5th Grade: Magnetic Unit 4 Assessment - Part 1

Write one sentence describing the setting of "Eyes on the Sea"

Write a list of the characters in "Eyes on the Sea".

"Eyes on the Sea" is told from the point of view of ​ (a)   . This character tells the story using a ​ (b)   narrator.

• Kate
• first-person
• second-person
• third-person
• Mrs. Alden
• Daniel
• the mother

What happens at the beginning of the story? Write the most important details from the story.

What happens in the middle of the story? Write the most important details from the story.

What happens at the end of the story? Write the most important details from the story.

What does the underlined sentence from Paragraph 3 reveal about Mrs. Alden's point of view?

• Mrs. Alden knows what happened to Kate's Father.

• Mrs. Alden thinks Kate is angry with her father.

• Mrs. Alden is also concerned about Kate's father.

• Mrs. Alden wants Kate to keep looking for her father.

Based on how the story ends, why do you think the author included this information about Kate in Paragraph 4?

• It predicts that she will figure out a way to get her father's ship home.

• It shows that she has always been able to see ships better than other people.

• It shows that she has always been smarter about ships than her mother.

• It predicts that she will notice an important detail about a ship.

Why does Kate shout loudly when she sees the ship with the broken mast?

• She wants to wake up the neighbors.

• She realizes her father is coming home.

• She is hoping her father will hear her.

• She is worried about the sails on the boat.

How might "Eyes of the Sea" be different if the story were told from Captain Alden's point of view? What experiences, thoughts, or feelings might he describe? Give at least two examples.