Multimedia in a Presentation is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on sorting multimedia choices by whether they develop the main idea, aligned to Common Core standard SL.5.5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 18 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Multimedia in a Presentation
SL.5.5
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Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a cartoon cat in a talk on vaccines, a video clip that uses up half the time, a photo of the old bridge in a talk on why the river froze, a recording of a weaver's memories in a talk on the mill
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
2.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a timeline of frosts in a talk on the frozen Thames, a bar chart of jobs lost in a talk on closures, a map of the wrong country, a joke video unrelated to the topic
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
3.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a table of sleep hours by age in a talk on sleep, a spinning logo in a talk on sleep, an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines, loud music under every slide
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
LessonPrint · SL.5.5 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Multimedia in a Presentation
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a cartoon cat in a talk on vaccines — Distracts from it 2. a photo of the old bridge in a talk on why the river froze — Develops the main idea 3. a recording of a weaver's memories in a talk on the mill — Develops the main idea 4. a video clip that uses up half the time — Distracts from it
2.1. a bar chart of jobs lost in a talk on closures — Develops the main idea 2. a joke video unrelated to the topic — Distracts from it 3. a map of the wrong country — Distracts from it 4. a timeline of frosts in a talk on the frozen Thames — Develops the main idea
3.1. a spinning logo in a talk on sleep — Distracts from it 2. a table of sleep hours by age in a talk on sleep — Develops the main idea 3. an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines — Develops the main idea 4. loud music under every slide — Distracts from it
More practice for SL.5.5
Use graphics and sound in a presentation where they strengthen the idea.
Teaching this next? Multimedia in a Presentation is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.