"Magic in the Classroom" Practice

How can Samantha’s tone throughout the passage best be described?

• Formal

• Conversational

• Disinterested

• Mysterious

How does telling the story from Samantha’s point of view create a cautious situation?

• The reader knows Emma’s nerves about her first day of school.

• The reader knows the trick Sarah is planning to play on Emma.

• The reader knows Samantha thinks Sarah is a bully

• The reader knows Sarah will become friends with Emma at the end.

What is the most likely reason the author decided to tell the story from Samantha’s point of view?

• Samantha was playing mean tricks on Emma.

• Samantha had experience with Sarah’s bullying behavior.

• Emma’s point of view would be too boring.

• Sarah isn’t an important character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the conflict in the story? Choose the best answer.

• Samantha is a teachers pet.

• Emma is the new kid, and a little different than everyone else.

• Sarah is the school bully.

• Emma makes frogs come out of Sarah’s mouth.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What action shows that Samantha was nervous for the new student, Emma, to be alone with Sarah?

• Asking to help give Emma the school tour.

• Starting a conversation with Emma.

• Wrinkling her nose at Sarah’s comment.

• Thinking that the school year was going to be a great one.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Samantha is nervous for Emma to be alone with Sarah because she...

• Is a teachers pet.

• Didn’t want to be in class.

• Knew Sarah was a bully.

• Wanted to see Emma’s magic tricks.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the following sentence from the passage:

“She needs your support and understanding, and I will not tolerate bullying in my classroom.”

In the sentence, what word would best replace the underlined word tolerate without changing the meaning?

• Support

• Ban

• Control

• Forbid

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following statements from the story connect to the picture so the reader better understands the plot?

• “I had been too busy watching Emma to notice what was happening to Sarah.”

• “Sarah, I think that’s a wonderful idea. Very thoughtful of you.”

• “...frogs began jumping out of her mouth.”

• “Sarah went home from school early that day.”

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

__________ Emma arrived at school, the class had a conversation about how to treat her.

• After

• Finally

• Next

• Before

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

Read the following sentence and select the answer that shows how it should be written.

“so i wasn’t surprised when sarah offered to take emma on a tour of the school”

• So i wasn’t surprised when Sarah offered to take emma on a tour of the school.

• So I wasn’t surprised when sarah offered to take emma on a tour of the school.

• So I wasn’t surprised when Sarah offered to take Emma on a tour of the school.

• The sentence is written correctly.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A