ELA Unit 2 Animals and their People

What does the wave in Patricia Hubbell's poem "The Black Snake" symbolize?

• The snake's movement

• the movement of the ocean

• how the tree sways

• how a tire rolls

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.2

Both “Lone Dog” and “Playing Robinson Crusoe” are about animals.

• “Lone Dog” compares the behaviors of two types of dogs, while “Playing Robinson Crusoe” compares the life of an indoor cat who must survive outside.

• Both passages discuss the loving relationship between pets and humans.

• “Lone Dog” describes dogs positively, but “Playing Robinson Crusoe” describes good and bad things about cats.

• Both passages explain what life is like from the point of view of a dog.

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which statement best describes the central idea of the poem "The Golden Cat"?

• The world would be boring without the company of cats.

• The sun has more importance than the moon.

• The sun is invaluable to life on the earth.

• The circumference of the sun is at least a mile.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Read these lines from "The Black Snake" by Patricia Hubbell.

Black snake! Black snake!

Curling on the ground,

Rolled like a rubber tire,

Ribbed and round.

Which choice best describes the meaning of the simile "rolled like a rubber tire"?

• It describes the snake's color and texture.

• It explains that the snake is rolling over and over.

• The simile shows the snake is laying on a tire.

• The simile describe the snake's movements.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

Read the excerpt from "Stray" by Cynthia Rylant.

Doris was sitting alone in the living room, hugging a pillow and rocking back and forth on the edge of a chair. She was trying not to cry but she was not strong enough. Her face was wet and red, her eyes full of distress.

Which words in the excerpt create a tone of despair?

• sitting, wet, eyes

• rocking, chair, face

• alone, cry, distress

• alone, hugging, rocking

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CCSS.RL.5.4

macaroni: pasta ::

Which pair of words has the same relationship to one another as macaroni and pasta have to one another?

• pecan: nut

• hay: vegetable

• fruit: lemon

• tree: plant

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CCSS.L.5.5C

accountant: money ::

Which pair of words has the same relationship to one another as accountant and money have to one another?

• archaeologist: artifacts

• bugs: flies

• nurse: doctor

• vitamins: food

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Which pronoun best completes the sentence?

I like going to my friend Jack's house because __ has a trampoline in his backyard.

• they

• him

• he

• we

Which pronoun best completes the sentence?

Select the word from the drop-down menu.

My grandmother visited my siblings and me last week. We were so excited because she gave each of __money to buy whatever we wanted.

• we

• they

• her

• us

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CCSS.L.5.4A

Which pronoun best completes the sentence?

Select the word from the drop-down menu.

Only one of those giant dogs is wagging __tail.

• his

• his

• her

• its