Reading Inventory

Q: At least they allow me to write. Indeed I believe they think my writing is something extraordinary. Each time I take out my copybook and quill, I see looks of approval pass from one to another.

They _____________ my writing.

• influence

• appreciate

• condemn

• memorize

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Q: They are the first twins I have ever known. Just because they look alike you think they would be alike, but they are not. Sophie is quiet and serious and doesn't like to be away from her ma. Molly is more playful than her sister. Being with them helps with the boredom of the voyage and brings me the deepest joy.

They are ___________.

• angry

• interesting

• old

• intelligent

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Q: A control tower called a superstructure is located on the top deck of a battleship. The superstructure contains the bridge. The bridge is a room where the captain controls the ship. A battleship's radar is located in the superstructure.

The superstructure is an _____ part of the ship.

• important

• ugly

• elegant

• immense

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Q. Suryia is an ape that lives at an animal preserve. One day, he was on a walk and saw Roscoe, a dog. "Suryia ran over to him, andthey started playing," says an animal keeper from the preserve. "All of a sudden, they just were in love!" Roscoe, who was a stray,never left the preserve again. "Most dogs don't like apes," says the keeper. But Roscoe sure does. Maybe that's because Suryiaalways feeds the dog his monkey biscuits!

They are ___________friends.

• proud

• terrible

• busy

• unusual

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Q. He could pretend that he came to Washington to seek an appointment with his own congressman or senator. He was to keep his eyes and ears open and try, if possible, to learn the position and plans of the Union army. Once he had discovered such information, he was to report back to Longstreet.

He was to __________the Union army's plans.

• predict

• investigate

• ignore

• accept

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My mother, Laurel Clark, is an astronaut. Astronauts go into space. She went to space in January. It was her first time. She went with a crew. My mom had to train hard before she could go into space. She spent a lot of time in a mock, or fake, shuttle. The mock shuttle is just like the real shuttle inside.

She had to ______________.

• practice

• listen

• speak

• draw

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Rayk was a guide to the Near-Star Planets. He had been to Glise many times and watched it grow. It had once been a quiet desert planet. Then factories had sprung up two years ago. They were very modern. And their products were cheap and good.

Gilse had ____________.

• changed

• burned

• fallen

• moved

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4