The document contains a reading comprehension test with multiple choice questions about a passage from the book "Bud, Not Buddy". It tests vocabulary in context and meaning based on 14 sample sentences. It also contains 4 reading comprehension questions about two passages from the book. The passages describe the main character checking his suitcase of personal items after others have gone through it, and an interaction where he discovers the name of the camp he is in is actually "Hooverville", not "Hooperville".
Jenny is nervously waiting in her living room. She jumps when she hears a knock at the front door and grabs the back of a chair, biting her knuckle. Her mother calls her name from the kitchen. Jenny seems scared and wants to avoid the situation, but is unsure whether to see who is at the door or go to her mother.
Fred Wilcox is an associate professor who has written two books about the lasting effects of Agent Orange usage during the Vietnam War. His newest book, "Scorched Earth", chronicles in detail the impact of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese people, including over 3 million who now suffer from chronic illnesses linked to exposure. The book includes photos taken by Wilcox's son during their research trips to Vietnam. Wilcox hopes the book will raise awareness of war's long-term environmental and public health consequences. He has dedicated his career to speaking out against chemical warfare and its victims. Tenzin Choesang is the head monk of Namgyal Monastery in India, which he fled to from Tibet at age 14 in search of
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1. The document discusses inferring character traits from a story about Prometheus and Jupiter. Prometheus stole fire from Jupiter and gave it to humans against Jupiter's selfish wishes. This shows that Prometheus is generous for helping humans, while Jupiter is selfish for hoarding fire and punishing Prometheus.
2. Students are asked to identify character traits like generous, kind, and selfish by examining a character's words and actions in different situations.
3. The document provides exercises and examples to help students learn to infer character traits from stories.
Sara and her sister want to take a trip to escape the cold weather. They are considering going to Egypt or Spain. Sara thinks Egypt has sunny weather every day, while her sister thinks Spain also has nice weather. Tomorrow they will speak to a travel agent to help plan their trip.
This document provides a summary of notable books for promoting global awareness and 21st century learning skills. It discusses how using quality global literature can help students explore literary elements, diversity and common humanity, develop critical thinking skills, and make connections between literature and activism. Several book recommendations are provided across different genres including picture books, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Each book highlighted portrays other cultures authentically and promotes reflection on societal and global issues.
This document discusses the licensure examinations for teachers in the Philippines. It contains 65 multiple choice questions that assess general education topics. The questions cover subjects like literature, grammar, history and civics. They are designed to evaluate a teacher's basic knowledge across a wide range of subject areas as part of the teacher licensure process in the Philippines.
Jenny is nervously waiting in her living room. She jumps when she hears a knock at the front door and grabs the back of a chair, biting her knuckle. Her mother calls her name from the kitchen. Jenny seems scared and wants to avoid the situation, but is unsure whether to see who is at the door or go to her mother.
Fred Wilcox is an associate professor who has written two books about the lasting effects of Agent Orange usage during the Vietnam War. His newest book, "Scorched Earth", chronicles in detail the impact of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese people, including over 3 million who now suffer from chronic illnesses linked to exposure. The book includes photos taken by Wilcox's son during their research trips to Vietnam. Wilcox hopes the book will raise awareness of war's long-term environmental and public health consequences. He has dedicated his career to speaking out against chemical warfare and its victims. Tenzin Choesang is the head monk of Namgyal Monastery in India, which he fled to from Tibet at age 14 in search of
The document provides instructions for using different grammar structures to talk about personality, behavior, experiences, and family life. It discusses using adverbs and adjectives to describe people, the present perfect and simple past tenses, superlatives, and verbs like "let" and "make" when discussing rules. The goal is to learn how to concisely summarize multi-paragraph documents while retaining the key topics and purpose.
This document provides summaries for 20 children's books, including title, author, synopsis, reason for choosing the book, publisher, genre, and readability level. The books cover a wide range of topics from learning English and manners to biographies of historical figures and stories about nature, holidays, and math/counting.
1. The document discusses inferring character traits from a story about Prometheus and Jupiter. Prometheus stole fire from Jupiter and gave it to humans against Jupiter's selfish wishes. This shows that Prometheus is generous for helping humans, while Jupiter is selfish for hoarding fire and punishing Prometheus.
2. Students are asked to identify character traits like generous, kind, and selfish by examining a character's words and actions in different situations.
3. The document provides exercises and examples to help students learn to infer character traits from stories.
Sara and her sister want to take a trip to escape the cold weather. They are considering going to Egypt or Spain. Sara thinks Egypt has sunny weather every day, while her sister thinks Spain also has nice weather. Tomorrow they will speak to a travel agent to help plan their trip.
This document provides a summary of notable books for promoting global awareness and 21st century learning skills. It discusses how using quality global literature can help students explore literary elements, diversity and common humanity, develop critical thinking skills, and make connections between literature and activism. Several book recommendations are provided across different genres including picture books, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Each book highlighted portrays other cultures authentically and promotes reflection on societal and global issues.
This document discusses the licensure examinations for teachers in the Philippines. It contains 65 multiple choice questions that assess general education topics. The questions cover subjects like literature, grammar, history and civics. They are designed to evaluate a teacher's basic knowledge across a wide range of subject areas as part of the teacher licensure process in the Philippines.
The summaries provide high-level overviews of several children's books in 3 sentences or less:
- The View From the Cherry Tree is about an 11-year-old boy who sees a tragic event happen to his neighbor from his cherry tree but no one believes him when he tries to tell his family.
- Never Mind is about twins who think they have nothing in common until one twin's friend has a party and discovers they are twins, while the other twin saves the party with his band.
- Technical Foul is about a boy who gets a technical foul that causes his basketball team to lose and continue their losing streak, but he later cools his temper to help bring the team to the championship
This document contains summaries of 10 children's books along with the author's personal responses. It includes information about the number of pages, cultural or age groups represented, genres, and brief summaries of the plotlines. The author provides their thoughts on each book and whether they feel it could be used for storytelling. They enjoyed books that taught lessons or represented different cultures but disliked one book that gave children "false hope."
This document provides a summary of a presentation on book recommendations for elementary grades 4-6. It includes sections on the purpose of the presentation, research behind grade-level recommendations, mentor texts for writing genres like personal narratives and arguments, and recommended books for each grade in categories like novels, picture books, and book clubs. Recommended books provide examples of writing styles and topics relevant to different grades.
This document is an introduction to a book compiling "Joe Sayings" by Joseph Wdowski. It summarizes Wdowski's background and upbringing. He grew up in Larchmont, New York in a wealthy family with an intelligent mother who encouraged learning. His mother was well-educated, an artist, avid reader, and introduced him to science fiction. Wdowski developed "Joe Sayings" to answer common questions from his many students over 20 years of teaching. This introduction provides context about his life experiences and influences to help readers understand his perspective.
English 6 dlp 34 cause and effect relationshipAlice Failano
1. The document discusses cause and effect relationships, providing examples of situations where one event causes another to happen.
2. It teaches learners to identify the cause and effect in sentences using clue words like "because", "so", and "as a result". Exercises are included for learners to practice identifying causes and effects.
3. The document emphasizes that understanding cause and effect relationships is important for comprehending why things happen.
The document provides instructions for students to complete bell ringer questions, vocabulary work, and reading assignments from All Quiet on the Western Front, including answering comprehension questions and defining terms. Students are also given directions for various classroom activities, such as a pop quiz on vocabulary.
The document provides guidance and examples for justifying possible endings to stories or passages. It includes sample stories and situations with multiple choice options for possible endings. Students are asked to consider story events and choose the most logical ending. The document emphasizes using evidence from the text to justify ending selections.
The document is a summer reading list from Birchwood School that includes:
1) Required and suggested books for students in 3rd-4th grades and 5th-8th grades.
2) Assignments for students in 5th grade to write a book summary and 6th grade to write book reviews on a blog.
3) Suggested nonfiction topics and information about future problem solving and national history day for all grades.
4) A page for 3rd-4th graders to list any book series they read over the summer.
English 6 dlp 38 inferring the general mood of the selectionEDITHA HONRADEZ
This document provides a lesson on inferring the general mood or feeling conveyed in written passages. It includes examples of determining mood from short quotes and poems. Learners are asked questions to practice identifying moods like happiness, sadness, fear and more. The document stresses that mood is not directly stated but inferred through clues. Learners then self-check their ability to determine mood through multiple choice questions.
English 6 dlp 39 inferring different outcomesEDITHA HONRADEZ
ENGLISH ENGLISH
6
Module 39
A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
INFERRING DIFFERENT OUTCOMES
English 6 dlp 37 inferring traits and characterEDITHA HONRADEZ
The document is a lesson about inferring character traits from dialog or situations. It provides examples for learners to practice identifying traits like hospitality, anger, worry, excitement and more. The lesson includes an activity with sample dialogs and situations where learners answer questions to identify traits like greed, revenge, laughter. It concludes with a test for learners to infer traits from short paragraphs and select the best trait from options like curious, patient, studious. The goal is to help learners develop the skill of inferring character traits.
2011 international congress of professional development for teachersDonnaMahar
This document summarizes key points from presentations and discussions at the 2011 International Congress of Professional Development for Teachers of English. It discusses strategies for developing reading and writing fluency like choral reading, partner reading, and sending poems home. It also explores using mentor texts, metaphor poetry, and poetry from students' own backgrounds and experiences to engage English language learners.
Lumnay attends the wedding ceremony of Awiyao and Madulimay despite her heartbreak over losing Awiyao. During the ceremony, she hears the gangsas (gongs) calling to her from afar. Overcome with emotion, she leaves and goes to the bean field clearing that she and Awiyao had begun cultivating. Lumnay sits among the bean plants, lost in thought about Awiyao and coming to terms with their separation as she listens to the gangsas in the distance.
This document contains 13 short sections summarizing a variety of topics related to Indigenous issues in Canada. The sections discuss traditional Indigenous healing practices, the political nature of Indigenous identity, the author's personal experiences with anxiety related to their Indigenous heritage, lack of knowledge about Indigenous peoples among students and teachers, and the author's efforts to educate others through a school project. Overall, the document explores Indigenous identity and the author's journey of healing through engaging with their culture and raising awareness of Indigenous issues.
This document contains 30 multiple choice questions about English grammar, literature, and vocabulary. The questions cover topics like analyzing poems, parts of speech, sentence structure, figures of speech, and determining the meaning of idioms. The questions are designed to test general knowledge of English language arts.
This document summarizes key ideas from a conference presentation about transformative writing instruction. It discusses using Margaret Mooney's "To-With-and-By" framework to balance teacher direction with student independence in topic selection. Students need opportunities to have topics chosen for them, choose topics with others, and choose topics independently. The document also provides examples of using poetry to engage students in topic selection, including having English language learners translate poems and use metaphor. It concludes with discussing finding poems within one's own experiences.
The document discusses ways for librarians and teachers to collaborate and build bridges between the library and classroom. It highlights several new and notable books aligned with curriculum standards in language arts, social studies, science, and math. It provides examples of successful collaborative efforts and asks how librarians and teachers can further collaboration using library resources to reinforce curriculum and increase student achievement.
The document summarizes different subgenres of short stories including micro fiction, flash fiction, and sudden fiction. It provides examples of notable authors that experimented with these subgenres such as Hemingway, Forché, O'Brien, O. Henry, Lovelace, and Hempel. It also gives definitions and word count requirements for micro fiction, flash fiction, and sudden fiction.
This document provides information about making inferences when reading. It discusses how readers must use clues from stories to draw conclusions about what is not directly stated. It provides several examples of scenarios and asks the reader to make inferences based on the clues. It encourages readers to practice making inferences to get better at detecting clues and drawing conclusions from texts.
This document provides instructions for drawing a pig and interpreting different aspects of the drawing. It discusses how the orientation and number of legs can indicate whether someone is secure or insecure. The size of the ears shows how good of a listener someone is. It also includes lessons on self-perception and understanding how others see you. Students are given tasks to describe themselves and have their classmates describe them, then compare the descriptions.
This document provides instructions for drawing a pig and interpreting different aspects of the drawing. It discusses how the orientation and number of legs can indicate whether the drawer is secure or insecure. The size of the ears shows how good of a listener one is. It also provides lessons on self-perception and understanding how others see you. Students are given tasks to describe themselves and have classmates describe them, then compare the descriptions. Questions are to be prepared about a assigned reading.
The summaries provide high-level overviews of several children's books in 3 sentences or less:
- The View From the Cherry Tree is about an 11-year-old boy who sees a tragic event happen to his neighbor from his cherry tree but no one believes him when he tries to tell his family.
- Never Mind is about twins who think they have nothing in common until one twin's friend has a party and discovers they are twins, while the other twin saves the party with his band.
- Technical Foul is about a boy who gets a technical foul that causes his basketball team to lose and continue their losing streak, but he later cools his temper to help bring the team to the championship
This document contains summaries of 10 children's books along with the author's personal responses. It includes information about the number of pages, cultural or age groups represented, genres, and brief summaries of the plotlines. The author provides their thoughts on each book and whether they feel it could be used for storytelling. They enjoyed books that taught lessons or represented different cultures but disliked one book that gave children "false hope."
This document provides a summary of a presentation on book recommendations for elementary grades 4-6. It includes sections on the purpose of the presentation, research behind grade-level recommendations, mentor texts for writing genres like personal narratives and arguments, and recommended books for each grade in categories like novels, picture books, and book clubs. Recommended books provide examples of writing styles and topics relevant to different grades.
This document is an introduction to a book compiling "Joe Sayings" by Joseph Wdowski. It summarizes Wdowski's background and upbringing. He grew up in Larchmont, New York in a wealthy family with an intelligent mother who encouraged learning. His mother was well-educated, an artist, avid reader, and introduced him to science fiction. Wdowski developed "Joe Sayings" to answer common questions from his many students over 20 years of teaching. This introduction provides context about his life experiences and influences to help readers understand his perspective.
English 6 dlp 34 cause and effect relationshipAlice Failano
1. The document discusses cause and effect relationships, providing examples of situations where one event causes another to happen.
2. It teaches learners to identify the cause and effect in sentences using clue words like "because", "so", and "as a result". Exercises are included for learners to practice identifying causes and effects.
3. The document emphasizes that understanding cause and effect relationships is important for comprehending why things happen.
The document provides instructions for students to complete bell ringer questions, vocabulary work, and reading assignments from All Quiet on the Western Front, including answering comprehension questions and defining terms. Students are also given directions for various classroom activities, such as a pop quiz on vocabulary.
The document provides guidance and examples for justifying possible endings to stories or passages. It includes sample stories and situations with multiple choice options for possible endings. Students are asked to consider story events and choose the most logical ending. The document emphasizes using evidence from the text to justify ending selections.
The document is a summer reading list from Birchwood School that includes:
1) Required and suggested books for students in 3rd-4th grades and 5th-8th grades.
2) Assignments for students in 5th grade to write a book summary and 6th grade to write book reviews on a blog.
3) Suggested nonfiction topics and information about future problem solving and national history day for all grades.
4) A page for 3rd-4th graders to list any book series they read over the summer.
English 6 dlp 38 inferring the general mood of the selectionEDITHA HONRADEZ
This document provides a lesson on inferring the general mood or feeling conveyed in written passages. It includes examples of determining mood from short quotes and poems. Learners are asked questions to practice identifying moods like happiness, sadness, fear and more. The document stresses that mood is not directly stated but inferred through clues. Learners then self-check their ability to determine mood through multiple choice questions.
English 6 dlp 39 inferring different outcomesEDITHA HONRADEZ
ENGLISH ENGLISH
6
Module 39
A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
INFERRING DIFFERENT OUTCOMES
English 6 dlp 37 inferring traits and characterEDITHA HONRADEZ
The document is a lesson about inferring character traits from dialog or situations. It provides examples for learners to practice identifying traits like hospitality, anger, worry, excitement and more. The lesson includes an activity with sample dialogs and situations where learners answer questions to identify traits like greed, revenge, laughter. It concludes with a test for learners to infer traits from short paragraphs and select the best trait from options like curious, patient, studious. The goal is to help learners develop the skill of inferring character traits.
2011 international congress of professional development for teachersDonnaMahar
This document summarizes key points from presentations and discussions at the 2011 International Congress of Professional Development for Teachers of English. It discusses strategies for developing reading and writing fluency like choral reading, partner reading, and sending poems home. It also explores using mentor texts, metaphor poetry, and poetry from students' own backgrounds and experiences to engage English language learners.
Lumnay attends the wedding ceremony of Awiyao and Madulimay despite her heartbreak over losing Awiyao. During the ceremony, she hears the gangsas (gongs) calling to her from afar. Overcome with emotion, she leaves and goes to the bean field clearing that she and Awiyao had begun cultivating. Lumnay sits among the bean plants, lost in thought about Awiyao and coming to terms with their separation as she listens to the gangsas in the distance.
This document contains 13 short sections summarizing a variety of topics related to Indigenous issues in Canada. The sections discuss traditional Indigenous healing practices, the political nature of Indigenous identity, the author's personal experiences with anxiety related to their Indigenous heritage, lack of knowledge about Indigenous peoples among students and teachers, and the author's efforts to educate others through a school project. Overall, the document explores Indigenous identity and the author's journey of healing through engaging with their culture and raising awareness of Indigenous issues.
This document contains 30 multiple choice questions about English grammar, literature, and vocabulary. The questions cover topics like analyzing poems, parts of speech, sentence structure, figures of speech, and determining the meaning of idioms. The questions are designed to test general knowledge of English language arts.
This document summarizes key ideas from a conference presentation about transformative writing instruction. It discusses using Margaret Mooney's "To-With-and-By" framework to balance teacher direction with student independence in topic selection. Students need opportunities to have topics chosen for them, choose topics with others, and choose topics independently. The document also provides examples of using poetry to engage students in topic selection, including having English language learners translate poems and use metaphor. It concludes with discussing finding poems within one's own experiences.
The document discusses ways for librarians and teachers to collaborate and build bridges between the library and classroom. It highlights several new and notable books aligned with curriculum standards in language arts, social studies, science, and math. It provides examples of successful collaborative efforts and asks how librarians and teachers can further collaboration using library resources to reinforce curriculum and increase student achievement.
The document summarizes different subgenres of short stories including micro fiction, flash fiction, and sudden fiction. It provides examples of notable authors that experimented with these subgenres such as Hemingway, Forché, O'Brien, O. Henry, Lovelace, and Hempel. It also gives definitions and word count requirements for micro fiction, flash fiction, and sudden fiction.
This document provides information about making inferences when reading. It discusses how readers must use clues from stories to draw conclusions about what is not directly stated. It provides several examples of scenarios and asks the reader to make inferences based on the clues. It encourages readers to practice making inferences to get better at detecting clues and drawing conclusions from texts.
This document provides instructions for drawing a pig and interpreting different aspects of the drawing. It discusses how the orientation and number of legs can indicate whether someone is secure or insecure. The size of the ears shows how good of a listener someone is. It also includes lessons on self-perception and understanding how others see you. Students are given tasks to describe themselves and have their classmates describe them, then compare the descriptions.
This document provides instructions for drawing a pig and interpreting different aspects of the drawing. It discusses how the orientation and number of legs can indicate whether the drawer is secure or insecure. The size of the ears shows how good of a listener one is. It also provides lessons on self-perception and understanding how others see you. Students are given tasks to describe themselves and have classmates describe them, then compare the descriptions. Questions are to be prepared about a assigned reading.
The document provides an overview of the eight parts of speech: noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. It defines each part of speech and provides examples. It also includes exercises for students to practice identifying and using the different parts of speech in sentences. The purpose is to teach English grammar by explaining the importance and functions of each part of speech.
This document is a summary of a children's story about a girl named Jamie who starts a harmful rumor at her school. After seeing the boy Del in the principal's office with a crying kindergartner, Jamie tells her friends she thinks Del beat up the younger student. This rumor then spreads throughout the school. Jamie later realizes she was wrong to start gossiping without knowing the full story. She feels bad for Del and wants to set the record straight. She goes to her teacher Mr. Sanchez for advice on how to fix the situation.
The document provides 15 rules for using articles (a, an, the) correctly with nouns in English. It explains that countable nouns require articles, uncountable nouns usually do not, and some nouns can be both countable and uncountable depending on context. Specific types of nouns like languages, geographical areas, institutions and occupations are also discussed. The document concludes by providing examples and exercises to practice applying the rules.
The document provides tips and examples for drawing inferences and conclusions from text. It discusses using clues to figure things out without being directly stated. Examples include concluding a house is on fire based on seeing smoke and hearing sirens, and determining a boy has an earache from his crying and pulling on his ear at the doctor's office.
The document provides tips and examples for drawing inferences from text. It discusses using clues to figure things out without being directly stated. Examples include using context clues to infer that a crying boy at Walmart and the doctor's office has an earache. The document also contains passages to read and practice drawing inferences from.
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1. Talent Development Secondary · Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland · 2012 1
Student Team Literature
Standardized Reading Practice Test
Bud, Not Buddy
(Delacorte Press, 1999)
DIRECTIONS
Choose the word that means the same, or about
the same, as the underlined word. Circle the
letter for the answer you have chosen.
SAMPLE A
Blended means the same as
A softened
B separated
C disappeared
D mixed
1. Devoured means
A took a different road
B ate hungrily
C terrified
D became angry
2. A boisterous person is
F quiet and shy
G worried and tense
H harsh and cruel
J active and noisy
3. Insinuating is the same as
A declaring
B questioning
C suggesting
D denying
4. Another word for prestige is
F honor
G shame
H sorrow
J wealth
5. A considerate person is
A hard-working
B careless
C thoughtful
D unkind
6. People who compromise
F make a deal to solve a problem
G make a vow they cannot break
H refuse to give up anything
J stop speaking to one another
7. Ingratitude is the same as
A being unpopular
B being unthankful
C being uncooperative
D being irresponsible
8. Something that is prohibited is
F not understood
G not determined
H not wise
J not allowed
9. Flexibility means
A being able to change
B being able to decide
C being able to draw
D being able to succeed
10. Negotiating is the same as
F agreeing
G bargaining
H forcing
J disagreeing
Reading Vocabulary
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DIRECTIONS
Read the sentence in the box, then choose the
answer in which the underlined word is used in
the same way. Circle the letter for the answer
you have chosen.
SAMPLE B
I couldn’t believe I’d spent the whole
day reading! The librarian’s words
snapped a spell that was on me, and
my stomach started growling right
away.
In which sentence does the word spell mean
the same thing as in the sentence above?
A I usually check the dictionary when I’m not
sure how to spell a word.
B The dry spell lasted so long that all the
plants in Mama’s garden were dying.
C The princess was under a spell that made
her sleep for a hundred years.
D Aunt Jen worked for a temporary
employment agency for a short spell
before she began her present job.
11.
One of the cops said, “I don’t like these
odds. Mr. Pinkerton ain’t paying me enough
to do this.” He threw his cop hat and his billy
club on the ground.
In which sentence does the word club mean
the same thing as in the sentence above?
A My mom belongs to a book club that meets
every Wednesday evening.
B Darin makes a lot of money as a caddy at
the golf club on weekends.
C Dad used a baseball bat as a club to kill
the rat he cornered in the tool shed.
D Uncle Jeff’s band is playing at the club
every night this week.
12.
I was carefuller talking to him this time so
he couldn’t track where I was. I turned my
head and talked sideways out of my mouth
like one of those ventriloquists.
In which sentence does the word track mean
the same thing as in the sentence above?
F We heard the train coming down the track
right on schedule.
G The weather experts are using scientific
instruments to track the storm so they can
predict when it will arrive.
H The squirrels left a track of paw prints in
the snow on my windowsill.
J Jamal is a really fast runner, so he plans to
go out for track in high school.
13.
I could jam the chair up against the one
door’s knob, and I’d have to scooch the table
with the mirror over up against the other one.
In which sentence does the word jam mean
the same thing as in the sentence above?
A Mr. Herndon had to jam the window open
with a block of wood to let in some fresh
air.
B Deirdre only likes sandwiches made with
peanut butter and strawberry jam.
C “You have to help me,” Donovan begged.
“I’m in a terrible jam right now.”
D The musicians get together for a jam
session every Friday evening from six to
eleven.
14.
Steady Eddie said, “Don’t thank me until
you’ve been through a couple of hours of
blowing scales on this recorder. We’ll see if
you’re still grateful then.”
In which sentence does the word scales
mean the same thing as in the sentence
above?
F The butchers weigh the meat on the
scales, then wrap it in white paper and
give it to the customers.
G Dad always scrapes the scales off the fish
and removes the head and tail before he
grills it.
H Mr. Miller had the chorus singing scales to
warm up before the rehearsal began.
J Using his super powers, Spiderman scales
the building and rescues the children on
the top floor just in time.
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DIRECTIONS
As you read each sentence, use the other words
in the sentence to help you figure out what the
underlined word means. Circle the letter for the
answer you have chosen.
SAMPLE C
Mr. Amos handed me the blanket and
pillows and gave me another nudge. I took
two more baby steps into the shed. A
nudge is--
A a hard shove.
B a pinch.
C a gentle push.
D a kick.
15. Me, Bugs, a little white boy and a little girl
loaded a whole mess of dirty tin cans and
spoons into a big wooden box and lugged
them down to Thread Crick to wash them.
Lugged means--
A pushed
B carried
C tossed
D rolled
16. The librarian said, “There’s no need for
you to look so stricken. It’s not bad news,
young man.” Stricken means --
F impatient
G angry
H delighted
J upset
17. “And look at the condition of the boy’s
clothes,” the woman said. “Everything is
either too small for him or almost in
tatters. Where is this child’s mother?”
In tatters means --
A in rags
B in baskets
C in style
D in season
18. “Mr. Calloway used to crow about how his
mother and father had been born slaves
and how now, only two generations later,
one of them was actually going to be a
teacher,” Miss Thomas explained.
Crow means --
F to complain
G to brag
H to scoff
J to sing
19. “Mr. Calloway could use some young, wiry
hands to help him around,” Miss Thomas
said. “Think you can handle that?”
Now I knew for sure she’d looked at my
legs, she must’ve thought I was a real
weakling.
Weakling means --
A a person who is not very happy
B a person who is not very strong
C a person who is not very musical
D a person who is not very intelligent
20. One of the most enjoyable parts of writing
is that an author can combine his or her
imagination with the traits of real people
to build new characters.
Traits means --
F weaknesses
G clothing
H features
J requests
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DIRECTIONS
Read each passage, then read each question about the passage. Decide which is the best answer to
the question. Circle the letter for the answer you have chosen.
SAMPLE: (from chapter 5)
I headed back to the Christmas trees planted alongside the library. They were low enough to
the ground that no one could see me unless they were really looking, so I started opening my
suitcase. Most folks don’t have enough sense to carry a blanket around with them, but you never
know when you might be sleeping under a Christmas tree at the library so I always keep mine
handy.
I untied the strange knots the Amoses had put in my twine and opened the suitcase. I could
tell right away that someone had been fumbling through my things. First off, whenever I put the
blanket in, I always fold it so that it stops all the other things from banging up against each other,
but those doggone Amoses had just stuffed it in without paying no mind to what it was mashing up
against.
I lifted the blanket out and saw that everything else was still there. You might be able to say
that the Amoses were some mean old nosy folks, but you couldn’t call them thieves.
I picked up the old tobacco bag that I keep my rocks in. I could tell by the way the drawstring
was pulled that the Amoses had been poking through this too. I jiggled it up and down in my hand
a couple of times and it felt like none of the rocks was missing but I opened it to count them
anyway. None of them was gone.
Next I pulled Momma’s picture out of the envelope I kept it in and held it so the light from the
library’s side door would shine down on it.
It looked like the Amoses hadn’t hurt it. This was the only picture of Momma in the world.
Running acrost the top of it was a sign that was writ on a long skinny flag, it said, BOYS AND GIRLS –
FOLLOW THE GENTLE LIGHT TO THE MISS B. GOTTEN MOON PARK. Underneath the sign, between two big
wagon wheels, was Momma.
1. Which of the following is not a clue that
tells the narrator that the Amoses have
been snooping through his things?
A They tied strange, unfamiliar knots in the
twine holding his suitcase closed.
B They stuffed his blanket back into the
suitcase carelessly instead of folding it.
C They emptied the rocks out of his
drawstring bag.
D They tightened the drawstring on the bag
in a different way from the way he had
left it.
2. From the information given in this
passage, we can conclude that the things
in the suitcase are important to the
narrator mainly because
F he is a rock collector.
G they cost a lot of money.
H they are very old.
J they remind him of his mother.
Reading Comprehension
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(from chapter 8)
I moved out from behind our tree and walked over toward the biggest fire, I waited until some
folks noticed me, then said, “Excuse me, is this here Hooperville?”
The man who was playing the mouth organ stopped and everyone else around the fire looked
up at me.
One of the white men said, “What is it you looking for?”
I said, “A city called Hooperville, sir.”
They all laughed.
The mouth organ man said, “Naw, son, what you’re looking for is Hooverville, with a v, like in
President Herbert Hoover.”
I said, “Oh, is this it, sir?”
The man said, “This is one of them.”
I said, “One of them?”
He answered, “They’re all over the country, this here is the Flint version.”
“And all of them are called Hooverville?”
“That’s right, Mr. Hoover worked so hard at making sure every city has got one that it seems like
it would be criminal to call them anything else.”
Someone said, “That’s the truth!”
I said, “Well, how’re we going to know if we’re in the right one?”
The mouth organ man said, “Are you hungry?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are you tired?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are you scared about what’s going to happen tomorrow?”
I didn’t want anyone to think I was a baby so I said, “Not exactly scared, sir, maybe I am a little
bit nervous.”
The man smiled and said, “Well, son, anyplace where there’re other folks in need of the same
things that you are is the right place to be. This is exactly the Hooverville you’re looking for.”
I knew what the man was trying to say. This was the exact same kind of circle-talking and cross-
talking that Momma used to do. Bugs hadn’t had that kind of practice, he came from behind the
tree and said, “I don’t get it, you said there were Hoovervilles all over the place, what if we was
looking for the Hooverville in Detroit or Chicago, how could this be the right one to be in?”
The man said, “You boys from Flint?”
I said, “Yes, sir.”
The man waved his mouth organ like a magic wand and pointed it all over the little cardboard
city.
“Boys,” he said, “look around you.”
The city was bigger than I thought it was. The raggedy little huts were in every direction you
looked. And there were more people sitting around than I first thought too, mostly it was men and
big boys, but there were a couple of women every now and then and a kid or two. They were all the
colors you could think of, black, white, and brown, but the fire made everyone look like they were
different shades of orange. There were dark orange folks sitting next to medium orange folks
sitting next to light orange folks.
“All these people,” the mouth organ man said, “are just like you, they’re tired, hungry and a little
bit nervous about tomorrow. This here is the right place for y’all to be ’cause we’re all in the same
boat. And you boys are nearer to home than you’ll ever get.”
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1. The narrator of this account is probably
A an old man.
B a young boy.
C President Herbert Hoover.
D a man with a mouth organ.
2. The mouth organ man’s explanation of why
the cardboard city is called Hooverville is
an example of
F verbal irony.
G situational irony.
H structural irony.
J symbolism.
3. We can infer that most people living in
Hooverville
A blame President Herbert Hoover for the
country’s bad economic situation.
B have lost their jobs and homes.
C Both A and B.
D Neither A nor B.
The following sentences are an example of
symbolism (the use of physical objects, colors,
etc. to represent ideas).
“[The people] were all the colors you could
think of, black, white, and brown, but the fire
made everyone look like they were different
shades of orange. There were dark orange
folks sitting next to medium orange folks
sitting next to light orange folks.”
4. What is the main idea of the symbolism?
F Suffering makes people more aware of
the differences between them.
G People who are suffering just want to
stay with “their own kind.”
H The worst kind of suffering is suffering
because of race and color.
J Shared suffering brings people together
no matter what their race or color.
The Venn diagram below shows some
similarities and differences between the
narrator and the people around the fire.
5. Which of the following belongs in the
space marked “X”?
A Well informed
B Worried about the future
C Black
D White
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The narrator
The people
around the fire
Inexperienced
Young
Experienced
Mostly adults
Both
Tired
Hungry
“ X “
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(from chapter 12)
[Mr. Lewis] laughed and said, “Ah, you’re a lot smarter than you look, Bud, you know it would’ve
been curtains for us if that copper would’ve seen what’s in there.” He tapped the top of the box.
All I could say was, “Yes, sir.”
He said, “Go ahead and open it. But! You have to promise—no, you have to swear that you won’t
breathe a word about what you see to anyone.”
“Mr. Lewis, sir, I’d really rather take a nap.”
“Well, first open the box.”
I took in a big gulp of air and started to raise the top of the box.
Lefty Lewis yelled, “Bud!”
I jumped so high I nearly banged my head on the roof of the car.
I yelled back, “Yes, sir?”
“I didn’t hear you swear to keep your lips locked.”
“Aw, shucks, Mr. Lewis, I swear, but I’d feel a lot better if I could take a doggone nap.”
I snatched the top off the box and got ready to be scared to death.
It was just some paper with writing on it.
Maybe the pistol or the loot was under all this paper. I kept lifting paper until I got to the bottom
of the box. Nothing!
I looked at Lefty Lewis. He said, “I warned you, pretty dangerous, isn’t it?”
I must’ve missed something. I went through the box again.
“How’s some paper dangerous, sir?”
“Read it.”
I took one of the papers out, it said:
ATTENTION RAILROAD WORKERS
THE NEWLY FORMED GRAND RAPIDS
BRANCH OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF
PULLMAN PORTERS WILL BE HOLDING AN
INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY,
JULY 23, 1936. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
PLEASE COME TO 2345 COLDBROOK AT 9:00.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST—
PLEASE KEEP THIS AS CONFIDENTIAL AS POSSIBLE.
It was starting to make sense. I said, “Mr. Lewis, are you one of those labor organizers?”
He laughed. “Not really, Bud. I’m picking these up so we can pass them out in Grand Rapids.
We’ve been negotiating to get a union for the Pullman porters for years now and nowhere in Grand
Rapids will print these flyers for us. The only place that would do them is all the way in Flint. You
were running away to a pretty hot town, young man.”
“Wow!”
6. In this selection, the phrase “it would’ve
been curtains for us” means
F “we would have gotten new curtains.”
G “we would have won a prize.”
H “we would have been in serious
trouble.”
J “we would have been hiding in the
curtains.”
7. At first Mr. Lewis’ comments about what is
in the box make Bud feel
A curious and excited.
B calmed and comforted.
C angry and upset.
D nervous and uncomfortable.
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8. At first Bud really believes there is
something dangerous in the box. This is
an example of
F an unreliable narrator.
G verbal irony.
H an extended metaphor.
J the third person point of view.
9. We can infer that no one in Grand Rapids
would print up the flyers because
A the police disapprove of union
activities.
B there is a shortage of paper in Grand
Rapids.
C they don’t have the right kind of
printing presses in Grand Rapids.
D the union workers are connected to
organized crime mobs.
10. Mr. Lewis uses verbal irony in describing
the contents of the box as very
dangerous. His purpose in doing this is
F to make Bud feel afraid of labor unions.
G to show how silly it is to be afraid of
labor unions.
H to show how tricky labor unions can be.
J to show how important it is to organize
labor unions.
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(from chapter 17)
… someone yelled out, “One, two, one two three!”
The Thug was brushing his sticks across the round gold metal thing next to his drums and
making it sound like a soft rain was commencing to fall on someone’s tin roof. Only instead of
sounding like rain splashing anytime it wanted to, the Thug had it sounding like it was coming
down in a steady, bouncing way.
Then Dirty Deed started making the piano sound like it was a kind of drum, for a second it fell
right in with the rain pats that the Thug was making, then it took off and made you think of what
Niagara Falls must sound like, it sounded like big, bright drops of water splashing up and over,
over and up. The drops would fall loud and clear as anything, then before you knew it they were
right back into the Thug’s steady, bouncy beat.
Steady Eddie started snapping his fingers real soft, in time with the piano and the drum, his
toothpick jumping right along with his fingers. He put his ax in his mouth and blew, but instead of
the horn making music it seemed like Steady made it talk. He blew one long, low, rumbly sound
and I knew right then, with that one deep, sad moan, what the most beautiful sound in the world
was. Steady held the note for a long time, then made the sax drift away from the rest of the storm
of music. It swirled and floated back and joined the rain sound that the Thug and Dirty Deed kept
going.
I just stood there. I didn’t even hear Miss Thomas and Mr. Jimmy and Herman E. Calloway come
up from behind me. Miss Thomas rubbed her hand acrost my head and said, “Bud, you’ve done a
great job, the place is sparkling.”
I was going to say, “Thank you, ma’am,” but seemed like talking was wrong what with all these
wonderful sounds were coming from the people on the stage.
Mr. Jimmy said, “LaBone, looking good, son.”
Herman E. Calloway grunted and the three of them walked up on the stage.
Mr. Jimmy picked up his horn and joined in the storm. Miss Thomas sat on a stool, closed her
eyes and ducked her head up and down, up and down. Herman E. Calloway stood next to his giant
fiddle and started bobbing his head too. He put one of his hands near the top of the fiddle and
began pulling at the strings with his other hand.
Every time he patted the strings it seemed like something wide and heavy was walking by slow
and easy. Or it seemed like he was the thunder, soft and far away but getting closer all the time.
Fill in the blank:
11. In this selection, the author uses an
____________________, comparing a
music rehearsal to a thunderstorm.
A unreliable narrator
B allusion
C extended metaphor
D ironic tone
12. The word “ax” in the fourth paragraph
refers to
F a tool for chopping wood.
G a guitar.
H a saxophone.
J a microphone.
13. Miss Thomas congratulates Bud for
A learning music so quickly.
B doing such a good job of cleaning.
C making friends with Mr. Calloway.
D being so quiet while the band
rehearses.
14. Bud’s feeling while he listens to the
rehearsal is one of
F awe and amazement.
G sorrow and disappointment.
H surprise and confusion.
J confidence and pride.
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The chart below shows some of the musicians, their instruments, and what their music reminds
Bud of.
15. Which of the following belongs in the space marked “X”?
A Steady Eddie/ the saxophone
B Miss Thomas/ the vocals
C Mr. Calloway/ the big bass fiddle
D Mr. Jimmy/ the trumpet
Musician/ Instrument What It Sounds Like
The Thug/ the cymbal and drums Rain falling steadily on a tin roof
Dirty Deed/ the piano Big drops of water splashing up and over
a waterfall
X Soft, faraway thunder