Reporting and Recounting with Organized Details Practice Test

Read about Emma’s water cycle report; how is her presentation organized?

Emma presents to her class about the water cycle to inform them. She begins by saying, “My topic is the water cycle, and I have three parts.” First, she explains evaporation and says the sun heats water so it turns into water vapor. Next, she describes condensation and adds, “Water vapor cools and forms tiny droplets in clouds.” Then she tells about precipitation, listing rain, snow, sleet, and hail, and she ends with, “That’s how water keeps moving around Earth.” Emma speaks clearly at a steady pace, uses transition words, and her voice is loud enough for the back row.

During Sofia’s biography presentation, which detail does NOT support her main idea?

Sofia gives a biography presentation about Helen Keller to inform the class. She begins with, “Helen Keller learned to communicate even when life was hard.” First, she says Helen became deaf and blind as a young child after an illness. Next, Sofia explains that Anne Sullivan taught Helen by spelling words into her hand. Then she adds that Helen later wrote books and gave speeches to help others. Sofia ends by summarizing her three points, but she sometimes speaks too softly and rushes the last sentences. She also says, “My favorite ice cream flavor is mint chip.”