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WorksheetsTurn Up the Heat Grade 5 Playbook 2
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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1.
Joseph thinks his family’s town is holding him back from achieving his dreams and goals. What evidence from the text best supports this conclusion? (LAFS.5.RL.1.1)
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a. “Phillip had smiled, agreeing. He wasn’t sure what Joseph meant by ‘two-star’ but he knew that Joseph wanted life to move fast and hard.”
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b. “Someday, I’m gonna wipe the stain of this town from my boots, and really make it. You know, see the world, get famous, make money.”
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c. “Joseph…had nudged him, then squeezed his shoulder. ‘Don’t sweat it, kid’ he had said. ‘There’s always something better out there.’”
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d. “I’m an old soul,’ he would sing to their mother whenever she asked him to clean the dishes or put away his laundry. ‘I can’t be tethered.’”
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Part A Based on the information in the text, how does Philip feel about his brother Joseph? (LAFS.5.RL.1.3)
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a. Philip is annoyed by Joseph’s behavior.
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b. Philip is disappointed in Joseph.
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c. Philip thinks that Joseph is a troublemaker.
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d. Philip cares for Joseph and looks up to him.
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Part B Select two excerpts from the text that support your answer in Part A. (LAFS.5.RL.1.3)
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A and B
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B and C
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C and D
d)
D and A
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What is the narrator’s perspective? (LAFS.5.RL.2.6)
a)
a. Philip
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b. Joseph
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c. the narrator is not a character in the story
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d. the narrator is a character in the story
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The narrator tells a story about Philip last summer in the midst of drama with Joseph’s disappearance. Why does the author include this story from last summer? (LAFS.5.RL.2.5)
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a. The author wants the reader to understand what type of character Joseph is and give clues about his relationship to his family and a reason for his disappearance.
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b. The author wants the reader to learn more about Philip and his relationship to his brother Joseph.
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c. The author wants the reader to understand how Philip broke his arm playing baseball.
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d. The author wants the reader to learn about Philip’s love for swimming and how he was inspired by his brother Joseph.
6.
How do paragraphs 15 and 18 best contribute the overall development of the main character? (LAFS.5.RL.2.5)
a)
a. It shows how the main character thinks and acts when he is faced with conflict in the story and how he resolves the conflict.
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b. It shows how the main character thinks and acts when he is faced with conflict in the story and how he resolves the conflict.
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c. It tells how the family reacts to the main character’s actions in response the conflict in the story.
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d. It tells how important the new baby is to the main character.
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Part A How does the narrator’s point of view affect how events are described? (LAFS.5.RL.2.6)
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a. By sharing only Jamie’s opinions about the baby coming home, the narrator fails to describe how Jamie handles this new change.
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b. By sharing only thoughts about Jamie’s parents, the narrator suggests that he doesn’t care about his new baby brother.
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c. By including Jamie’s thoughts about the sudden change of having a new baby at home and Jamie’s decision on how to behave towards his parents, the narrator shows Jamie’s internal struggle to deal with the changes.
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d. By sharing Jamie’s opinion about taking care of the new baby, the narrator suggests that Jamie is prepared to handle helping his parents with the baby.
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Part B Select two sentences that best support your answer in Part A. (LAFS.5.RL.2.6)
a)
A and B
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B and C
c)
C and D
d)
D and A
9.
Part A What theme is similar in both The New Baby and Brothers? (LAFS.5.RL.3.9)
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a. Respecting your Parents
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b. Understanding relationships between family members
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c. Getting along with your friends
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d. Facing unknown dangers in life
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Part B Select a line from The New Baby that reveals the theme you selected in Part A. (LAFS.5.RL.3.9)
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a. Jamie sighed and looked in the sink where the dirty butter knife lay like a prison sentence.
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b. When his Aunt Jane had a new baby, she was too tired to even go to their family dinners.
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c. Joseph was nearly six years older than Philip and was what their mother called “a troublemaker.”
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d. The truth was, Jamie was nervous. He had never spent time with a baby before.
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