DOL: The Survival Skills Competition

Read the line from the play. 

Sam Squirrel: I have keener senses than many animals, so I can sense danger and quickly escape. My coloring also keeps me safe. I blend into trees so I’m almost invisible. 

What is the most likely reason that the author includes this imagery?

• 1. To illustrate the significance of gathering and storing nuts.

• 1. To emphasize the challenges associated with migration

• 1. To spotlight the danger of moving around in cold weather

• 1. To highlight the ability to stay hidden and escape danger

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Read the line from the play. 

Darra Duck: Well, my survival skill is migration. I migrate every year. Once it starts getting cold, I meet my friends, and we fly south to a warm patch of land. Then we come back in the spring.

The imagery in this line appeals most to the reader's sense of —

• A. taste

• B. sound

• C. sight

• D. touch

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Read this line from the play. 

Sam Squirrel: Wow, Bob! That is special. You can find me nuzzled up with my brothers most winter nights, but I just can’t lie still for that long. 

This line shows that the squirrels are —

• 1. A. social creatures that enjoy close family bonds.

• 1. B. lonely animals that prefer winter nights alone.

• 1. C. expert hibernators during the winter months.

• 1. D. skilled at hiding and staying still for extended periods.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which line provides imagery that helps the reader visualize the movements of squirrels? 

• 1. A. I have keener senses than many animals, so I can sense danger and quickly escape.

• 1. B. My coloring also keeps me safe. I blend into trees so I’m almost invisible.

• 1. C. Don’t forget about your ability to leap from tree to tree. I wish I could do that.

• 1. D. You also collect nuts and store them in tall trees so you have food all winter.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Read this line from the play. 

Bob Bear: My survival skill is hibernation. I’m a black bear, and all black bears hibernate during the winter. We build a den in the fall and then when winter comes, we curl up and don’t eat, drink, or go to the bathroom for up to seven and a half months

What is the purpose of the imagery in this line?

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7