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 22 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 joke video unrelated to the topic, an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines, a photo of the old bridge in a talk on why the river froze
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
2.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a sound clip of the mill bell in a talk on mill life, a chart with no labels or title, loud music under every slide, a labeled loom diagram in a talk on weaving
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 table of sleep hours by age in a talk on sleep, flashing text on every slide, a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
LessonPrint · SL.5.5 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Multimedia in a Presentation
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a cartoon cat in a talk on vaccines — Distracts from it 2. a joke video unrelated to the topic — Distracts from it 3. a photo of the old bridge in a talk on why the river froze — Develops the main idea 4. an animation of antibodies in a talk on vaccines — Develops the main idea
2.1. a chart with no labels or title — Distracts from it 2. a labeled loom diagram in a talk on weaving — Develops the main idea 3. a sound clip of the mill bell in a talk on mill life — Develops the main idea 4. loud music under every slide — Distracts from it
3.1. a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways — Develops the main idea 2. a table of sleep hours by age in a talk on sleep — Develops the main idea 3. a video clip that uses up half the time — Distracts from it 4. flashing text on 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.