Ritz G3 Practice Approaching U2

Ritz G3 Practice Approaching U2

Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer:

short amount of time

• arrived

• whispered

• inspected

• moment

Multiple Choice

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came to a new country

• arrived

• whispered

• photographs

• immigrated

Multiple Choice

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pictures taken with a camera

• valuable

• opportunity

• photographs

• immigrated

Multiple Choice

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made it to where you were going

• arrived

• whispered

• photographs

• immigrated

Multiple Choice

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chance for good things to happen

• inspected

• moment

• valuable

• opportunity

Multiple Choice

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looked at closely

• inspected

• moment

• valuable

• opportunity

Multiple Choice

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spoke in a low voice

• whispered

• photographs

• moment

• valuable

Multiple Choice

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worth a high price

• whispered

• photographs

• moment

• valuable

Open Ended

Use one vocabulary word in a sentence.

Open Ended

Use another vocabulary word in a sentence.

Poll

What do you think is the theme, or an important message the author of the story wants you to know?

• Yao wanted a better life.

• Lan knew she was lucky.

• Lan knew life would not be the same.

• She had hope when she looked around.

Open Ended

The theme of a story is the author’s message.

What do you think it is?

Multiple Select

What is the theme of the passage?

Choose the letter of the best answer.

• Looking for wealth in another country is never a good idea.

• Things in life don’t always go as planned, but it’s still possible to make a fresh start.

• Family is more important than money.

Open Ended

List something in the story that you think are important.

What do you thing the author wants us to know after reading the story?

Open Ended

What is one important detail we learn about Lan’s family in paragraph 2?

Open Ended

What is one important detail about Yao under the heading A New Life?

Historical fiction tells a made-up story that takes place during a real time period.

Multiple Select

How can you tell that this is historical fiction?

• The story takes place in the past.

• The characters could real

• The events in the story could be real.

Multiple Select

How does the illustration, or drawing, show that the story is historical fiction?

• It's not a real picture.

• The characters in the illustration are wearing really old clothes.

• The illustration shows what happens in the story. .

Multiple Select

How does the illustration, or drawing, help you know more about the main character?

• It's not a real picture.

• The illustration shows you how old the characters are..

• The illustration shows what the character looks like.

Multiple Select

Choose the words that are compared.

Lan was as white as a ghost.

• as

• white

• as a

• ghost

Multiple Choice

Choose the best definition of the simile:

Lan was as white as a ghost.

• Lan was happy.

• Lan was hungry.

• Lan was scared

Multiple Select

Choose the words that are compared.

The Gold Rush swept across America like a wildfire.

• The Gold Rush

• swept across

• America

• like

• a wildfire

Multiple Choice

Choose the best definition of the simile:

The Gold Rush swept across America like a wildfire.

• It went quickly.

• It went slowly.

• It was hot.

Multiple Select

Choose the words that are compared.

The future was as open as the land.

• The future

• was

• as open as

• the land

Multiple Choice

Choose the best definition of the simile:

The future was as open as the land.

• It was flat.

• It was unknown.

• It was known.

Multiple Select

Choose the words that are compared.

The gold shined like the sun.

• The gold

• shined

• like

• the sun

Multiple Choice

Choose the best definition of the simile:

The gold shined like the sun.

• It was very bright.

• It was metal.

• It was heavy.