ELA Unit 6 Summative

Listen to the passage. Then answer Numbers 1 to 4.

Which of these is the central idea of the passage?

• Adults should not ignore kids.

• Anyone can learn to knit.

• We can learn from our elder family members

• Marie does not like Sundays.

Why did the day go by quickly for Marie?

• She felt ignored by the adults.

• She knitted a beautiful scarf.

• She thought about her next lesson.

• She enjoyed time with her grandmother.

The word irritating means ___________.

• annoying

• assertive

• treacherous

• efficient

How do you think Marie would summarize her day?

• sad, then happy

• boring, then interesting

• scary, then exciting

• difficult, then easy

I look down to see the glimmer of coins on the floor.

Which word below has the same meaning as the word glimmer used

in the sentence above?

• squareness

• roundness

• shine

• dullness

Choose the event that happened next

The girl climbs her grandpa's bookcase..........

• She decides to start her own coin collection

• Grandpa’s box falls to the ground and the coins fall out.

• He asks her to sit on the couch with him.

Choose the event that happens next

Her grandpa shows her all the different types of coins.

• He asks her to sit on the couch with him.

• Grandpa’s box falls to the ground and the coins fall out.

• She decides to start her

  own coin collection.

Choose what happens next

The girl’s grandpa sees the mess and picks up the coins....

• She decides to start her

  own coin collection.

• He asks her to sit on the

  couch with him.

• Grandpa’s box falls to the ground, and the coins fall out.

Part A: What types of coins does her Grandpa have in his collection?

• coins his family collected

• new coins

• old coins

• solely American coins

Part B: Which sentence from the passage supports your answer to

the question used above?

• I look down to see the glimmer of coins on the floor

• He holds one up from ancient Greece, but it does not look like the

  money in my piggy bank.

• He tells me that many people collect coins for their collections,

  while other people sell them for money.

• He tells me this is his coin collection and many of these coins are

  from countries all over the world.