Reading

How is a poem divided?

• A poem is told from beginning to end.

• A poem is divided between animals and people.

• A poem is written usually in stanzas.

• Math is when you divide.

As in the passage, "Energy Island," what does renewable mean?

• able to be new again

• not able to be new again

• ready to to be used

• to buy a new product

Read this portion of a passage in your LA book:

After college and the army, Westley wanted to be a teacher. But because of his membership in the NAACP, no one in Savannah would hire him.

What caused him to have difficulty getting a job?

• Westley wanted to be a teacher.

• He was in the army.

• He was a member of the NAACP.

• He was still going to college.

The snowflake is shown in a picture and it is 60 times its actual size. The angles between the six major branches are repeated over and over again in many smaller details of this amazing structure.

What is the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE for writing this paragraph?

• It is to entertain us so we will look at pictures closely.

• The purpose is for the reader to learn about a snowflake.

• The purpose is to persuade the reader to go where it is snowing outside.

• The author's purpose is to amaze us!

Read this sentence from Energy Island: It's a strange coincidence that today Iran is a place where huge amounts of oil -a fossil fuel- are drilled from the ground and shipped all over the world. What does the word coincidence mean in this sentence?

• It means to fall down.

• It means a remarkable unplanned happening of two events at the same time.

• It is when someone coughs.

• A coincidence is a coin.

Read this paragraph from The Buffalo are Back:

The American Indians

On the day that the calf was born the air was smoky. The Indians who lived on the plains were setting the grasses ablaze, as they had for thousands of years. The fire was good for the prairie. The calf may have been afraid of the flames, but they kept the trees from taking over the grasslands.

What text feature helps the readers understand this paragraph?

• the vocabulary

• the word smoky

• the punctuation

• the subheading

What is the THEME of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare?"

• Slow and steady will win the race.

• Take a nap when you can.

• Always race when you can.

• Be happy.

In the poem Swimming to the Rock, the author repeats words. For example, " The rock is very, very far away." Why would a poet use repetition in a poem?

• to make sure the reader is reading

• to use up space on the line

• to get a point across or to express a feeling

• to make sure the reader knows what is happening

We read "A Hug in a Box" from our Unit 2 Assessment. Matias "wilted in defeat" when his mom said making many care packages would be too expensive. What does this metaphor mean?

• flowers need watering

• Matias felt sad.

• He lost.

• It means to go outside and try your best.

To find a metaphor, I need to look for ...

• two things that are being compared with "like" or "as"

• two unlike things being compared without "like" or "as"

• a rock or a hard stone

• capital letters in the correct place