Benchmark Unit 7 Week 1

Why did Edith write the diary "The Oregon Trail"?

• To persuade the reader not to go on the Oregon Trail because it was too dangerous.

• To entertain the reader because it is fun to learn about history.

• To inform the reader about the Oregon Trail and the difficulties and hardships her family faced.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

On June 29, 1849 Edith writes: "Today our wagon got stuck in the mud. As a result, a wheel broke. It was another setback." Why does Edith describe this incident as a setback?

• Edith is too exhausted from walking and wants to ride in the wagon.

• Edith's family has to fix the wagon.

• It keeps raining.

• The family needs to take a bath from all the mud.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence:

Our provisions have been getting low, so we stopped at an Indian Village.

• to stop

• to trade

• supplies

• iron pans

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the main idea of "Helen Keller: Words through Touch"?

• Helen Keller had a childhood illness that left her deaf and blind.

• Helen Keller had to learn about the world through touch.

• Helen Keller had to have fun by playing with tadpoles and frogs.

• Helen Keller helped her mom plant a garden.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Which of the following is a key detail from "Helen Keller: Words through Touch"?

• Helen Keller had a childhood illness.

• Helen Keller learned about the world through touch.

• Helen Keller had fun playing with tadpoles and frogs.

• Helen Keller helped her mom plant a garden.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

How would you compare Edith and Helen Keller similar? Use text evidence to support your answer.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

On page 10, paragraph 4, Lonnie Smith describes the look on the boys faces as surprised. Why were the boys surprised?

• Grandpa's garage was full of stuff!

• They found an old baseball.

• Their granddad told them he was known as Robert during his childhood.

• Their granddad knew how to throw a baseball.

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What conclusion can you draw from reading "The Baseball"?

• Granddad must have been really good at playing baseball.

• The two boys like to explore.

• Granddad likes to keep old things in his garage.

• The two boys want to be baseball players when they grow up.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of the following sentences is rewritten using the past tense of the verb:

I give my teacher my homework.

• I will give my teacher my homework.

• I gived my teacher my homework

• I will gave my teacher my homework.

• I gave my teacher my homework.

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

Mark ALL answers that will fit in the blank.

I ____ everyday after school.

• draw

• football

• walked

• talking

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CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4