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 20 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 song playing while the speaker talks, a spinning logo in a talk on sleep, a map of canal routes in a talk on canals, an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
2.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: ten photos of the speaker's vacation, 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, loud music under every slide
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
3.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a video clip that uses up half the time, a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways, a joke video unrelated to the topic, a labeled loom diagram in a talk on weaving
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
LessonPrint · SL.5.5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Multimedia in a Presentation
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a map of canal routes in a talk on canals — Develops the main idea 2. a song playing while the speaker talks — Distracts from it 3. a spinning logo in a talk on sleep — Distracts from it 4. an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines — Develops the main idea
2.1. a photo of the old bridge in a talk on why the river froze — Develops the main idea 2. a recording of a weaver's memories in a talk on the mill — Develops the main idea 3. loud music under every slide — Distracts from it 4. ten photos of the speaker's vacation — Distracts from it
3.1. a joke video unrelated to the topic — Distracts from it 2. a labeled loom diagram in a talk on weaving — Develops the main idea 3. a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways — Develops the main idea 4. a video clip that uses up half the time — 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.