8th grade SRI Practice

Anastasia's voice had become very small again, the way voices do, sometimes "It's a poem of sounds" she said. "It's about little things that live in tidepools, after dark, when they move around It doesn't have sentences or capital letters because I wanted it to look on the page like small creatures moving in the dark."

She ______ her poem.

• read

• explained

• memorized

• prepared

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Be careful" called back Daedalus to his son. "We can't fly too close to the sun. The heat from the sun will melt the wax, and our wings will fall apart."

Daedalus _______ his son.

• warned

• believed

• fed

• hurried

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

It was winter light, hard and metallic. The setting sun held no warmth these January days. The girl pulled her cloak tighter hunched her shoulders, and shrank back into her hood. Salem Town and the raw chill of the wind from the sea were behind her, and with each step the smell of kelp became fainter.

She _______ the cold.

• pursued

• liked

• resisted

• missed

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

The first thing Maggie heard was the noise--a low rumble like thunder. It started softly, but quickly grew into a roar. Maggie could feel the sound in her feet. Then she heard a cracking noise, like ice splitting apart. And the ground jumped--suddenly--to one side. The building shook. Glasses fell from tables and smashed onto the floor.

Maggie felt _______.

• ashamed

• afraid

• popular

• thankful

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Bats can fly, but not birds. All bats are mammals. Mammals are warm-blooded animals with a backbone. Warm-blooded means the animal's body heat stays the same. The body hear does not change with the outside weather.

A bat's _________ stays the same.

• temperature

• sound

• color

• diet

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Any minute Jake expected the Rebels to fire. The escape from Hobson's Corner had been slow going. Samuel was unconscious and heavy. The others had gone on ahead to prepare for the encampment attack.

The escape was _______.

• dangerous

• exciting

• easy

• quick

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Anteaters have long, bushy tails. They curl up their tails when they sleep. Anteaters live in swamps, grasslands, and forests. Anteaters use their sharp claws to find food. They make holes in anthills and termite mounds. They then stick their tongues inside the holes to grab insects. Anteaters stand on their back legs to face jaguars and pumas. Their strong tails help them balance. They roar and show their claws to scare predators away.

An anteater's tail is _______.

• useful

• awkward

• dangerous

• striped

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2