Ready Reading Lesson 12

Read the following sentence from paragraph 1.

Fresh snow has fallen overnight and blankets the ground, the rocks, and the massive boulders with a silent quilt of white.

What do the words quilt of white mean in this sentence?

• A. warm blanket

• B. layer of snow

• C. slippery ice

• D. pebbles and dust

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following question has two parts. First, Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A. Read the sentence from paragraph 1 about the author's brother.

When I turn around, he is standing there with his head covered in a thick crown of snow.

What does this sentence really mean?

• A. The brother has made a crown from the branches.

• B. The brother has a pile of snow on his head.

• C. The brother is turning in circles to look at the snow.

• D. The brother was wearing a thick cap to keep off the snow.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Part B. Select TWO details in these sentence from paragraph 1 that support the answer in Part A.

• Suddenly, nearby, I hear a soft thump.

• I hear my brother gasp.

• He laughs and points up.

• The branches above him hold armfuls of snow.

• They are ready to have a snowball fight with us.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read these sentences from paragraph 2:

I pull my foot out, finally, only to find that it's just my sock that has escaped. My boot is still buried.

What has happened to the narrator?

• A. The narrator has buried her boot and sock in the snow.

• B. The narrator has lost her sock during the hike.

• C. The narrator's boot is still stuck in the snow.

• D. The narrator's boot and sock have been taken.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

Read the following sentence from paragraph 4.

In a flash, she is gone.

The author uses words in a flash to show that the deer runs...

• A. through a bright light

• B. in a clumsy way

• C. very quickly

• D. when lightning struck

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

5. When the deer runs away, the narrator says, "In the woods, her white tail waves her goodbye." Which is the BEST literal restatement of this idea?

• A. The deer turns and waves goodbye from the woods.

• B. The deer tail begins twitching as it enters the woods.

• C. The deer uses her tail to wave goodbye to the children.

• D. the deer's tail is the last thing the narrator sees as the animal leaves.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

6. 6.

• tired

• hungry

• unhappy

• confused

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

7. 7. Read these two sentences from the story. Both use words in nonliteral ways. What do you think each sentence means?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

You must write the sentence from the passage that you chose before starting this response. Remember when writing your response, restate your question and give both a literal and nonliteral word meanings in the description of the sentence you chose.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5