RL51&RL510 Austere Academy Chapter 8 Comprehension

According to the text, all of the following are reasons

why the Baudelaire children are sore EXPECT:

P. 122.

• Their legs were sore from

  all their running

• Their toes were sore from the claws of the tiny

  territorial crab

• Their heads were sore from headaches because they doesn’t get enough sleep

• Their heads were sore from hitting it when they tripped walking back to school

• Their heads were sore from

  trying to figure out what Coach Genghis was up to in making them run

  all those laps

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Why weren’t Duncan and Isadora very sore or as tired as the

Baudelaire children? P.123

Check all that apply:

• The Quagmires had fallen asleep during Nero's concert, so they were not as tired

• The Quagmires had done

  their spying in shifts, each taking turns to sleep

• The Quagmires had been hiding

  and spying on Genghis and the Baudelaires, instead of running around

  the luminous circle

• The Quagmires had been at Prufrock Prep longer than the Baudelaires and were used to running laps

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

“If we’re lucky” is not a phrase that Violet, or her siblings, used very

often. Which answer best explains why?

P. 126

• The Baudelaires believe in science over luck

• The Baudelaires do not consider themselves lucky because they are orphans

• The Baudelaires are pessimistic characters who never look on the bright side of their situation

• The Baudelaires have experienced one

  tragedy after another

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following excerpt from the text: “Hello, you cake sniffers,” she said, “although judging from

the baby brat, you’re more like salad sniffers."

Why does Carmelita Spats call the Baudelaires salad sniffers? P.

126 & 127

• Sunny had fallen

  asleep right there in the cafeteria, her little head on her salad, as if it

  were a soft pillow instead of leaves of lettuce, slices of tomato...

• Carmelita Spats was using insults based on what the cafeteria was serving during that meal

• Carmelita decided she loved cake and hated salad, so it made a better insult

• Violet had smelled the salad dressing on her salad, and Carmelita saw her do it.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Read the following Excerpt: "What?" Isadora asked. "I said, 'Finally, as the sun rose, Coach Genghis had us stop running laps and let us go to bed,'" Klaus said.

According to the text, which meaning of "what" did Isadora mean in this context?

• I can't believe that's what you just said

• I didn't hear you

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following excerpt from the text: "When Coach Genghis had called last night's activities S.O.R.E., he had merely used the name as an acronym for Special Orphan Running Exercises."

Why did the Baudelaires find this a fitting name?

• After training with Count Olaf/Coach Genghis, they felt like special orphans

• They were sore that Count Olaf/Coach Genghis was after their fortune again

• They each felt like sore losers in life from all their hardships

• After a full night of S.O.R.E., they'd been sore all-day

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Match the incorrect character assumptions about Count Olaf/Coach Ghengis plan with the correct character:

"I thought that he might insist on getting your fortune before you could stop running."

• Duncan

• Isadora

• Sunny

• Klaus

• Violet

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Match the incorrect character assumptions about Count Olaf/Coach Ghengis's plan with the correct character:

"I thought that the luminous circle would serve as a landing strip for a helicopter, piloted by one of his assistants, to swoop down and take you away."

• Duncan

• Isadora

• Sunny

• Klaus

• Violet

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

According to the text, all of the following are adjectives that describe the Baudelaire orphans except:

• smart

• sore

• charming

• lucky

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read this Carmelita Spats quote from the text, "I have another message for you from Coach Genghis. I get to be his Special Messenger because I'm the cutest, prettiest, nicest little girl in the whole school."

What does this tell you about her character?

Check all that apply:

• she thinks very highly of her own appearance

• she enjoys having special tasks

• she is in denial about how unkind she is

• she has special honors and privileges at the school

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3