ELA End of the Year Review

ELA End of the Year Review

I can look back at what we covered in ELA this year and answer questions.

Multiple Choice

There was a ragged old woman following behind me as I walked down each aisle.  She had a strange look on her face, as her missing teeth distorted her smile.  I rushed to try to avoid her, as I was a little nervous about what she might do.  Come to find out, I dropped some money and she was trying to return it to me.

• Old people are always mean
• don't judge a book by its cover
• you should be aware of others
• it takes courage to stand up to bullies

Multiple Choice

The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story is called the

• thesis

• summary

• theme

• plot

Multiple Choice

Janet and Kylie were best friends, they liked to do everything together. Kylie loved horseback riding and so did Janet. Janet loved swimming, and although Kylie did not know how to swim she loved the water. Janet enjoyed vacationing in tropic areas while Kylie liked arctic zones. In what ways do the two girls contrast?

• Kylie loved horseback riding and janet did not.
• Kylie loved swimming and so did Janet.
• Janet liked vacationing in tropic areas while Kylie liked arctic zones.
• Kylie liked to vacation in tropic areas while Janet liked peaceful grasslands.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence most accurately combines the information from both passages about the Wright Brothers?

Multiple Choice

Informational Writing includes all of the following except...

• facts

• opinions

• information

Multiple Choice

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

Multiple Choice

Mike had fun hiking in the woods and doing crafts.  He also really enjoyed the campfire sing-a-long and had made a lot of new friends. Still, he was glad that tomorrow he would be going home.
Where is Mike?

• at camp
• at a slumber party
• on a picnic
• in California 

Multiple Choice

Before the 1800's people didn't have right or left shoes.  They had shoes of just one shape that they used for both feet.  When people first saw right and left shoes, they laughed.  They called them "crooked shoes."  "What a silly idea," they said.  You can tell that shoes before 1800:

• were pretty
• didn't look alike
• didn't fit very well

Multiple Choice

Choose the picture that best supports the following text:

My legs trembled as I sat down in the small seat. The bars came over my shoulders, and I grasped them. As soon as I began moving, my eyes gew wide and I let out a scream.

Multiple Choice

What is the point of view based off the passage below?

I couldn’t help but think something was going on. Beth was acting strange, making weird excuses why I needed to be out of the house. She had me run to the store for scissors. I knew we had scissors. When I returned to the house and walked through the door I had the biggest surprise of my life! All of my friends and family were in my house yelling “Surprise!” and “Happy birthday!”

• The passage is written in third person limited.

• The passage is written in second person point of view.

• The passage is written in third person objective.

• The passage is written in first person point of view.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of point of view?

• Point of view describes when and where a story takes place.

• Point of view describes the conflict in the story.

• Point of view is the perspective from which the story is told or who is telling the story

• Point of view describes the turning point of the story.

Multiple Choice

Blood is a miracle liquid. It flows to every part of the body. Some blood cells carry food and oxygen to body organs. Other blood cells kill germs and help stop cuts from bleeding. people can die if they lose a lot of blood or their blood cells get sick. Doctors sometimes give people fresh blood to save their lives.

What is the main idea of the text?

• How many blood cells are made by the body

• Why people can die from loss of blood

• Why sick people are sometimes given blood

• How important blood is

Multiple Choice

The main idea of a text is....

• what the text is a little bit about

• what the text is never about

• what the text is sometimes telling you

• what the text is mostly or mainly about

Open Ended

If you had to give me feedback as your teacher, what would you tell me. Please try to use RACE.