Unit 1: What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka?

Which of these sentences shows personification?

• The voice flew across the room and nailed me to the back of my seat.

• What’s so funny, Mr. Scieska?

• And nine times out of ten, nine-nine times out of a hundred, I would have used one of those answers.

• That day I reached a life-choice fork in the road.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the phrase that corrects the underlined section in the sentence below.

Tim K. was the funniest boy I knew, but I wish him had waited to tell us the joke.

• but I wish she had waited to tell us the joke.

• but I wish he had waited to tell me the joke.

• but I wish we had waited to tell you the joke.

• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Choose the phrase that corrects the underlined section in the sentence below. Be sure to read through this carefully!

The teacher made it clear that anyone caught laughing they going to be sent home.

• shouldn't be going to be sent home.

• was going to be sent home.

• am going to be sent home.

• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

How does the organization of paragraphs 13-16 contribute to the selection?

• A sense of suspense is built as Jon begins to tell his joke.

• Jon learns to take a new path.

• It gives a very detailed description of Jon.

• It gives an argument to prove that Jon made the right decision.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RL.6.5

The word glorious means “great praise or honor.” What does glorious mean as it is used in paragraph 25?

I don’t remember the grade I got in fifth-grade religion class. But I do remember the laugh I got. It was huge. It was the whole class (except Sister Margaret Mary). It was out of control hysterical. It was glorious!. And it set me on my lifelong path of answering that classic question, “ What’s so funny, Mr Sciezka?”

• confusing

• magnificent

• frustrating

• angry

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CCSS.L.3.1A

The author wrote this selection most likely to...

• Inform readers about how to be funny.

• Persuade the reader to be honest with teachers.

• Entertain readers with a humorous story from his childhood.

• Provide readers with evidence about why schools need strict rules.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

Which of the following words means to make an expression of regret or a request for forgiveness.

• tearful

• apology

• joyful

• terrible

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the best meaning of a “fork in the road?”

• A moment when you have to make a big choice.

• A moment of confusion.

• A moment of great surprise.

• A moment of craziness.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What can the reader infer about Mr. Scieszka's ability to tell jokes as a child?

• He was really shy and unsure of himself.

• He liked jokes but always messed up the punch line.

• Even as a child, he already knew how to get an audience laughing.

• He could make Sister Margaret Mary laugh.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Who wrote "What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka?"

• Sam Iam

• Jon Scieszka

• Tom Cruise

• Bill Scieszka

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CCSS.L.2.2C