Grade 6 - Unit 8 - Reading Quiz Review

Grade 6 - Unit 8 - Reading Quiz Review

By Adam Dilley

Poll

Was the reading quiz difficult?

• Very difficult!

• A little difficult.

• It wasn't easy but it wasn't difficult.

• A little easy.

• Very easy!

Reading Quiz Number

These are the reading quiz averages for each class.

Multiple Select

Question: How did autopsies help ancient Egyptians learn about the human body?

What is a good answer for this? (Pick all that you think are ok.)

• They learned something about the body.

• They used hearts to discover how old someone was.

• They learned knowledge and used it for many things.

• Doctors could share their knowledge with other doctors to treat diseases.

Stop doing this!!

• They said some things.

• He tried something.

• I learned many things.

• I learned some knowledge.

• It helped in many ways.

Open Ended

You have two minutes. Use the paragraph to answer the question again.

How did autopsies help ancient Egyptians learn about the human body?

Fill in the Blanks

What is the title of this article?

Fill in the Blanks

Write one heading from the article.

Multiple Choice

Which one best describes what the headings do?

• They describe when events happened.

• They compare modern and ancient medicine.

• They tell the main idea of the passage.

• They tell what each section is mostly about.

Open Ended

Where do you "stream music" from?

Multiple Choice

"Brothers Ishmael and Isadore were complete opposites. People who knew them both could hardly believe they were from the same planet, let alone the same family."

How would you describe Ishmael and Isadore?

• The do the same things and act the same way.

• One might want something and the other one would want something else.

• I can't answer from only these two sentences.

Open Ended

"The brothers’ taste in music was completely different, too. Ishmael loved classic rock. He listened to bands like the Beatles, the Who, and the Rolling Stones. Isadore didn’t care much for those bands. He preferred spending his time streaming world music, especially music from Central Africa. Luckily for their parents, both boys enjoyed listening to music through headphones."

Why does the author say, "Luckily for their parents, both boys enjoyed listening to music through headphones."?

How was your answer for this question?

If you wrote: "No.", "I don't have.", "No problems." = -2

If you wrote: nothing = -3​

Open Ended

How do you figure out words that you don't know?

Open Ended

"The ancient Maya had several calendars. The Tzolkin (ZOL-keen) calendar was tied to religious beliefs. The Haab (hayb) calendar was based on the length of a year."

Which words help you to understand what 'calendar' means?

Open Ended

"The Tzolkin (ZOL-keen) calendar was tied to religious beliefs."

What does 'Tzolkin' mean?

How was your answer for this question?

If you wrote: "No.", "I don't have.", "No problems." = -2

If you wrote: nothing = -3​

If you did not write HOW you figured it out = -1​

Answers to the reading quiz:

DAY 1: Ancient Egyptians performed autopsies to learn causes of death and to compare body parts of different people.

1. C 2. C 3. A 4. D

DAY 2: I didn't know who the Beatles are, but I reread that paragraph and understood that they are a classic rock group.

1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C

DAY 3: I read that a pyramid had four sides and stairs, so I figured out it was a type of building.

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C