Read the excerpt from "Justin Lebo.”On the way home, Justin was silent. His mother assumed he was lost in a feeling of satisfaction. But he was thinking about what would happen once those bikes got wheeled inside and everyone saw them. How would all those kids decide who got the bikes? Two bikes could cause more trouble than they would solve.
Read the excerpt from "Youth Activism and Animal "Rights.”In addition to traditional events like bake sales and car washes, young activists have raised money through more creative means. Many use special occasions, such as birthdays and bar or bat mitzvahs, to ask their friends and families to donate money to animal rights, rather than give gifts.
Which best describes the overall purpose of "Youth Activism and Animal Rights”?
Which statement best describes a difference between the two animal rights passages?
Which detail from "Undercover Farmer” best shows that the narrator’s activism on behalf of farm animals changed practices in the community?
Read the excerpt from the article, "Youth Activism and Animal Rights.”Farm animals, too, may be subject to practices that activists consider inhumane. These practices are generally perpetrated by large farms, known as factory farms, which may treat animals poorly in an effort to reduce costs and increase profits. In addition to other concerns, activists have discovered a level of confinement of pigs, hens, and cows that they consider extreme. They have developed materials conveying this information, promoting the message that farm animals deserve ethical care, just as pets do.Read the passage from the story, "Undercover Farmer.”I lived about ten miles from a big dairy farm, the kind they call a factory farm, and I knew from the newspaper that they were always hiring extra help—even tenth graders like me—to do odd jobs after school. I was assigned to feed the pigs, which was lucky because one of the things I’d read about was mistreatment of sows while they are pregnant, and I wanted to know more. I tucked a small camera in a back pocket of my jeans and a tiny tape recorder in the other. I thought it was too dangerous to try to take video, at least at first.The situation was worse than I thought. The farm kept the female pigs in crates so small they didn’t even have room to turn around. I took pictures of the pigs from all sides.
Which line(s) from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" reveal a plot detail?
Which is one difference between a graphic novel and a memoir?
Which is the best definition of rebuttal?
Bailey is participating in a group discussion about family pets. Bailey is anxious to share her experience raising chickens and selling their eggs for extra money. She is so excited that she raises her hand frequently and interrupts others as they speak.
Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe".Theirs did—indeed they wanted to be wed, but marriage was forbidden by their parents; yet there's one thing that parents can't prevent: the flame of love that burned in both of them.
A view or judgment not necessarily based on knowledge is a(n)
Which detail from "Justin Lebo” best shows that Justin is caring?
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