Reading Snapshot 5.DSR.C

"My father and I went to the market to buy a few oranges. The market in China is different. It’s usually a street with small booths."

Choose two words that use the same suffix as it is used in usually.

• ugly

• family

• exactly

• regularly

• monopoly

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Read this excerpt from the story.

'Her mind seemed to have whirled into the story, because she didn’t even notice us when we walked toward her. My father cleared his throat and asked, “How much are the oranges?' The girl heard him and jumped up as though her chair had just been electrified."

Select the definition of clear as it is used in the above excerpt.

• free from darkness

• without defect or error

• to remove harshness from the voice

• to make the understanding free from confusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the best title for the story?

• Our Day at the Market

• Fruit Booths

• A Memory to Treasure

• My Paternal Grandmother

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of these is most likely to happen in the future?

• The narrator will think back and remember the event.

• The father will buy some books for the girl.

• The family will decide to sell oranges at the market.

• The narrator and the girl at the market will become friends.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is the most likely reason that the narrator finds the girl’s honesty so memorable?

• Even though she had to leave her booth unattended, the girl rushed after the father to give him the extra money.

• Even though the oranges were sour, the girl sold the father twenty of them and refused to keep the extra money.

• Even though she really needed money, the girl warned her customers about the sour oranges and returned the extra money.

• Even though the day was bitterly cold, the girl sat patiently in a chair by her oranges and then hurried to return the extra money.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The purpose of the illustration in the story is to show readers...

• what the Chinese market looks like.

• why the girl in the market was reading.

• what the city of Zheng Zhou looks like.

• why the father in the story bought oranges.

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

The narrator includes the details about the condition of the girl’s booth and her book to show that the girl was very...

• honest.

• poor.

• proud.

• young.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Paragraph 1 of the story explains...

• the problem.

• the setting.

• the theme.

• the conflict.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The reader can tell that the narrator of Honesty—

• will always remember her experience at the market.

• did not want to buy oranges from the market.

• thought it was too cold to be outdoors.

• wanted to visit longer with her grandmother.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

The narrator’s point of view is important to the story because it shows—

• why she is visiting the market.

• how the little girl’s honesty affects her.

• how she feels about visiting her grandmother.

• why she wants her dad to buy more oranges.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6