ESOL Biweekly Unit 3 Week 4

ESOL Biweekly Unit 3 Week 4

Main Idea

Multiple Select

Part A: Which sentence best describes the MAIN IDEA of

the article?

• Beatrix Potter loved animals and wrote stories about them.

• Beatrix Potter liked the country because she could play freely.

• Beatrix Potter wrote a story to a sick little boy to cheer

  him up.

Multiple Select

Part B: Which sentence from the article best supports your

answer in part A?

• “All the time, Beatrix and Bertram drew pictures of

  everything they saw.”

• “Noel was sick, and she wanted to cheer him up.”

• “She made up stories about ducks, hens, dogs, mice, kittens,

  and cats.”

Multiple Select

Read the sentences from the article.

But when Bertram was six, he went away to school. After that,

Beatrix was very lonesome since her parents did not allow other

children to play with her.

Which word shares the same root as lonesome?

• lonely

• longhand

Multiple Select

Choose 2 sentences that belong in a summary of the article.

• Beatrix explored forests as a child.

• Beatrix had a brother named Bertram.

• Beatrix became a skilled artist.

• Beatrix loved nature and animals.

Multiple Select

Part A: Read the sentence from the article.

Beatrix and Bertram kept a collection of the animals in her

schoolroom in London.

What does the word collection tell about the animals?

• hey were all very pretty.

• There was a group of them.

• There were very few of them.

Multiple Select

Part B: Which word has the same root as collection?

• collector

• color

• contribution

Multiple Select

Choose two sentences from the article that show the author’s

point of view.

• “They had rabbits, a snake, a green frog, a tortoise, and

  two lizards.”

• “Later, she made the story into a book called ‘The Tale of

  Peter Rabbit.’”

• “In all, Beatrix Potter wrote 22 excellent books for children.”