"Called Out" Reading Assessment

Which of the following word is best defined as "to make better, or add to the value or effectiveness"?

• Advocate

• Enhance

• Scope

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following word is best defined as "to argue for or please in favor of"?

• Advocate

• Enhance

• Scope

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following word is best defined as "related to plants"?

• Clime

• Benefaction

• Botanical

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following word is best defined as "a gift"?

• Clime

• Benefaction

• Botanical

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What state is the setting of this essay?

• California

• The United States of America

• Arizona

• New England

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Write a one sentence description of the topic of this essay.

Explain what the author means when she writes, "The scientific term for these remarkable plants, 'ephemeral annuals,' suggest something that's as fragile as a poppy petal, a captive to the calendar. That is our misapprehension, along with our notion of this floral magic show --- now you see it, now you don't as a thing we can predict and possess like a garden."

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

True or False: The Navajo call the rain in the winter "male rains."

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

True or False: Different plant species are able to produce seeds with different latency periods based on their needs.

• True

• False

True or False: Summer is the season of the setting for 1998 epic floral blooms in this essay.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5