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 23 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 map of canal routes in a talk on canals, a bar chart of jobs lost in a talk on closures, a spinning logo in a talk on sleep, a song playing while the speaker talks
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
2.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: flashing text on every slide, a photo of the old bridge in a talk on why the river froze, a table of sleep hours by age in a talk on sleep, ten photos of the speaker's vacation
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
3.Sort each one: Develops the main idea or Distracts from it?
Sort: a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways, a map of the wrong country, a sound clip of the mill bell in a talk on mill life, a video clip that uses up half the time
Develops the main ideaDistracts from it
LessonPrint · SL.5.5 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Multimedia in a Presentation
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a bar chart of jobs lost in a talk on closures — Develops the main idea 2. a map of canal routes in a talk on canals — Develops the main idea 3. a song playing while the speaker talks — Distracts from it 4. a spinning logo in a talk on sleep — Distracts from it
2.1. a photo of the old bridge in a talk on why the river froze — Develops the main idea 2. a table of sleep hours by age in a talk on sleep — Develops the main idea 3. flashing text on every slide — Distracts from it 4. ten photos of the speaker's vacation — Distracts from it
3.1. a map of the wrong country — Distracts from it 2. a photo of two rail gauges side by side in a talk on railways — Develops the main idea 3. a sound clip of the mill bell in a talk on mill life — 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.