The Move - Daily Reading Ready

Why does the playwright include a narrator in this play? (4.9C)

• to make the main character's conflict seem more suspenseful

• to give the audience details about the character's thoughts and actions in the scene

• to assist the main characters in solving a problem

• to help the audience understand what the narrator is thinking

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TEKS.ELA.4.9C

Christian's actions throughout the selection show that he -- (4.6F)

• loves his Memaw more than his Poppy

• has a hard time hiding his feelings

• doesn't get along with his sister

• is determined to visit his grandparents

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TEKS.ELA.4.6F

The stage directions in paragraphs 4 and 7 are included to help -- (4.9C)

• make the play sad

• show a new problem

• introduce a new character

• show emotion

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TEKS.ELA.4.9C

Which of the following BEST shows that Haley feels the same way Christian does about their grandparents? (4.6F)

• CHRISTIAN: Haley, how long do you think it will be before we get to see Memaw and Poppy again?

• HALEY: I don't know, but I sure do miss them already

• CHRISTIAN: (beginning to cry quietly) I wish we could see them and talk to them.

• HALEY: What's going on?

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TEKS.ELA.4.6F

Which meaning BEST matches the way the word tough is used in the selection? (4.3A)

Tough (Adjective)

1. 1. rowdy

2. 2. very difficult

3. 3. able to stand hard work and hardship

4. 4. not easily chewed

• Meaning 1

• Meaning 2

• Meaning 3

• Meaning 4

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TEKS.ELA.4.3A

In line 7, the suffix -ful helps the reader determine that the word joyfully means -- (4.3C)

• able to have joy

• without joy

• full of joy

• not joyful

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TEKS.ELA.4.3C

This selection would most likely be found in a book titled -- (4.6F)

• Poems about Family

• Humorous Tales about Moving

• Dramas for Young Children

• Autobiographies about Grandparents

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TEKS.ELA.4.6F

Which of the following is the BEST summary of the play? (4.7D)

• Haley and Christian watch a video they received in the mail from their grandparents

• Haley and Christian have moved away, and they miss their grandparents. They are excited when they receive a gift in the mail from them.

• The brother and sister moved away. They miss their grandparents. They watch a DVD

• Haley and Christian watch a video of their grandparents taking walks together, riding in the wheel barrel, playing with the dog, and many other things.

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TEKS.ELA.4.7D