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“Dangerous Crossing” PARCC Constructed Response Questions & Companion Materials p. 278 in Journeys Textbook Expository (PARCC) : Author’s Purpose (P.I.E.): P. = Persuade I. = Inform E. = Entertain YouTube Clip “02 John Adams” (Only watch from 2:486:32) 1. Look at “Dangerous Crossings” and “Remembering a Forgotten President.” Write an essay about the author’s purpose for each passage. Give details and examples from each selection to support your response. 2. You have read two passages and viewed a video clip. Explain how both sides of the question of John Adams’s importance in American history is described. Give details and examples from all three sources to support your response. 3. How might the chart change someone’s opinion of John Adams after reading “Dangerous Crossings” and “Remembering a Forgotten President”? Give details and examples from each selection to support your response. ReadWorks Passage & Questions : YouTube Clip “#02 John Adams”

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“Dangerous Crossing” PARCC Constructed Response Questions & Companion Materials 

p. 278 in Journeys Textbook 

  Expository (PARCC):  Author’s Purpose (P.I.E.): 

P. = Persuade       I.   = Inform 

E. = Entertain  YouTube Clip “02 John Adams” (Only watch from 2:48­6:32)  

1. Look at “Dangerous Crossings” and “Remembering a Forgotten President.”  Write an essay about the author’s purpose for each passage.  Give details and examples from each selection to support your response. 

 2. You have read two passages and viewed a video clip.  Explain 

how both sides of the question of John Adams’s importance in American history is described.  Give details and examples from all three sources to support your response. 

 3. How might the chart change someone’s opinion of John Adams 

after reading “Dangerous Crossings” and “Remembering a Forgotten President”?  Give details and examples from each selection to support your response. 

ReadWorks Passage & Questions: 

 YouTube Clip “#02 John Adams” 

  

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 4. The question of John Adams’s importance in American history 

is a difficult one.  With what information in “Remembering a Forgotten President” and the video clip does the chart mostly go along with?  Give details and examples from each source to support your response. 

Dangerous Crossings Narrative (PARCC):  You have read “Dangerous Crossings” Think about how the article would be different if it were told from Captain Tucker’s point of view.  Write a narrative story retelling the main points of the passage from the point of view of Captain Tucker.  Be sure to use supporting details from the passage. 

 

Dangerous Crossings Persuasive (PARCC):  The question of John Adams’s importance in American history is a difficult one.  Using the two passages, the video clip, and the chart, on which side do you mostly fall?  Give details and examples from any of these sources to support your response.