Benjamin Banneker

How were the neighbor and Benjamin Banneker alike?

• They both created useful inventions.

• They both solved difficult problems.

• They both enjoyed books and reading.

• The both lived on farms with their parents.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which sentence BEST describes why it was important for Benjamin Banneker to help plan the new capital?

• He wanted to be well-remembered.

• He liked to read books about surveying.

• He was a remarkable young man and made a chiming clock.

• He was a good surveyor and the new nation needed a well-planned capital.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How did Benjamin learn to make a clock that chimes?

• He observed how clocks worked.

• He read a book about clocks.

• He studied about clocks in school.

• He received help from a neighbor.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What would be the BEST choice for a new title for "Benjamin Banneker"?

• Benjamin Banneker, A Great Inventor

• Benjamin Banneker and a New Clock

• Benjamin Banneker on His Way to School

• Benjamin Banneker Goes to Washington

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

As used in paragraph 4, the word survey means to

• study something closely.

• question people.

• examine a building.

• plan out a map.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the central idea of the passage?

• Benjamin taught himself the things that made him a success.

• Benjamin Banneker discovered how to make a clock without reading books.

• Benjamin Banneker used his knowledge to help develop our capital.

• Benjamin Banneker wanted to learn and study more than he could at school.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Read the sentence from Paragraph 1.

When the hands marked the hour it chimed.

Which meaning of the word marked is used in this sentence?

• to make visible

• to form

• to single out

• to attach

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which statement from the passage is an OPINION?

• When the hands marked the hour it chimed.

• Then he had made the gears and wheels for himself.

• Yes, Benjamin had been lucky...

• But Benjamin Banneker read them all...

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Why did Banneker begin studying?

• He was able to do many tasks.

• He wanted to learn about new topics.

• He wanted to amaze his neighbor.

• he was asked to do an important job.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is the MAIN idea of Paragraph 3?

• Benjamin's neighbor that he was a very special young man.

• At school, Benjamin read many books and he used his knowledge to make things better on the farm.

• As a young man, Benjamin was always trying to learn and make new things.

• Thomas Jefferson liked Benjamin, so he asked him to help plan the capital city.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2