SBAC ELA Prep

Angie loved to draw very colorful pictures, but she lost her own markers, so she borrowed her teacher’s. The school day was ending, but Angie wanted to keep coloring, so she took the teacher’s markers home and lost them in her messy room. She came back to school the next day and wanted to color again, so she asked the teacher for more markers. The teacher replied, “Sure, Angie, but this is my last pack.” Angie said she would be careful, but by the end of the day the markers were scattered all over the floor and the custodian swept them up and disposed of them. When Angie came in the next day, she asked the teacher for more markers, but she was disappointed to find that there weren’t any more. “I don’t know where all of my markers went,” said the teacher, “but I don’t have them.” Angie had to draw her pictures with only a pencil. What is the THEME of this story?

• Be kind to others, and they will be kind to you.

• If someone has something that you want, you should just take it.

• If you are not responsible, there will be consequences.

• You shouldn't judge others.

Sarah's mother told her to carry an umbrella on that Thursday morning before she left home from school, but Sarah did not want to do that. She already had her backpack and a gift for her friend to take with her. She just did not think it was necessary.

What can you infer about the weather on that Thursday morning? (RL 6.1)

• It was raining.

• It was snowing.

• It was going to rain.

• It was a warm day.

I've always been misunderstood. I'm allergic to hay. I can't help it that when I'm near hay I huff and I puff and I sometimes blow things down. No one has reason to be afraid of me, but sometimes they are. What happened to those poor little pigs is sad, but it was their own fault.

Who is talking in this passage? (RL 6.6)

• The pigs in the story "The Three Little Pigs."

• The wolf in the story "The Three Little Pigs"

• A third person narrator

• None of the above

Read the poem and answer the question. The forest's sentinel Glides gently across the hill And perches in an old pine tree, A friendly presence his! No harm can come From night bird on the prowl. His call is mellow, Much softer than a peacock's call. Why then this fear of owls Calling in the night? If men must speak, Then owls must hoot - They must have the right. On me it casts no spell: Rather, it seems to cry, "The night is good - all's well, all's well." Ruskin Bond What is the poet talking about in the first stanza? (RL 6.4)

• how the owl comes out in the night

• how the owl catches its prey

• how the owl is looking into the dark night

• how the owl walks

Identifying the narrator's perspective or point of view in a story helps the reader understand:

• The sequence of events

• The moral of the story

• The biases and limitations of the narrative

• The setting and time period

What does it mean to analyze a text?

• To summarize the text's main points

• To describe the text to someone else

• To examine the text's components and understand their relationship

• To translate the text into another language

What is the primary purpose of dialogue in a narrative?

• To provide a break from the main action

• To describe the setting in detail

• To develop characters and advance the plot

• To introduce new characters

Identifying the theme of a story involves understanding what?

• The main conflict in the story

• The setting of the story

• The underlying message or lesson of the story

• The sequence of events in the plot

Read the poem and answer the question. The forest's sentinel Glides gently across the hill And perches in an old pine tree, A friendly presence his! No harm can come From night bird on the prowl. His call is mellow, Much softer than a peacock's call. Why then this fear of owls Calling in the night? If men must speak, Then owls must hoot - They must have the right. On me it casts no spell: Rather, it seems to cry, "The night is good - all's well, all's well." Ruskin Bond What is the poet referring to in the above poem? (RL 6.4)

• The hooting of an owl scares some people.

• The behavior of a nocturnal owl.

• The peacock's cry

• Both "A" and "B"

Select the sentence that should be removed because it disrupts the sequence of events described in the paragraph. I had been warned many times never to go up into the attic when I was home alone. Just the week before, I had been caught looking through my mother's dresser while she was out. My curiosity got the better of me, though, and I pulled down the folding stairs and got ready to climb. I took one stair at a time, and soon I reached the top. A musty smell that I found pleasant greeted me. I eyed the scattered boxes, thinking about which one I wanted to look in first.

• I had been warned many times never to go up into the attic when I was home alone.

• Just the week before, I had been caught looking through my mother's dresser while she was out.

• My curiosity got the better of me, though, and I pulled down the folding stairs and got ready to climb.

• I took one stair at a time, and soon I reached the top.