WorksheetsUnit 2: Myths, Legends, Folktales, and More
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
Both The Purest Heart and Kapapititoe and The Lizard are best described as:
Modern-day science fiction stories
Fables about animals who learn a lesson.
Myths that explain how things began.
Fairy tales from two different countries.
Both the snake from The Purest Heart and the lizard from Kapapitoe and The Lizard change into men when they:
Are in water.
See water.
Drink water.
Say “water.”
The theme of both The Purest Heart and Kapapitoe and The Lizard can best be described as: Choose the best two answer choices.
Respect your elders
You reap what you sow
Love thy neighbor
Pride goes before a fall
What element is used in both folktales:
Protagonist vs. Antagonist
Figurative Language
Events occur in series of three
Magic
The folktales differ because:
They have different themes
They originate in different countries
The wives are mean
The resolution
Choose the best answer choice that explains the similarities and the differences between how each author develops a common theme between both texts.
The younger sister in both stories decide to marry the animals. Their kindness and respect for their partner allowed them to blossom into handsome husbands regardless of how others viewed him or treated him.
In both folktales the older sisters were jealous of the younger sister and tried to sabotage the marriage.
In both folktales the younger sister was forced to marry the animal. Their kindness and respect for their partner allowed them to blossom into handsome husbands regardless of how others viewed him or treated him.
In both folktales, the younger sisters were forced to served the animals. In return, they were rewarded with a handsome husband.
Choose the best two details from both texts supporting how the theme was developed in both texts.
“Tao,” he said. “A spell changed me into an ugly snake, but your love and kindness changed me back into my real self.”
Oh, how jealous those six sisters were! They tried time and time again to steal Kapapitoe’s husband from her, but he loved only his wife.
The happy couple visited Chow Wing, Hua, and Fung. How amazed they were! The sisters also felt pangs of envy, now that Tao was married to such a fine young man.
Kapapitoe was kind to her husband and hated the way her sisters treated him. As the youngest, though, she had no power over them.
Read this sentence from Sample A.
"Crops produced on Kauai include sugar cane, coffee, tropical fruits, and taro root, from which the Hawaiian dish poi is made."
In which sentence does the word dish have the same meaning that it has in the sentence above?
Mountain climbing is not exactly my dish
Her favorite dish is mashed potatoes with garlic.
Jasmine’s family has replaced its cable television service with a dish.
Which fact about Sample B helps you know that it is a personal journal entry instead of a letter?
It has a date at the beginning.
It doesn’t have a greeting or closing.
It has only one paragraph.
it doesn’t have pictures or illustrations.
You can tell from the title of Sample C that the author is probably going to:
Tell about a news event.
Describe a place.
Persuade you to buy something.
Teach you how to make a craft.
