LinkIt 5th Grade 10/21/2022

Why doesn't Bick leave the deck right

away?

• He wanted to help his father.

• He knew his father could not

  save the ship on his own.

• He didn't like being treated

  like a baby and told to go

  below.

• He wanted to be the one who

  saved the ship and get all the

  glory.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.1

Which two details from the text show

that this is a dangerous and life-

threatening storm?

• There are monster waves that

  sweep the characters off their

  feet.

• The thunder is so loud that

  the characters have to yell to

  be heard.

• Lightning strikes the poles

  and make them bare of sails.

• The waves cause the ship to

  almost tilt over.

• The rain is so hard that the

  deck becomes slick and

  impossible to walk on.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

Each brother took many steps to save

the boat. Which of these actions did

both brothers work on together?

• Lock down the wheel to keep

  the boat headed in one

  direction.

• Tie down the sails to leave

  the poles bare so they

  wouldn't flap in the wind.

• Shut the deck house hatch to

  keep the water out.

• Head down to the

  engine rooms to man the

  bilge pump.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Where is the setting at the beginning

of the story?

• below deck

• on the bow of the deck in the

  midst of the storm

• on the starboard side of The

  Lost

• in the engine room

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which detail from paragraphs 2-3

explains to the reader how the storm

was a "perfect" storm?

• "the last time I saw my dad"

• "ride out what looked like the

  perfect storm"

• "it was perfect if you were the

  storm"

• "being tossed around the

  deck"

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

Read this paragraph from the text.

Select the phrase the author uses to

show how the rain has affected Bick's'

footing.

Just then, a monster wave lurched

over the starboard side of the ship

and swept me off my feet. I slid

across the slick deck like a hockey

puck on ice. I might've gone

overboard if my dad hadn't reached

down and grabbed me a half second

before I became shark bait.

• "a monster wave lurched"

• "slid across the slick deck"

• "like a hockey puck on ice"

• "become shark bait"

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Which of these events should go first

when writing a summary of the text?

• After tying off the sails and

  locking the wheel, Tommy

  goes below to help out.

• Bick stays above to help his

  father but is told to go

  down below.

• Bick finally makes it to the

  deckhouse and secures it

  while sitting still and feeling

  the boat continue to buck

  and churn.

• Bick and his family are

  caught in a terrible storm

  and work to secure their

  rigging.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

What made Bick's job of shutting the

deckhouse hatch harder?

• The waves almost swept him

  overboard.

• The wheel had already been

  locked.

• The waves were pounding

  the door.

• The ship was tilted to the

  side.

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Read the following sentence from

paragraph 5.

"Lash off the wheel!" my dad barked

to my big brother, Tailspin Tommy.

What does the word barked tell the

reader about the characters in the

story?

• Tommy's dad is worried

  about their safety and is

  yelling out orders so they can

  save the ship.

• Tommy is very lazy and his

  father is angry he isn't doing

  any work.

• Tommy has no idea how to

  work on a boat.

• The characters are actually a

  family of dogs.

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.3.1

Read this sentence from paragraph 2.

We were up on deck, rigging our ship

to ride out what looked like a perfect

storm.

What does the idiom ride out a storm

mean?

• to not get wet

• to put a saddle on and then

  sit on the winds

• to control the storm

• to not get harmed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B