MAP QUIZ

Part A - Which is the CONFLICT of the story?

• A. The boy wants his mom to come swimming.

• B. The boy doesn’t like swimming class.

• C. The boy wants to swim in the deep end of the pool.

• D. The boy wants to play video games

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Part B – Place a select the sentence that BEST shows the CLIMAX, based on the conflict from Part A.

• __________ When I finally accepted that I was a goner, and everything in the world was lost, I felt someone tug on my hair and start to pull me towards the shallow end.

• __________ I felt so safe knowing that Louie was always going to protect me.

• __________ My fatigue made it harder for me to stay above the water and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get out the words to call for help.

• __________ I was going to call out for my mom to see that I really am a great swimmer, but all of a sudden, my legs stopped kicking and I started to go under the water.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Select the TWO statements from the narrative that BEST reveal the boy’s character.

• ___________ I looked at my mom, and saw she was sitting with our dog, Louie.

• ___________ I have been taking swimming lessons for six weeks.

• ___________ Purposefully, I swam over to the deep end. !

• ___________ At first, I thought mom had noticed my calamity and had come to my aid.

• ___________ I no longer want to be a fish, being Louie’s best friend is just fine with me.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select the TWO adjectives that BEST describe Louie.

• __________ loyal

• __________ lazy

• __________ envious

• __________ intelligent

• __________ untrustworthy

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CAUSE: The boy didn’t realize how tired he became from swimming.

• The boy started drowning.

• The boy made it to the deep end.

• The boy was allowed to swim in the deep end

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Part A – Select the simile in this sentence from the story.

• Well, ________I decided that even though she said no, ________once she saw me swimming ___X____like a fish in the deep end, __________she wouldn’t worry anymore.

• Well, ____X____I decided that even though she said no, ________once she saw me swimming _______like a fish in the deep end, __________she wouldn’t worry anymore.

• Well, ________I decided that even though she said no, ________once she saw me swimming _______like a fish in the deep end, ______X____she wouldn’t worry anymore.

• Well, ________I decided that even though she said no, ____X____once she saw me swimming _______like a fish in the deep end, __________she wouldn’t worry anymore.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Part B – What is emphasized with the simile in Part A?

• A. Where the boy wants to swim.

• B. Why the boy wants to swim.

• C. How talented the boy thinks he is at swimming.

• D. How scary swimming is to the boy.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Select the author’s purpose for writing this passage.

• A. To inform the public about the dangers of swimming.

• B. To persuade the readers to take swimming lessons.

• C. To describe how to rescue someone in the water.

• D. To entertain readers with a story about a rescue.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6