Open Up - Grade 5 - ELA - Module 2 - Mid Unit 2 Assessment

Part A/BIn the paragraph above, copy one simile and paste it here. What two things are being compared in the simile you chose? (RL.5.4, L.5.5a)

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L.5.5.a

RL.5.4

Part A/BIn the paragraph above, copy one metaphor and paste it here. What two things are being compared in the metaphor you chose? (RL.5.4, L.5.5a)

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L.5.5.a

RL.5.4

Part CHow does this metaphor help you understand the meaning of the text? (RL.5.4, L.5.5a)

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L.5.5.a

RL.5.4

What words in the sentence best help in understanding what a burity palm looks like? (RL.5.4)

• like enormous fans
• gracefully curving fronds
• many kinds of palms
• very long

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RL.5.4

On the lines below, explain how this description helps the reader to better understand what the palms look like. (RL.5.4, L.5.5a)

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RL.5.4

L.5.4.a

In the excerpt, copy the idiom and paste it here. What is the meaning of this idiom? (RL.5.4, L.5.5b)

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RL.5.4

What word in the sentence best helps in understanding the meaning of “feast your eyes”? (RL.5.4, L.5.5b)

• destroy
• beauty
• rainforest
• would

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RL.5.4

L.5.5.b

Part AFrom whose point of view is this passage being told? (RL.5.6)

• the kapok tree
• the man
• the three-toed sloth
• the rainfores

Part BHow does this point of view influence how the consequences of cutting down the kapok tree are described? (RL.5.6)

A student wrote a sentence that contains some errors. Rewrite the sentence correctly below. Remember to underline any text titles. (L.5.2d)"The Most beautiful Roof in the World, by kathryn Lasky, is the story of a scientist living in the rainforest of Belize"