Biweekly Unit 6 Week 2

Biweekly Unit 6 Week 2

Theme

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1 This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Which sentence best describes the lesson of the passage?

• People should do whatever they can to help animal shelters.

• The weather will always be good if you are helping others.

• Playing jokes that are harmless can be fun for everyone.

• You will have good weather if you joke about it.

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Part B: Which detail from the passage best supports your answer

in part A?

• Andy does not know what the weather will be like for

  the Walk-a-Thon.

• Andy thinks it is snowing outside when he looks out

  the window.

• Andy enjoys the jokes that his friends play on him.

• Andy hears thunder while he is still in bed.

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Read the sentence from the passage.

“Sasha,” Andy said, “there is a slim chance that it will rain or cold

air might swoop in tomorrow.

What is the meaning of the saying “a slim chance”?

• sure to happen

• likely to happen

• sure to not happen

• likely to not happen

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Read the sentences from the passage.

Or what if it poured? They would all get soaked to the skin.

What does the saying “soaked to the skin” suggest about Andy

and his friends?

• Their skin would itch.

• They would be caught in the rain.

• They would feel the rain on their skin.

• They would get wet through their clothes.

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The passage has a message that friends play jokes to have fun

with each other.

Choose a sentence that supports this message.

• He was not surprised when his parents came

  outside with big grins on their faces.

• “It was just a little joke, Andy,”

  they said.

• Andy smiled as he said, “I am beginning to think that the weather is

  not my biggest problem!”

• The Walk-a-Thon was a big success, and

  the weather stayed warm and sunny all day!

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The passage has a message that friends play jokes to have fun

with each other.

Choose a sentence that supports this message.

• “Boo!” he yelled, and his friends jerked in surprise and then fell on

  the grass laughing.

• The fan was blowing the bits of paper against his

  bedroom window so that it looked just like snow!

• Jamal and his brother and Sasha and her sister were tossing bits of white

  paper into a big fan.

• Then Andy heard a giggle

  from the backyard, and he tiptoed around the side of the house.

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What does the passage teach about friendship? Pick TWO choices.

• Friends sometimes tease you.

• Good friends make fun of you a lot.

• Good friends share all of your worries.

• Friends like to laugh with one another.

• Friends try to help in any way they can.

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This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer

part B.

Part A: Which sentence best describes the theme of

the passage?

• Nature can be friendly.

• Family is very important.

• It is never too late to learn.

• A good friend is hard to find.

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Part B: Which detail from the passage best supports your answer

in part A?

• “The Abners were not rich, but they were happy.”

• “‘The rain comes and goes in these parts.’”

• “‘. . . our family is more important than our land.’”

• “They followed the sun across deserts . . .”

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Pick TWO details that best support the theme of the passage?

• The wind comes to destroy the Abner farm.

• Grandpa says he believes in the Abner family.

• The clouds disappear from the sky above the farm.

• The Abner family supports Grandpa’s decision to move.

• Grandpa says it is over when he looks over the dry fields.

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What is the effect for the cause, "The rain stops falling."

• The farm dries up.

• Dust blows into the air.

• The Abners grow wheat.

• The rain comes back.

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What is the effect for the cause, "The wind comes."

• The farm dries up.

• Dust blows into the air.

• The Abners grow wheat.

• The rain comes back.

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Read the sentence from the passage.

Though it was not usual, every so often the farm hands would come

running across the pasture, screaming “Cloud!” and Dan would see

one lone white cloud far off in the distance, but the cloud never

held rain.

What is the meaning of “every so often”?

• never

• very often

• sometimes

• all the time

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Read the sentence from the passage.

Clouds hovered over the water, and then suddenly it was raining

cats and dogs.

What does the saying “it was raining cats and dogs” mean?

• The clouds went away.

• It was raining very hard.

• There were cats and dogs around.

• Thunder sounded like cats and dogs.