Checkpoint 4 Practice- 2023

From the information presented in paragraph 3, what can the reader conclude about the Nordkamp girls?

•  They found soccer difficult to learn when they started playing.

• They lacked the equipment they needed to become successful soccer players. 

• They asked their coach if they could include boys on their team.

• They were eager to play soccer no matter what the conditions were. 

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why did Mary Beth Gallagher organize a girls soccer team in Katutura? Support your answer with evidence from the selection.

HOW WOULD YOU START THIS SCR?

• Mary Beth Gallager organized a girls soccer team in Katutura because...

• She did that because...

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which sentence does the author include to suggest that the girls on the new soccer team most likely appreciated the support they received?

• When the bright orange uniforms arrived, the Nordkamp girls danced with delight. (paragraph 4)

• With their new name-the Pumpkins-and uniforms, the experienced team was ready to enter tournament play. (paragraph 7) 

• On December 1, 2006, the Pumpkins gathered and marched in a big orange line to a field near the Nordkamp Center. (paragraph 9)

• Sitting on the grass and eating peanut-butter sandwiches, the Pumpkins waited impatiently for the team to show up. (paragraph 12)

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• to describe how an American soccer team helped a soccer team in Katutura become successful

• to explain why playing soccer is not common for girls in Katutura

•  To inform the reader of the accomplishments of the first girls’ soccer team in Katutura

• To tell about the different teams that competed in a girls’ soccer tournament in Katutura

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Read the lines below.

What do these lines reveal about Sunny?

• She believes it is important to spell difficult words.

• She depends on her family to help her practice.

• She spells certain words as a way of annoying her brother.

• She knows that she is a better speller than her brother.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The pom-poms are an important prop in the play because they —

•  add to the tension between Sunny and Greg

•  show that Sunny is proud of her accomplishments

•  keep Sunny from staying on task

• are taken away by Sunny’s father

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

The purpose of the dialogue in lines 3 through 7 is to —

•  introduce characters

• provide background on the main characters

• show the main conflict

• foreshadow the resolution of the main conflict

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these best explains why there is only one scene?

• There is very little action.

• There are only three characters.

• Only a few props are needed.

• The setting does not change.

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is a prop?

• A character in a play

• The author of a play

• An item used in a play

• A scene in a play

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

What is theme?

• The reason the author wrote a text.

• The author's opinion.

• The main idea of the text.

• The author's message.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2