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 19 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: an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines, ten photos of the speaker's vacation, flashing text on every slide, a labeled loom diagram in a talk on weaving
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
2.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a chart with no labels or title, a recording of a weaver's memories in a talk on the mill, a timeline of frosts in a talk on the frozen Thames, a song playing while the speaker talks
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
3.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a cartoon cat in a talk on vaccines, a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways, a map of canal routes in a talk on canals, loud music under every slide
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
LessonPrint · SL.5.5 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Multimedia in a Presentation
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a labeled loom diagram in a talk on weaving — Develops the main idea 2. an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines — Develops the main idea 3. flashing text on every slide — Distracts from it 4. ten photos of the speaker's vacation — Distracts from it
2.1. a chart with no labels or title — Distracts from it 2. a recording of a weaver's memories in a talk on the mill — Develops the main idea 3. a song playing while the speaker talks — Distracts from it 4. a timeline of frosts in a talk on the frozen Thames — Develops the main idea
3.1. a cartoon cat in a talk on vaccines — Distracts from it 2. a map of canal routes in a talk on canals — Develops the main idea 3. a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways — 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.
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