NEW
Font size
WorksheetsFall Benchmark Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
What is the following question asking you to do?
What is paragraph 10 mostly about?
Look for the author's purpose
Look for the main idea
Look for the controlling idea
Look for the organization
All of these would be strategies for annotating except...
summarizing the paragraph
underline the title
circle unknown vocabulary
bubble in the scantron
STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on -
What skill are you being asked to use for this question?
factual claim
main idea
context clue
author's purpose
STAAR Question: The author organizes this selection by -
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
text structure
graphic elements
supporting details
main idea
Look up the word secure.
Read this sentence:
My art project fell apart because I didn't secure it carefully.
What is the correct definition of the word secure as it is used in this sentence?
to feel safe
to release from work or duty
to fasten tightly to something else
to place in a safe in a bank
The reader can CONCLUDE that the little girl is funny because she tells jokes all the way through the story.
What does the word CONCLUDE mean?
to infer
draw a conclusion
have the idea
all of these are correct
Which of these do you HAVE TO DO when you're doing a reading checkpoint or reading benchmark?
highlight and hashtag
reread
look back at your story
all of the above
Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late 1700's. He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires. He also invented the Franklin stove. The stove could heat a room better than a fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel. He also invented a special kind of glasses called bifocals. This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.
Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.
A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.
Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.
What is "tension" in a story?
scenes that took place in the past
the turning point of a story, has the most action in the plot
the sense that something threatening is right around the corner
the problem of the story
What is an example of "tension" in a story?
an immigrant teen really wants to go to her school dance but knows parents will say no
an immigrant family packs for their trip to Panama and mom packs too many shoes
a pregnant housewife is waiting for her husband to come home and she's in a good mood
a detective sneaks around a house where someone could pop out at any moment
Kira was ecstatic after she won first place in the science fair.
Using context clues or an online dictionary, what does the word "ecstatic" mean?
Indifferent
Concerned
Terrified
Excited
Which sentence is extraneous?
(1) "Furthermore, there are some negative impacts of the electronic revolution in our daily lives, especially in the lives of our children. (2) Children are our future and it is important that we raise them well. (3) These days iPhones and smartphones are affordable which has made it relatively easy for our children to gain access to all kinds of social media."
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Women’s Basketball
Basketball was created in 1891. One year later, a teacher named Sendra Berenson, organized the first women’s basketball team.
Why does the author begin this selection by including when basketball was created?
To show that basketball was still a new sport when the first women’s team was created
To describe the era that women of that time were living in.
To illustrate the obstacles Sendra Berenson faced during that time.
To provide the reader with facts on the sport of basketball.
What is the following question asking you?
What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?
It's asking you to figure out how the text was organized
It's asking you to figure out why the author wrote it
It's asking you to annotate
It's asking you about text evidence
The author wrote this selection to emphasize....
What does the word emphasize mean?
to paint a picture in the reader's head
to point out something important
to define something for the reader
to explain a process
The author wrote this selection to illustrate--
What does the word illustrate mean?
the author is comparing two topics
the author is repeating their controlling idea (thesis)
the author is making something clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.
the author is explaining a process
How does the author support the idea that immigrant students are bicultural?
What is this question asking you to do?
find the text structure
match the main idea to the correct supporting detail
create a BME table
find the author's controlling idea (thesis)
Revising: The most effective closing sentence will be ----
the first sentence and connect the ideas of the paragraph
inferred and connect the ideas of the paragraph
an extraneous sentence
the last sentence and connect the ideas of the paragraph
Which sentence should replace sentence 4 to be a more effective controlling idea (thesis)?
(4) Sound effects are added after filming by special artists.
There are professionals known as Foley artists, and they got their name from Jack Foley, who was the first Foley artist.
Many of the sound effects that movie audiences hear are made by Foley artists, film industry professionals whose work is done after the filming of a movie is complete.
The sounds that you and I hear when we go to see a movie were not always made when the movie was being recorded.
Professionals create the things that are in the background in movies, including galloping horses, pelting rain, and chirping crickets.
An effective controlling idea is-
The best summary (beginning, middle, end main ideas)
The best thesis statement (tells the reader exactly what they'll read)
The best structure (shows the reader the development of ideas)
The best closing sentence (ends the essay)
Where is the most effective place to add the following sentence?
Foley artists step in after the filming process.
(1) Background noises cannot be added during filming. (2) They do their best to review the film and recreate noises.
Before sentence 1
After sentence 1
After sentence 2
What is the most effective controlling idea?
What does the underlined phrase mean?
The best controlling idea
The weakest controlling idea
The inferred controlling idea
The controlling idea of a text is---
The author's text structure
The author's closing sentence
The author's thesis (opinion on a topic)
The author's purpose
Harry Houdini became a famous magician for his escapes from impossible traps.
What supporting detail would go with this main idea?
Chocolate is a very popular gift to give during the holidays.
What supporting detail would go with this main idea?
