Unit 2 Week 3 Skills Test

Read along with the text as it is being read aloud

• I have read the text.

• I have not read the text

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Which sentence from the passage includes an example of personification?

• “Spider Monkey loved to spend his days swinging through the trees, eating as much fruit as his belly could hold.” (paragraph 1)

• “The generous trees provided Spider Monkey with lots of delicious fruit.” (paragraph 1)

• “So, Marmoset saved two bites of fruit for every bite he ate.” (paragraph 2)

• “Not long after this, Marmoset and Spider Monkey noticed the fruit drooping on the branches, until, one day, great numbers of fruit fell off the branches and plummeted to the ground.” (paragraph 5)

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

How is the rainforest setting important to the story? Support your answer with evidence from the passage.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the theme of the passage?

• Life is meant to be enjoyed.

• Save yourself in emergencies.

• Be prepared for future events.

• Plan only if something bad happens.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Click on one sentence from the passage that shows what the theme is.

• “Spider Monkey’s mouth hung open, speechless, for he was not expecting this from his friend.

• Slowly, he turned to walk away from Marmoset

• As he swung through the trees, in search of food, he thought of Marmoset’s words

• ‘Maybe,’ he thought, ‘I should save at least one bite for every bite I eat.’”

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which sentence from the passage supports the theme that we can learn from events in the past?

• “The elder marmosets spoke of times when finding fruit was difficult.” (paragraph 2)

• “Soon, Marmoset’s storage place was full, and Marmoset smiled with contentment.” (paragraph 4)

• “Then he remembered the storage place of his friend, Marmoset.” (paragraph 7)

• “Spider Monkey swung through the trees to find Marmoset, who was resting near his storage place.” (paragraph 8)

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which two sentences from the passage show how the setting causes a conflict in the story?

Multiple select question.

• “In the rainforests of Brazil lived two friends, Spider Monkey and Marmoset.”

• “Sometimes, the fruit would get a terrible disease, or cruel, vicious winds would whip through the branches and knock the fruit to the ground.”

• “But in a short time, Spider Monkey realized that the rainforest no longer offered enough fruit to fill his belly.”

• “Marmoset turned from Spider Monkey and took his place in front of the entrance to the storage place, setting up his position as guard in front of the food.”

• “As he swung through the trees, in search of food, he thought of Marmoset’s words.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Select two words from paragraph 11 that show personification.

11     Spider Monkey’s mouth hung open, speechless, for he was not expecting this from his friend. Slowly, he turned to walk away from Marmoset. As he swung through the trees, in search of food, he thought of Marmoset’s words. “Maybe,” he thought, “I should save at least one bite for every bite I eat.”

• Mouth

• speechless

• walk

• swung

• words

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10