April Level Up Literacy Challenge Grade 3

1. 1. Please type your first and last name in the box below.

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CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.W.3.6

2. 2. Please type the name of your school in the box below.

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CCSS.L.3.2A

3. 3. Please type your teacher's last name in the box below.

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CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.W.3.6

4. 4. Please type your r2.d2 username in the box below (EX. R2.D2).

1. Read this phrase from the poem.

“My room looked like a palace,”

1. 5. Which type of figurative language is used in this phrase?

• A. hyperbole

• B. metaphor

• C. personification

• D. simile

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

6. Why does the author use the type of figurative language in question 5?

• A.  to show an event in the room

• B. to show how clean the room is

• C. to show the way the room is made

• D. to show the size of the room

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

3. 7. Select the best summary for the poem.

• A. The speaker’s parents surprised him by cleaning his room.

• B. The speaker’s dog ate his essay on how to clean a room and then cleaned his room.

• C. The speaker’s dog ran around the house, and it was amazing.

• D. The speaker’s parents bought him a new fish tank and then the dog did not like it.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

4. 8. How does Passage 2 develop the theme that it is important to learn to love what you have?

• A. The narrator taps flakes of food in the tank so she can feed her fish.

• B. The narrator begs her parents so she can get a dog or a cat.

• C. The narrator starts rushing home so she can teach Dog new tricks.

• D. The narrator names the fish “Dog” in protest.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

5. 9. Which detail from the story best shows that the narrator is proud of Dog?

• A. "In protest, I named him Dog." (Paragraph 3)

• B. "Maybe Dog wasn't a stupid fish, after all." (Paragraph 14)

• C. "As we practiced his tricks, I'd tell him all about school, and friends, and my baseball games." (Paragraph 17)

• D. "I smiled down at Dog as we headed home." (Paragraph 25)

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CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

6. 10. Choose the best summary for Passage 2.

• A. The narrator begs her parents for a dog so she can teach her dog new tricks.

• B. The narrator is upset when she gets a fish for a pet but ends up teaching her fish how to do tricks.

• C. The narrator is excited when she gets a new pet and ends up impressing her friends with her pet beagle.

• D. The narrator tells her new pet about her friends, school, and baseball games.

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7