Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grade ELA Student?

The 5th Graders are participating in the ______ Book Challenge.

• 0

• 10

• 20

• 40

Answer explanation

They are all working on reading 40 books in 5th Grade! :)

How does knowing a story's genre make reading easier?

Choose the best answer.

• Books are shorter for certain genres.

• You can skip parts of the story.

• You can predict what might happen in the book.

• You know how the story will end.

Answer explanation

Genres share certain characteristics, so knowing the genre can make it easier to know what to expect from the story.

Knowing roots, prefixes, and suffixes can help a reader breakdown unknown words into parts that they know.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Students who comprehend the most from their reading are those who know a lot about words. Instead of learning individual words, if students know multiple roots and affixes, they can decipher meaning from many more words.

In the word autograph, graph means…

• to read.

• to draw a picture.

• to write.

• to measure something.

Answer explanation

The Greek root "graph" means write and the prefix "auto-" means self, which is how we get the word autograph.

What kind of book is about a person and written by that person?

• biography

• autobiography

Answer explanation

The Greek prefix auto- means “self.”

Which of the following is NOT a story element?

• characters

• setting

• inferences

• plot

Answer explanation

Story Elements are: the characters, the setting, the plot, the conflict, and the resolution.

What two questions does setting answer?

• What happened? Who was involved?

• Who is involved? Why are they involved?

• When and where does the story take place?

• Who are the main characters and what is the problem?

Answer explanation

Setting includes the general time period and location of s story.

Who is a protagonist in a story?

• the main character

• the character that causes problems for the main character

Answer explanation

An example of a protagonist would be Auggie from Wonder or Serafina from Serafina and the Black Cloak.

Which part of plot is the introduction of a story?

• rising action

• climax

• exposition

• resolution

Answer explanation

Exposition happens at the beginning of a story where the setting, characters, and conflict are introduced.

Which part of the plot is the most intense?

• rising action

• exposition

• climax

• resolution

Answer explanation

Climax is the highest point of tension in a story's plot. Often, climax is also when the main conflict of the story is faced by the main character.