Paired Passage Quiz: Sandcastles
Authored by Rebekah Collins
English
4th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
1. Lines 1-4 are important to the poem because they -
1. Lines 1-4 are important to the poem because they -
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Answer explanation
"going to the beach, to the playground near the sea" "the sandbox near the fountain, beneath the big palm tree"
Think about what the poet is describing here!
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CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RI.3.7
CCSS.RI.4.7
CCSS.RL.3.7
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
2. Read lines 15 - 16 from the poem.
2. Read lines 15 - 16 from the poem.
These lines emphasize that the speaker MOST LIKELY feels -
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Answer explanation
If they are skipping home at the end of the day, they are obviously happy and they spent the whole day building if it is dinner time now. It also sounds like they are proud when they say, "We built a mighty castle on the playground on this day."
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CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.3.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
3. In stanza 3, the reader can conclude that the speaker -
3. In stanza 3, the reader can conclude that the speaker -
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Answer explanation
Line 11 - "Our work is good but not quite done; care to give another try?
Line 12 - "This mighty sand castle has yet to reach the sky!"
This shows that the speaker does not want to quit building the sandcastle until it is perfect and has met all of his or her high expectations. The speaker obviously wants a really tall sandcastle!
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CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.3.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
4. Which line from the poem BEST helps the reader picture the speaker's sandcastle?
4. Which line from the poem BEST helps the reader picture the speaker's sandcastle?
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Answer explanation
Line 9 - "Then make the sand like towers;" describes how tall they want to build the sandcastle using a simile to compare it to a tower and the part that says, "form walls that stretch up high," puts an image in my head of tall walls that are reaching the sky.
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CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
5. According to the info in "Building a Better Sandcastle," a tall sandcastle tower might fall if -
5. According to the info in "Building a Better Sandcastle," a tall sandcastle tower might fall if -
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Answer explanation
a base is the bottom of the castle that would need to be strong and large in order to support the size of a large and tall castle
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CCSS.RI.3.3
CCSS.RI.4.3
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.3
CCSS.RI.5.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
6. In paragraph 1, the prefix mis- helps the reader determine that the word misshapen means -
6. In paragraph 1, the prefix mis- helps the reader determine that the word misshapen means -
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d
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CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
7. The author wrote this selection mainly to -
7. The author wrote this selection mainly to -
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CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
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