Gr 6 Q1 T1 2023

I've never wished so badly

For power to turn back the clock.

Based on the text, which sentence is most likely to be true?

• The narrator thinks it would be fun to travel in time.

• The narrator lost track of time and is running late.

• The narrator regrets bumping into Nick’s vase.

What is the main theme of the poem?

I stopped by the art room

To pick up some extra glaze.

My elbow bumped the edge

Of Nick's new drying vase.

The vase then crashed on tile floor,

And there I stood in shock.

I've never wished so badly

For power to turn back the clock.

Then I became a frozen statue.

Should I hide the pieces on a shelf?

Should I try and tell Nick that his vase

Was stolen by an art room elf?

• a- Art you make yourself is more valuable than art you buy at the store.

• b- It’s important to admit it when you have made a mistake.

• c- Sometimes you can make people happy without meaning to.

Sorting trash alone's not fair.

Some tasks are made for both to share.

Gross chores are more fun as a pair.

The bolded text requires an inference, or a guess, about missing details. Based on the text, which

sentence is most likely to be true?

• a- The narrator and his friend decide to work together to collect trash.

• b- The narrator is mad that his friend asks him to collect trash alone.

• c- The narrator and his friend need to find different robot fuel.

Sorting trash alone's not fair.

Some tasks are made for both to share.

Gross chores are more fun as a pair.

Our work was a cheetah, racing by.

In a flash, we fed our robot guy

So he could say hi and bye.

4- What is the main theme of the poem?

• a- If you try to make a project perfect, you might never finish.

• b- Working together can make an unpleasant task go by fast.

• c- Sometimes you can make the best of your mistakes.

The librarian had to ------------- the noisy children in the reading section.

• a- twist

• b- twirl

• c- shush

The ballerina's skirt began to ------------- as she gracefully moved across the stage.

• a- twirl

• b- squish

• c- humming

Listening to her favorite song, she couldn't help but start ------------- along to the tune.

• a- feathery

• b- humming

• c- shush

4- I could feel the ------------- of the wet mud under my boots.

• a- squish

• b- twist

• c- shush

She felt a sharp pain in her ankle as she ------------- it on the icy sidewalk.

• a- feathery

• b- humming

• c- twisted

vivid

• light

• bright

• dark

• dull