"Tiny Plastic, Big problem" Jeopardy Template (2024)

How does the title of the commonlit text connect to the reading?

Tiny pieces of plastic are not disrupting the ecosystem, or It discusses how tiny pieces of plastic get into animals and sea creatures

When you have to make a guess using what you already know, what you read or observe in the text, you are making

an inference or a theme

Identify the solution

Because plastic and is harmful, substitute products in by using materials that are environmentally friendly.

The way a piece of text is organized or put together is the

text structure or paragraphs

The problem with plastic is it can be broken into tiny particles that smaller organisms can eat so reuse plastic and don't throw it away.

What is the problem in that sentence?

The message the author wants you, the reader, to take away from the reading is the

summary or the theme

Identify the problem

A challenge with using plastic is it is not biodegradable, which means it sticks around for ever, but a solution is to either reuse plastic products and upcycle or use other materials.

The central idea of "Birds too full to Eat" is_____.

Pictures, captions, bold headings, italics and footnotes are all examples of

text features or literary terms

When you take a longer piece of text and shorten it with a little bit of the beginning, middle and end, then it is the

paragraph or a summary

Select the signal word(s) that lets you know this sentence is organized in a problem and solution structure.

If birds, sea creatures, and land creatures keep dying, then we will have to find an alternative food source one day.

True or False: The only purpose of reading informational text is to be entertained.

true or false

Interviews, articles, biographies, science articles, history articles, and book reviews are all examples of

informational text or fiction

Why aren't garbage catchers/nets or waste treatment plants able to control all plastic and prevent it from entering into the oceans?

The pieces are so large that they won't fit into the nets or the pieces are so small they won't fit into the nets

When I use clues surrounding unfamiliar words to figure out fancy nancy words, then I am using

predictions or context clues

What is the solution?

A dilemma is the large usage of plastics; Scientists tried to solve the problem of starving birds on the remote island by physically removing plastic from their stomachs so they'd have a chance at survival.

A supporting detail for "Birds too full of Plastic to Eat" is________________.

Mama birds are oblivious to what they feed their babies or Scientists around the world are concerned about the problem.

How might tiny plastic affect humans?

Humans cannot find the tiny pieces for recycling or humans can consume or eat the tiny pieces without knowing

The who or what the text is about and what I should learn when I am done reading it is the

central idea or the moral

Which is not the purpose of a supporting detail___?

support the central idea or toprovide a summary the whole text

Text features help you by

providing you with additional information connected to the reading or help you by hiding information that is unnecessary and unneeded.