Assessment Day 1 - iReady Toolbox/Guardian on the Plateau

Which idea from the article best expresses the authors' point of view?

• The Sphinx was an important part of Egyptian culture.

• The Sphinx was designed to draw the attention of foreigners.

• The artists wanted to create a statue that reflected the desert environment.

• The artists imported materials in order to create the highest quality structure.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

Select two sentences from the article that best support the answer to question 1?

• 1. "The ancient Egyptians believed this snake protected the king and was always ready to spit fire and poison at his enemies."

  
  

  2. "It represented the king as a god, with the wisdom of a human and the power of a lion, the mightiest of all beasts."

• 1. "The red and yellow paint was made of ochers, which are soft, colored minerals found in the deserts of Egypt."

  
  

  2. "To paint, Egyptian artists would have used very large brushes that were made of reeds or palm fibers."

• 1. "For thousands of years, people have been fascinated by this curious creature."

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the most likely reason the authors refer to the stone as "living rock" in paragraph 2?

• to emphasize how the Sphinx is connected to and grows from the earth.

• to stress the effects on the lives of the workers who built the Sphinx

• to show how the Sphinx has grown larger and changed over time.

• to describe how the surface of the Sphinx provides a home for plant life.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which sentence from the article shows that the material used for building was not entirely durable?

• "The Sphinx is actually limestone that is still attached to the ground along its belly and legs."

• "The blue was probably made from azurite, a mineral found in the Sinai Peninsula."

• "Some layers, known as strata, are soft and crumbly, while others are harder and stronger."

• "The nose is missing, but this is because it was destroyed on purpose long after the time of the pharaohs."

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following best summarizes the ideas of "Guardian on the Plateau" in the correct order?

• The Great Sphinx sits at the base of the plateau near the pyramids of Giza. The statue has the head of a human but the body of a lion. The statue's head has a headcloth worn only by kings. The world-famous statue fascinates people not only because of its great size but also because of its symbolic power.

• Near Cairo, Egypt, stand some of the world's most famous monuments: the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Sphinx. the Sphinx was craved into a limestone quarry around 2550 B.C. It has undergone repairs throughout the years, and the last repair was done in the 1990s. The nose is missing, but it was removed on purpose.

• The Great Sphinx, a statue that sits near the pyramids of Giza, is the largest statue ever created. Carved directly into the limestone rock of a quarry, the Sphinx is 235 feet long and 66 feet tall. Workers used simple tools like chisels and pounders to carve the statue around 2550 B.C. Final shaping and sanding of the statue was done with sand and sandstone.

• The Great Sphinx is a huge statue of a half-human, half-lion figure that sits near the pyramids of Giza. The statue was craved into limestone rock using simple tools. Over time the statue has needed repairs to the softer limestone. The statue was built around 2550 B.C. for Khafre, an Egyptian king, and has a temple for worshipping the sun.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A central idea of the article is that the creation of the Sphinx was an amazing achievement. Find two sentences from the article that develop this idea.

• "The largest statue ever sculpted, the Sphinx is 235ft long and 66ft tall"

• Instead of using separate stone blocks to fashion the gigantic creature, artisans carved it from the living rock of the plateau." "The Sphinx was craved with very simple tools."

• The entire statue was painted.

  
  

  The body of the Sphinx probably would have been painted golden yellow, to look like a lion's fur.

• A & B

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2