Module 3 Week 1

What is the central idea of the article?

• The Vikings made ships that are found in museums today.

• That Vikings built knarrs so that they could travel far and trade goods.

• The Vikings used longships to travel from one village to another.

• The Vikings were great ship builders who built many different kinds of ships.

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

When the ship needed to move faster or when the ocean was breezeless, long oars were pushed through holes in the side of the ship.

Think about the suffix -less. What is the meaning of breezeless above?

• not having any breeze

• a breeze that gets weaker

• not having enough breeze

• a breeze that gets stronger

Why did the author most likely include the picture in the article?

• to show what longships looked like

• to show what a longship was used for

• to show how longships are like ships today

• to show how a longship was found underwater

Which detail from the section "Later Ships" best supports the idea that Vikings built boats to do certain jobs?

• The kinds of boats the Vikings made changed over the years.

• The knarr was a boat used to trade with faraway countries.

• The Vikings built some boats that were very large.

• The ferje was a small boat that people had to row.

Read the sentence from paragraph 5.

Although the ferje was small, the base of the ship was flat and very strong, so it could be used to carry a horse or cattle.

Which meaning of the word base is used above?

• a starting point for a journey

• the bottom piece of something

• the main part of a cooked food or dish

• a place where a group of people meet

What is the author's purpose for writing this article?

• to show readers how to build a Viking ship

• to persuade reader to make their own Viking ships

• to inform readers about different kinds of Viking ships

• to entertain readers with a funny story about Viking ships

Why does the author most likely use sequence structure to organize the ideas in the article? Use details from the article to support your answer.

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What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Change show to shows.

• Change show to showed.

• Change show to will show.

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Change picked to pick.

• Change picked to picks.

• Change picked to will pick.

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Change look to looks.

• Change look to looked.

• Change look to will look.

• No change is needed.