Fiction Paired Passage Review

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

What are paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly about?

• The roles of the people who worked on the cattle drive

• The reasons why the men worked on the cattle drive

• The position assignments given to the train riders

• The challenges the men faced on the cattle drive

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

In paragraph 2, the word flourished means‒

• Transported to another place

• Decorated heavily

• Experienced a period of growth

• Ran their course

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

With which statement would the author most likely agree?

• Almost every cattle drive experienced a stampede.

• The trail boss was the most important person on a drive because he was the most experienced worker.

• Western movies accurately portray life on a cattle drive.

• Ranchers chose to drive cattle to out-of-state markets because they could make more money.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

The wrangler’s job was to‒

• Keep the cattle together

• Look after the extra horses

• Explore and inspect the route

• Prepare the camp and food

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

Which sentence best expresses the controlling idea of the selection?

• The Texas cattle drivers were profitable, but also long, dirty, difficult, and dangerous.

• Texas ranchers could get much more money for their cattle in East Coast markets.

• Cattle drivers were not like the glamorized ones you see on TV or at the movies.

• The post-Civil War cattle drivers were not worth the great effort and potential danger.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

The primary organizational patterns of the selection allows the author to‒

• Compare the roles of the boss, wrangler, drover, and cook

• Highlight the steps taken to prevent and deal with dangerous stampedes

• Deliver historical facts about cattle drives in a chronological order

• Address different subtopics within the larger topic of cattle drives

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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

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

The author’s main purpose for writing this selection is to‒

• Describe a historical activity from the American West

• Provide a firsthand account of a Texas cattle drive

• Convince Texas ranchers to revive the cattle drive tradition

• Entertain readers with stories about cattle drives

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Use Cattle Drive to answer the following questions:

What is the best summary of paragraphs 7 and 8?

• Cattle drovers needed to guard against possible attacks. Stampedes, which could be triggered by wolves, unexpected noises, or thunderstorms, were another problem. One startled cow could trigger all the cows to run. Riders would force stampeding cows together and slow them down.

• Stampedes were very dangerous. When cattle were spooked, they would run unpredictably. To prevent stampedes, men would sing or whistle to calm the cows. Once cattle did stampede, drovers would run the cattle into a tight circle to keep them together and calm them.

• Cattle drovers feared stampedes more than other potential problems. They sang and whistled to the cows to keep them calm, day or night. If a wolf attacked or there was an unfamiliar noise, the cattle might all run wild. Thunderstorms were one of the most likely and most dangerous causes of stampedes.

• Stampedes were the most dangerous threat to cattle drives. When spooked, cattle would run wild and could impale riders that tried to calm them, so drovers kept to the outside. Sometimes cattle would get away and never be found again. Cattle drovers were quite brave to face this threat.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Use Stormy Night to answer the following questions:

What can readers conclude about Sandy from the dialogue?

• He does not like to talk much

• He is afraid of storms

• He is excited about a stampede

• It is his first time on a cattle drive

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Use Stormy Night to answer the following questions:

What does paragraph 16 suggest about Slim?

• He is not worried about the storm

• He is the trail boss

• He is tired of riding

• He is worried that Sandy will spook the cattle

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1