Benchmark UNIT 8 FL edition

Becoming larger and moving through the air

• volcano

• billowing

• thaw

• mountain

A time when ice and snow melt

• region

• predict

• billowing

• thaw

Pick the metaphor:

• You are a busy bee!

• As cold as ice

• You are as fast as a cheetah

• You climb like a monkey

Pick the simile:

• You have a heart of gold

• Your voice is as loud as a horn

• You are my knight and shining armor

• Life is a highway

What is the THEME of the poem "Fairweather Clouds"?

• That flowers grow in spring

• That nimbus clouds make rain

• That clouds are cool

• That nature is beautiful

Which word has a soft C?

• innocent

• computer

• complete

• scarf

Which word has a hard C?

• celebrate

• certain

• complete

• sentence

Typical weather conditions in a particular area

• region

• climate

• predictions

• temperature

To say what might happen in the future

• predict

• pattern

• region

• climate

Name the ADJECTIVES in the poem:

Above, the sky,

the blue field

• above

• sky

• field

• blue