2.2:Rare Treasures (comprehension)

Who is the main character in the selection?

• Mary

• Anning

• Joseph

• Porter

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What major event occurred at the beginning of the story?

• Mary blossomed into a lively and intelligent child.

• Mary and her older brother were taught how to hunt.

• Mary was poor and her life was hard.

• Mary was struck by lightning

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is the name of Mary's brother?

• Adam

• Joseph

• John

• Smith

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CCSS.RL.4.1

What did Mary do as a job?

• Worked at the market

• Ran a business

• Sold fossils

• Teacher

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

What two details support the idea that Mary's dedication to collecting and understanding fossils led to many great scientific discoveries.

• "It had been found by twelve-year-old Mary Anning"

• Mary collected and sold fossils they found on the rugged ribbon of shore.

• "Mary still collected fossils"

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.8

Who else survived the Strike of lightning?

• Mary's mother

• Mary

• Joseph

• No one

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CCSS.RL.4.1

In paragraph 2, Mary's life was compared to a ......

• tree

• lightning

• stone

• thunder

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CCSS.RL.4.1

What sentence shows that Mary was determined?

• Workers were needed to dig them from the earth, and then horses carted them away.

• As the cliffs crumbled, new fossils were revealed.

• Mary pursued it despite the dangers on the rocky shore.

• Boulders fell from the cliffs.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

Name two details from the text that help you recognize the selection as a biography.

• The author describes the real events in Mary Anning's life.

• It has events that cannot happen in real life.

• The author is not part of the events in the selection.

• It was written by Mary Anning.

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CCSS.RL.4.1