulty
    little by little
    very rapidly
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: A gully is
    a large rock
    a gentle slope
    a deep hole
    a swift stream
  • Allied With Green: Why does the author describe air and green as “close cousins” (line 77)?
    People take both for granted.
    Both are threatened by pollution.
    Both are necessary for life
    Both need tending
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: In this type of writing, the reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.
    description
    compare & contrast
    order & sequence
    cause & effect
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: This type of writing considers similarities and differences.
    order & sequence
    description
    compare & contrast
    cause & effect
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Found at the beginning of sections in a passage- help the reader know what different sections of the text are about
    special print
    labels
    subtitles & headings
    Illustrations
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Where on Earth can you sit on a boulder that is 5-6 millions years old?
    Canada
    Grand Canyon
    Olympus Range
    Rocky Mountains
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Richard Brune seems to be what type of a person?
    Creative
    Boring
    Adventurous
    Ordinary
  • Allied With Green: Why does Lucy choose to write about “the color green” for her paper?
    Green plants are important to her.
    Green is her favorite color.
    A drought has been threatening green plants.
    She notices green things wherever she goes.
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What does the author mean when he says, the rock is getting sunburned?
    The rock is being eroded
    The rock is being split apart
    The rock is being hit by cosmic rays
    The rock is changing color
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: In this type of writing the reader will find words/phrases such as a problem is, solve,or solution.
    problem & solution
    cause & effect
    compare & contrast
    order & sequence
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What text structure is the signal word "at the same time" used in?
    Cause and Effect
    Chronological Order
    Problem and Solution
    Spatial Order
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: The author compares the rocks to giant brown marshmallows in order to help the readers pictures their
    size
    texture
    shape
    location
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Why study balanced rocks?
    To see earthquake patterns
    Because it's cool
    To get interesting pictures
    Find out more history
  • Allied With Green: Early in the story, the statement "That’s how everything starts" is meant to show that ____________.
    being “green” is essential to the character of Lucy
    the world could not survive without its plant life
    belief in “the color green” should begin in childhood
    talking about the environment leads to arguments
  • Allied With Green: What does the author mean by the statement, “No one goes to Seattle to see the concrete.” (line 59)?
    People go to Seattle because of all the green space there.
    People don't respect what Seattle has to offer.
    Seattle is too far to travel just to see buildings.
    The buildings in Seattle are not very interesting.
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: This type of writing is usually in chronological order.
    cause & effect
    problem & solution
    order & sequence
    compare & contrast
  • Allied With Green: Why does Lucy’s father feel guilty?
    He demonstrated against highways, but now he drives on them.
    There are more parking lots now than when he was in college.
    The plants he put at the restaurant were stolen overnight.
    He plants trees on the highway median, but people steal them
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What forms on rocks that shows it has been hit by cosmic rays?
    carbon-13
    zinc-12
    beryllium-10
    nitrogen-11
  • Allied With Green: What DOESN'T support the idea that some people care about going green and also love nature.
    When people pick up trash around plants and nature.
    When people take care of their trees
    When people water and take care of any plants.
    People who throw trash on the road or treat nature horribly.
  • Allied With Green: Robert Isabell is important to Lucy because ____________.
    he was a party planner known throughout New York
    his beliefs about the environment are similar to her own
    his life represented a skill that she would like to have
    he traveled the world in search of interesting plants
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What hobby does the author refer to in the heading Odd Hobby?
    taking photographs
    studying rocks
    flying airplanes
    studying earthquakes
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What text structure is the signal word "below" used in?
    Problem and Solution
    Chronological Order
    Cause and Effect
    Spatial Order
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What can geologists conclude about an area where only very large balanced rocks exist?
    Large earthquakes have occurred there
    the rocks have been standing there for a very long time
    there has never been an earthquake
    It would be a good place to build a bridge or dam
  • Allied With Green: The context clues in paragraph 10 suggest that demonstrated is the act of —.
    openly protesting beliefs toward an issue
    showing how to complete a task by example
    doing homework from a professor
    shaming people who steal plants
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Photos or pictures used to help the reader visualize something in the passage
    Labels
    Index
    Index
    Photographs
  • Allied With Green: The author uses personification in paragraphs 11–12 to —.
    show that nature brings objects to life
    suggest that nature improves happiness
    express that nature adds beauty to daily life
    indicate that nature has power over people
  • Allied With Green: Theme of a story is
    tells the reader information about the story
    the sequence of main events that happens in the story.
    the main idea of the story
    a message about life or human nature.
  • Allied With Green: What is the theme of Allied With Green?
    Don't step on leaves,or you will die.
    Don't hurt animals,and respect living things.
    Respect only trees not leaves or anything else nature.
    You should respect and appreciate the environment and plants
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What text structure is the signal word "by contrast" used in?
    Chronological Order
    Compare and contrast
    Cause and Effect
    Problem and Solution
  • Allied With Green: Imagery is
    comparing two unlike things using like or as.
    words and phrases that appeal to the senses
    painting a picture
    personification
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Where on Earth can you sit on a boulder that is 5-6 millions years old?
    Rocky Mountains
    Olympus Range
    Canada
    Grand Canyon
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What do you need to do to show a direct quote is an author's exact words?
    Underline it
    Use quotation marks around it
    Say that it is the author's exact words
    Put it in bold
  • Allied With Green: Which of the following is a theme?
    Nature
    It is important to take part in your community.
    There are a lot of students in this school.
    I like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What text structure is the signal word "as a result" used in?
    Problem and Solution
    Chronological Order
    Cause and Effect
    Compare and contrast
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: Bedrock is rock that is located
    on top of the soil
    under the sand soil and gravel
    where earthquakes have not occured
    in the desert
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: A coincidence is something that is
    disturbing
    intentional
    expected
    accidental
  • Allied With Green: The author mentions Seattle, Dallas, and San Antonio to suggest that ____________.
    cities are in danger of having no green spaces
    only a few cities are trying to care for the environment
    places have different ideas of how to care for nature
    people in many places appreciate green spaces
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: What caused there to be big rocks balancing on top of other big rocks?
    Hurricanes
    Tropical storms
    Erosion
    Water from the Last Ice Age
  • Big Rocks' Balancing Act: How would you know if a text was written in problem-solution text structure?
    The text would define and describe one main topic
    The text would explain the steps of an event in time order
    The text would explain one main issue, and the solution.
    The text would show how two things are similar and different
  • Allied With Green: Using the metaphor in paragraph 3, the author emphasizes that Lucy-
    believes people who are in hospitals need to see nature
    spends time looking for signs of nature in places she knows
    wants to help plant good landscaping near roads and rivers
    notices nature continues to grow in cities and poor homes
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