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ELA Milestones

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Using hints or clues in the text that surrounds an unknown word is called ______.

a)

RAP-C

b)

context clues

c)

connotation

d)

denotation

2.

Connotation is a word's ___________.

a)

synonym

b)

emotional meaning

c)

antonym

d)

Literal, dictionary definition.

3.

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea?

a)

Who is the main character?

b)

What is the main event?

c)

What is one important detail?

d)

What point is the author trying to make?

4.

What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?

a)

a specific detail from the story

b)

The conflict of the story

c)

What the story is about 

d)

The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

5.

What do you do on DAY ONE of the ELA milestone? Check three.

a)

Multiple Choice/Drag and Drop

b)

Write a Constructed / Short Answer / RACECE Response

c)

Informative OR Argumentative Essay

d)

Narrative Response / Rewrite

6.

What do you do on DAY TWO of the ELA milestone? Check three.

a)

Multiple Choice/Drag and Drop

b)

Write a Constructed / Short Answer / RACECE Response

c)

Informative OR Argumentative Essay

d)

Narrative Response / Rewrite

7.

What do you do on DAY ONE of the ELA milestone? Check at least three.

a)

Multiple Choice/Drag and Drop

b)

CSET

c)

4 Point Narrative

d)

Essay

8.

A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been.
What is the theme?

a)

Be honest.

b)

Don't be greedy.

c)

Always share your things with others.

d)

Be respectful to others.

9.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; 
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay. 
What is the central theme of this poem?

a)

Nature and man

b)

Innocence cannot last

c)

Sunsets and sunrises are beautiful

d)

Nature and beauty

10.

What is the best definition of THEME?

a)

A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 

b)

The location and time of the story

c)

The events that occur in the story

d)

The author's reason for writing a story

11.

What is the name given to the word or group of words that a pronoun replaces?

a)

Root Word

b)

Antiseptic

c)

Antecedent

d)

Antibiotic

12.

Megan and Alexis ran in a marathon last weekend.

a)

We

b)

Them

c)

She

d)

They

13.

The story's time and place is

a)

tone

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

voice

14.

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

a)

climax

b)

rising action

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

15.

What type of conflict is best shown here...

a)

character vs. character

b)

character vs. self

c)

character vs. nature

d)

character vs. society

16.

Using hints or clues in the text that surrounds an unknown word is called ______.

a)

RAP-C

b)

context clues

c)

connotation

d)

denotation

17.

Connotation is a word's ___________.

a)

synonym

b)

emotional meaning

c)

antonym

d)

Literal, dictionary definition.

18.

What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?

a)

a specific detail from the story

b)

The conflict of the story

c)

What the story is about

d)

The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

19.

What do you do on DAY ONE of the ELA milestone? Check three.

a)

Multiple Choice/Drag and Drop

b)

Write a Constructed / Short Answer / RACECE Response

c)

Informative OR Argumentative Essay

d)

Narrative Response / Rewrite

20.

What do you do on DAY TWO of the ELA milestone? Check three.

a)

Multiple Choice/Drag and Drop

b)

Write a Constructed / Short Answer / RACECE Response

c)

Informative OR Argumentative Essay

d)

Narrative Response / Rewrite

21.

What do you do on DAY ONE of the ELA milestone? Check at least three.

a)

Multiple Choice/Drag and Drop

b)

CSET

c)

4 Point Narrative

d)

Essay

22.

A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been. What is the theme?

a)

Be honest.

b)

Don't be greedy.

c)

Always share your things with others.

d)

Be respectful to others.

23.

What is the best definition of THEME?

a)

A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express.

b)

The location and time of the story

c)

The events that occur in the story

d)

The author's reason for writing a story

24.

What is the name given to the word or group of words that a pronoun replaces?

a)

Root Word

b)

Antiseptic

c)

Antecedent

d)

Antibiotic

25.

Megan and Alexis ran in a marathon last weekend.

a)

We

b)

Them

c)

She

d)

They

26.

The story's time and place is

a)

tone

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

voice