WorksheetsELA Benchmark Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Ms. Evans was elated because our class was respectful and responsible.
mad
tired
happy
hungry
What is a context clue?
Clues that readers use to find the the definition of an unfamiliar word, the location of a specific item and/or the identity of an unknown person.
Clues that readers use to figure out the name of something.
Clues that readers use to figure out the time of something.
Clues that readers use to find out the theme of the story.
They composed a letter to the governor asking for more soldiers in the fort.
What does the word composed mean in this sentence?
wrote
sang
bought
wanted
All the words not in the text in non-fiction- titles, heading, captions, etc.
text structures
text features
paragraphs
glossary
Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.
What is a detail that tells about the main idea?
How the four presidents were chosen
Why Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota
Which presidents are at Mount Rushmore
Which supporting detail best supports this topic sentence?
It takes a lot of hard work to become a professional athlete.
The pros live the good life.
People like professional football players make a lot of money.
Professional athletes spend countless hours practicing their sports.
What is a theme of a story?
the emotions of the characters
the time and place
a character's personality
a lesson or message
In the following sentence, what can you infer is Mina’s character trait?
Mina submitted her college application with a sad sigh. “I probably won’t get in,” she said to her friend.
persistent
confident
insecure
lazy
What is figurative language?
Words or phrases that do not mean exactly what they say
Words that convey mood and tone
Words that means exactly what they say
Words and phrases that give clues to what an unknown word means
Identify the figurative language:
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
What is author's purpose?
the main idea of a text
the evidence an author uses to support a claim
the subjective point of view of an author
why an author wrote a text
Words in a sentence/surrounding paragraph that help you understand the meaning of a word.
theme
author's purpose
context clues
inference
Michael was the quarterback of the football team and he was best friends with his teammate, Bucky Barnes. Everything was fine until Michael was seriously injured and removed from the team. Bucky would not visit him in the hospital, and he began hanging out with the new quarterback.
Infer why Bucky refuses to talk to Michael anymore.
Bucky feels guilty about Michael's injury
Bucky was only friends with Michael because he was on the football team
Bucky thinks Michael is a quitter.
Bucky is unsure how to comfort Michael over his injury.
What would be the best organizational structure for an event in history?
compare-contrast
chronological
cause-effect
problem-solution
In 1996, the IMF and World Bank launched a plan to reduce the crushing burden of accumulated debt of the world’s poorest countries. The plan forgave billions of dollars of loans that those countries owed, so they didn’t have to pay them back.
What inference can you make on the above paragraph?
After the plan, these poor countries were able to get new loans.
These countries were probably having trouble paying off their debts.
The loans were equally distributed among the IMF and the World Bank.
The plan was limited and focused on very few countries
Retelling the most important events of the text in your own words is called -
paraphrasing
summarizing
author's purpose
plot
Do you know where the hamburger originated? In 2007, a heated argument began among three states over the history of the hamburger. In Texas, lawmaker Betty Brown proposed a bill declaring that Athens, Texas was home of the hamburger. Then Wisconsin jumped in. State Representative Tom Wilson argued that Seymour, Wisconsin, was the place where the famous sandwich was vert cooked up. The owners of Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut, joined the debate as well. Established in 1895, the restaurant maintained its claim as the burger birthplace. “It's a well-known and established fact that New Haven is the home of the hamburger,” said New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr.
After reading the selection above, the reader can conclude that--
the hamburger originated in New Haven, Connecticut.
the hamburger was first created in Texas
Tom Wilson created the first hamburger in Wisconsin.
It is unclear where the hamburger was first invented.
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Head lice can happen to anyone. It is not a sign of poor hygiene. Head lice are tiny insects that live in human hair. They hatch from small eggs, called nits, which are attached to the base of a person’s hair. The nit is small and white and attaches about ¼ inch from the scalp on the hair. The eggs hatch in seven to ten days, with new louse reaching adulthood in about two weeks. The female louse can live 20 to 30 days and lay 6 to 10 eggs per day.
Prevention is the key word in the control of head lice in school, and the schools need parents’ help. They ask that parents check their child’s head over the ears and at the base of the neck each week. Parents and children should watch for nonstop itching, because it is a good sign that something is wrong. Head lice are transmitted in a number of ways, not only by physical contact. Parents should teach their children not to borrow combs, brushes, ribbons or head covers. If spending the night away from home, kids should take their own sleeping bag and pillow.
The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph in the selection above is to--
explain to the reader how to get rid of head lice if a child has them.
inform the reader about head lice and how they spread within human hair.
provide the reader with ways to prevent the spreading of head lice.
describe to the reader how head lice can impact a child’s health.
What is the turning point in the story?
What POV is this?
Joey went to the store to buy cheese to make grilled cheese later.
What is a caption?
a type of font style used in graphic design
a brief description accompanying a photograph
a caption is a type of camera lens used for close-up shots
a caption is a type of filter used in photo editing software
Maddie loved to tell jokes. making people laugh came easily to her, and it made her feel good. At school her friends were always listening to her jokes. Her family loved her wittiness and laughed along with her.
What character trait is Maddie displaying?
Josh was always on time to class. He brought his supplies and listened carefully in class. At home he often studied what he learned in class so he would be better prepared for class the next day.
What character trait is Josh displaying?
Integrity
Which of the following BEST completes the summary?
Michelle rushes to the bus without an umbrella.
Michelle regrets her decision when she has to walk to her grandmother's house in the rain.
Mom is upset with her when she arrives at Grandmother's house and is soaking wet.
Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!
Which is the best way to summarize this passage?
A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.
Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.
Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.
Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.
Horses and donkeys are two very similar animals. But they also have their differences. For example, a horse has short ears but a donkey has long ears. Another difference is that horses are typically larger than donkeys. Yet they are both four legged hoofed mammals.
What is one thing that horses and donkeys have in common?
They are both mammals.
They are both the same size.
They both have short ears.
Neither of them has hooves.
Reptiles have scales and their toes have claws; amphibians have moist skin and their toes do not have claws. Both reptiles and amphibians lay eggs. However, reptile eggs have a thick hard shell and are laid on land, but amphibian eggs have no shell and are laid in water. Young reptiles are miniature replicas of their parents and are born with lungs, but young amphibians start out with gills. Once amphibians have matured to adults they have lungs.
When comparing reptiles and amphibians:
Reptiles and amphibians both have lungs as adults.
Reptiles and amphibians both have toes on their claws.
Reptiles and amphibians have gills when babies.
Reptiles and amphibians have scales.
Which of the following statements contrasts mammals and reptiles?
Humans are mammals.
Both mammals and reptiles are vertebrates.
Mammals are warm blooded while reptiles are cold blooded.
Mammals and reptiles can live in the same habitat.
