Antarctic Journal

We must depart early tomorrow morning.

• compete

• report

• leave

• fiddle

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

They left the continent.

• land mass

• waterway

• rain forest

• hillside

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

She gave me a forbidding look.

• concerned

• threatening

• puzzled

• doubtful

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

The crane heaves the heavy rock.

• hoists

• crushes

• scratches

• buries

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

You could see the anticipation in his face.

• disbelief

• confusion

• determination

• excitement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

We saw the convergence of the rivers.

• flooding

• widening

• cleaning

• joining

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Icebergs can appear smaller than they are.

• ice caps that cover the polar regions

• sheets of ice that creep down mountains

• sticks of ice that hang from buildings

• masses of ice that float in the ocean

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which of the following is a main idea from the author's entry on November 17th?

• The trip to Antarctica had many exciting things to see.

• Furniture, such as the desk and chair, were bolted to the floor

• Broad-winged seabirds flew a few inches above the waves

• Humpback whales swam in the cold Antarctic waters.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

If the boat had not stopped in the Antarctic to give the "right of way" to the humpback whales, the whales probably would have

• followed the boat

• tried to attack the boat

• stayed under the boat

• been injured by the boat

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the most likely reason the author mentioned the moss?

• to compare different types of plants

• to describe the food that penguins eat

• to show how delicate Antarctica is

• to persuade people to visit Antarctica

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6