Antarctic Journal Comprehension

How does the author organize the events in her journal?

• Sequentially by date

• Scientifically by creature

• Systematically from east to west?

• Geographically by latitude and longitude

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which text from the journal includes a simile

• the careless scruff of a boot heel

• twilight falls and I crawl into my tent

• Frustrated birds shriek like squabbling chickens

• I have learned that the largest animal on Earth, the hundred-ton blue whale

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

In her journal, the author describes a penguin rookery. What is a penguin rookery?

• a home for a single penguin family

• a place where penguins hunt for food

• a nesting area for hundreds of penguins

• a caged area for studying captured penguins

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

At Palmer Station, the author learns that blue whales eat krill. What is krill?

• one-celled

• a kind of green algae

• large animals similar to seals

• tiny shrimplike ocean animals

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of these phrases from the journal does NOT help you understand the sequence of events?

• earlier today

• twilight falls

• it was three in the morning

• three miles from Palmer Island

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

The author falls into a crevasse. What is a crevasse?

• a deep narrow river

• a wide shallow lake

• a deep narrow crack

• a wide shallow canyon

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which text from the journal includes a metaphor

• It was three in the morning, bright outside

• I climbed in a stillness broken only by the noise of snow

• dressed in a watchman cop three layers under my parka and boots

• Near the top I heard a cracking sound, a slap magnified a million times

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Why does the author include the phrase, "After a few deep breaths and it was an hour before" in the sentence below?

After a few deep breaths, I began to scramble out. Terrified the crack would keep growing, I moved slowly. It was an hour before I was on firm ice.

• To crate a sense of terror in the reader

• to show how metaphors can create a sense of suspense

• to demonstrate that she is not an experienced climber

• to show the sequence of events and the passage of time

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

When does the author see the green flash in the sky?

• at noon

• at dawn

• at sunset

• at three in the morning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

When does the author leave Antarctica and go home?

• in March

• in January

• in February

• in December

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3