Grade 5 Unit 3 Week 2 Assessment PDF

Unit 3 Week 2 Name _____________________________________________ Date ___________________ Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Social Media: A User’s Guide 1    Communication has changed a lot since radios and telephones became wi...

Unit 3 Week 2 Name _____________________________________________ Date ___________________ Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Social Media: A User’s Guide 1    Communication has changed a lot since radios and telephones became widespread in the early 1900s. Home computers became common in the 1980s, and early versions of cell phones and the Internet came along soon afterward. By the 1990s, you could pick up a cell phone and call almost anyone in the world, or you could easily send anyone an e-mail. 2    Then social media emerged. The first of this type of website, called Six Degrees, went online in 1997. That’s when everything changed about communication again. Today, you can chat online, visit social media sites, search the World Wide Web, write personal blogs, share photos, and communicate with your friends every second of the day. But is that a good idea? Social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, offer many benefits and advantages, but they can also cause some problems. Here are some tips for using social media sites safely and effectively. L  imit the amount of time you spend looking at a screen. Staring at a phone or computer screen too long is bad for your eyes and your head. Experts recommend 60 to 90 minutes per day. C  ommunicate only with people you know or recognize. Don’t accept or respond to messages from strangers, and keep your personal information private. You cannot trust that everyone on the Internet is friendly and honest. B  alance your time online with time in the real world. Meet and talk with people in person more often. Play sports or other activities and get to know others face-to-face. S  pend time with your family. Studies have shown that physically being with friends and family can make young people much happier and more productive. S  et aside time for your studies. You can’t talk on the phone, send messages, share selfies, and still read or solve math problems at the same time. Getting your homework done requires mental focus and concentration. So turn off the phone for a while and focus on your work. You will get it done much faster and the results will be better. GO ON 70 Grade 5 Weekly & Unit Assessments © Benchmark Education Company, LLC  Grade 5 Unit 3 Week 2 Assessment (continued) 1. Which two main ideas are supported by details in this passage? A. Home computers were not invented until the 1980s. B. Communication has become much faster and easier since the early 1900s. C. The whole world changed when social media sites went online. D. Young people should follow some basic rules to use social media sites safely and effectively. E. Staring at a computer screen all day is bad for you. 2. What happened soon after home computers became common? A. Telephones and radios became widespread. B. Cell phones and the Internet came into use. C. The number of social media sites exploded. D. People sent e-mails to everyone in the world. 3. What does the word emerged mean as it is used in paragraph 2? A. got better B. took control C. became popular D. came into being 4. The author recommends that you communicate only with people you know or recognize when using social media sites. Which two details from the passage support this idea? A. Don’t accept messages from strangers. B. Meet people in person more often. C. Keep your personal information private. D. Try to spend more time with your family. E. Get to know other people face-to-face. GO ON Grade 5 Weekly & Unit Assessments © Benchmark Education Company, LLC 71 Grade 5 Unit 3 Week 2 Assessment (continued) 5. According to the author, why should young people turn off their phones when doing homework? A. They should not trust everyone on the Internet. B. Using the phone too much is bad for their eyes. C. Leaving the phone off can make them happier. D. They can get their work done faster and better. GO ON 72 Grade 5 Weekly & Unit Assessments © Benchmark Education Company, LLC  Grade 5 Unit 3 Week 2 Assessment (continued) Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Laws in the Age of Social Media 1    In the United States, our government makes laws to protect us and our rights. These include laws about how we use social media. But social media is changing faster than our laws. As a result, social media users are unsure of their rights. They don’t always know what they can and cannot do online. 2    Today, two basic rules govern the Internet. First, people cannot libel or slander anyone. While we have the right to free speech, we cannot spread false information that hurts other people. That means social media users must consider the truth of what they say online. Second, people cannot use copyrighted materials without permission. Users must check materials that they want to post or share and ask for approval if needed. You know you can’t copy a published book and claim that you wrote it. In the same way, you can’t post or reuse pictures, videos, or text owned by other people. So stop and think before posting material that might harm someone else or that you did not create yourself. 3    These rules seem reasonable, but they might not be enough. There is still the issue of personal data collected from social media users. Information that people share online can be gathered into large pools of data. The data might include details about what you buy, for example, or your political beliefs. Sometimes this information is sold to groups that research people’s shopping or voting habits. Other times, data pools are simply stolen. 4    In 1988, the United Nations (UN) warned countries that personal data should be guarded to protect citizens. European countries passed laws in the 1990s and again in 2016. In the United States, we are still talking about which laws we need. For example, what rights should users have? How can data be collected? Who owns the data? These questions must be answered soon. GO ON Grade 5 Weekly & Unit Assessments © Benchmark Education Company, LLC 73 Grade 5 Unit 3 Week 2 Assessment (continued) 6. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. “First, people cannot libel or slander anyone.” Which phrase from the paragraph helps the reader understand what libel means? A. “two basic rules” B. “the right to free speech” C. “spread false information” D. “must consider the truth” 7. Which two main ideas are supported by details in this passage? A. Special laws must be passed soon to govern social media internationally. B. Many people do not know what they can and cannot do online. C. New laws will be passed to keep people from using social media. D. Some groups collect pools of data about people’s habits. E. People’s personal data should be protected online. 8. What does the word research mean as it is used in paragraph 3? A. study B. change C. punish D. identify 9. What happened soon after the United Nations warned countries in 1988 about protecting personal data? A. The United States disagreed with the United Nations. B. European countries passed laws to protect people. C. Social media users demanded the right to speak. D. Many countries held a meeting to pass new laws. GO ON 74 Grade 5 Weekly & Unit Assessments © Benchmark Education Company, LLC  Grade 5 Unit 3 Week 2 Assessment (continued) 10. According to the reasons and evidence provided by the author of the passage, how would we benefit from stronger laws regulating social media? A. to keep children safe in school B. to protect people’s personal data C. to change people’s habits and beliefs D. to prevent the use of copyrighted materials 11. Which two statements best compare the structures of these two passages, “Social Media: A User’s Guide” and “Laws in the Age of Social Media”? A. “User’s Guide” provides information on how people communicate, while “Laws” focuses on people’s online rights. B. “User’s Guide” describes the history of online communication, while “Laws” describes the future. C. “User’s Guide” gives guidelines for using social media, while “Laws” presents laws governing social media sites. D. “User’s Guide” and “Laws” both present a short history of online discoveries and inventions. E. “User’s Guide” and “Laws” both use questions and answers to organize the information presented to the reader. STOP Grade 5 Weekly & Unit Assessments © Benchmark Education Company, LLC 75