Gr3 ELAR CBA 2 Reteach

The story takes place at camp. What are the main reasons this setting is important to the plot? Select TWO correct answers.

• The characters are able to study the stars.

• The characters learn how to stay safe outside.

• The characters have to get to know new people.

• The characters are upset about being away from home.

• The characters learn how to get along with people who are different from them.

Select the feelings Syd had in paragraphs 1-4. CHOOSE TWO.

• bothered

• excited

• hopeful

• worried

Read the sentence from paragraph 5.

I am starting to rethink the way I feel about him.

Think about the prefix re-. What is the meaning of rethink as it is used above?

• make something better

• go back to the first idea

• change the way one feels

• plan before doing something

Are the letters written from a first-person point of view or a third-person point of view?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person point of view

Why are some of the letters written in italic type?

• to show that those letters are meant to be funny

• to show that those letters should be kept secret

• to show that those letters are more important than the other letters

• to show that those letters have a different writer than the other letters do

Why did the poet write the poem in stanzas?

• to make a rhyme pattern

• to compare the wind to a broom

• to show where words are repeated

• to share different points of view

Part A: How does the wind behave when it is inside?

• It sounds quiet.

• It moves quickly.

• It does many tricks.

• It stays near the ceiling.

Part B: Which line from the poem best supports the correct answer to Part A?

• as it whizzes past (line 4)

• His voice isn’t strange out on the range, (line 6)

• he’ll juggle and fly them, (line 14)

• And sailing it clear to the sky. (line 20)

Read line 10 of the poem. and sweep through the yard like a broom. What does the simile in line 10 show about the wind?

• It can be a useful tool for people.

• It pushes things across a space.

• It moves very slowly.

• It makes a sound.

Why does the poet use a rhyme scheme?

• to show how the wind acts in different places

• to show how the wind is like other things

• to make the poem easier to understand

• to make the poem more fun to read