Unit 1 Week 1 Charlie McButton

Which of the following describes the relationship between the main characters?

• They are friends from school.

• They are next-door neighbors.

• They are in the same grade.

• They are brother and sister.

Which details from the poem best supports that charlie and Isabel Jane are brother and sister?

• Isabel Jane was a pretty good model.

• So Charlie became the great wizard McSmells.

• He snapped at his sis from his time-out zone.

• At dinner she'd secretly eat up his peas.

Reread the first and second stanzas, or groups of lines of the poem. Which word best describes how Charlie is feeling in the second stanza? (pages 38 & 39)

• excited

• lonely

• guilty

• afraid

Which sentence from the text helps you understand that Charlie felt guilty?

• How come you can't ever just leave me alone!

• Then Charlie McButton felt totally rotten.

• Her eyes filled with tears ad she gave them a rub.

• Charlie McButton got madder and madder.

Which of the following is the theme (central, or important, message) from the passage?

• Life without electricity is difficult.

• Playing with brothers or sisters can be fun.

• Younger brothers or sisters cause a lot of problems

• We need electricity to get through the day.

Which sentence from the text supports the theme that playing with brothers and sisters can be fun?

• Charlie McButton forgot to be bored.

• At super they ate under real candlelight.

• He sat and he thought and he stared at the rain.

• Tomorrow I'll wake up and I can plug in!

Homonyms are words that often look and sound the same but have different meanings. what does the homonym "snapped" mean as used in the passage? (p. 38)

• broke suddenly or sharply

• bit or snatched suddenly

• moved quickly and sharply

• spoke quickly and angrily

Which word from the text helps you understand the meaning of "snapped"? (p. 38)

• mechanical

• madder

• alone

• nonstop

What is the meaning of the word "pen" as used in the poem?

They hid in the plants and the guinea pig pen.

• a protected area in which babies can play

• a tool for writing or drawing with ink

• a fenced-in area for certain animals

• a small place for storing things

Which of these phrases from the text offers a meaning of "pen"?

They hid in the plants and the guinea pig pen.

• the guinea pig

• in the plants

• They hid

• into the hall