Unit 2 Packet and Test Review.pdf

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NAME___________________

Benchmark

Literacy

Comprehension

Packet

Unit 2

Comprehension Strategy: Determine Text Importance

Metacognitive Strategy: Identify Sequence of Events

Learning Targets Unit 2

LT1 I can identify the sequence of events in a text

LT2 I can determine importance in a passage.

LT3 I can ask questions while I read

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Week 1/Day 1

Read aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons (20 min.)

Introduce the Comprehension Strategy:

Identify Sequence of Events

Each day after I come home from school, I do the same things. First I

change into my play clothes. Next I go to my desk. Then I do my homework.

When my homework is done, I can go out to play.

What things do you do every day after school? In what order do you do these things? Write the list in order of what you do on a normal day after school.

Step

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Now compare your steps with a partner.

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Think Aloud and Use the Metacognitive Strategy:

Determine Text Importance

When I look at the picture, the first thing I need to do is figure out what it's showing me. One way I can help myself is to think about what the important information is. I can do that by:

 paying attention to specific details, such as the arrows and the arrangement of the

illustrations. Figuring out what information is important makes things clearer in my mind. Let me show you how I do it.

 I see that the bottom left part of the picture shows evaporation with arrows going toward the clouds. I think this means I should follow the arrows in a certain order.

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Greek and Latin Roots Practice (10 min.)

Introduce Latin Elements for Actions fract/frag, rupt, flect/flex, vers/vert

fracture, eruption,

flexible,

avert

.

I can use what I know about the

meanings of these Latin elements to figure out the definitions of

words. I can see that the word

eruption

has to do with something

breaking.

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Can you think of other words with these elements in them?

Element

Word

fract/frag

rupt

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Week 1/Day 2

Read aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons (20 min.)

Review the Metacognitive Strategy:

Determine Text Importance

Yesterday when I looked at “The Water Cycle” poster, I determined the most important

information in the picture to help me understand. To determine text importance, I pay

attention to specific words. Some words help us know which details are most

important. I'll show you how I pay attention to certain words.

Use the Comprehension Strategy:

Identify Sequence of Events

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Week 1/Day 3

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons (20 min.)

Extend the Comprehension Strategy:

Identify Sequence of Events

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Greek and Latin: fract/frag, rupt, flect/flex, vers/vert

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Week 1/Day 4

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons (20 min.)

Read and Summarize

Answer Text-Dependent Comprehension Questions: Identify Sequence of

Events

Look Closer!

Sometimes you need to answer questions about a passage you've read. Some questions require you to identify a sequence of events. Today we're going to read and answer questions about sequence of events.

 What is the question asking us to do? Is the question asking us to make an inference? Is it asking us to make a prediction? What strategy will we need?

 How do you know?

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Week 1/Day 5

Read-Aloud- (10 Min.)

Mini-Lessons (20 Min.)

Constructed Written Response

Students can come up with their own sequence of events from a thing they enjoy doing. Fill in the written response organizer and then write a paragraph.

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Week 2/Day 1

Read aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons (20 min.)

Introduce the Comprehension Strategy:

Personal Narrative

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Read and Analyze Personal Narrative:

“The Cave”

Now we're going to read a personal narrative called “The Cave.” As you read, I want you to pay attention to how this writer uses the features of the genre to tell her story.

Personal Narrative Features

Yes or No

May be a few paragraphs or several pages long.

Includes the author’s thoughts and feelings along with

actual events.

A personal narrative includes dialogue.

A personal narrative includes details about time, places

and people.

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Word Study Workshop (15-20 Min.)

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Greek and Latin Roots Practice (10 min.)

Figurative Language (10 min.)

Read the short biography below. Circle examples of onomatapoeia in the passage.

Benjamin Franklin was one of the most important Americans in history. He is the one you

can thank for the

blurt, blurt, honk,

honk

of a speeding fire truck. He is the one who started

the first fire department. In the early part of his life, Franklin was a business person and

inventor. Many times neighbors of young Ben would hear the

clang, clang

of new inventions

coming together. He ran the Pennsylvania Gazette (newspaper) and also published Poor

Richard's Almanac. Poor Richard's Almanac was very popular because it made predictions

about the future and had wise sayings. Ben Franklin also invented the Franklin stove,

lightning rod, bifocals (eyeglasses), and started America's first library. He is probably best

known for his kite experiment which proved electricity,

zap

, could be harnessed from

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Independent Practice Day 1

Read the personal narrative below. Circle the features of a personal narrative that you find in the passage.

Personal Narrative Features

May be a few paragraphs or several pages long.

Includes the author’s thoughts and feelings along with actual events.

A personal narrative includes dialogue.

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Week 2/Day 2

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini Lesson (20 min.)

Review the Genre:

Personal Narrative

Read and Analyze a Personal Narrative:

“Monster Truck Rally”

Today we're going to read a short personal narrative called “Monster Truck Rally.” As you read, look for clues that help you understand what event the writer is telling about.

Discuss

What did you learn in paragraph 1?____________________________________

What does the word immense mean in paragraph

2?____________________________________________

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Figurative Language (5 min.)

On the lines below write two sentences that use onomatopoeia.

1.__________________________________________________________________

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Greek and Latin: aero, ast/aster, hydr, naut/nav, photo, terr

Independent Practice Day 1

Read the poem about Susan B. Anthony below.

1. Which happened first in Susan B. Anthony’s life?

She lived in a time when most men said or Talking to women, explaining what was fair There’s nothing important inside a woman’s head Teaching them to stand up, urging them to care.

2. What is the rhyming pattern of this poem?______________

3. How many stanzas or verses are there in this poem?_____________

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Week 2/Day 3

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons

(40 MINUTES)

Read and Summarize a Longer Personal Narrative:

“Spacers, or How I Learned Not

to Fear the Orthodontist”

Today's reading is a longer personal narrative. As you read, pay attention to the key events that happen.

1. What might be a good question to ask about the title of this

passage?_____________________________________________________________________

2. In paragraph 3 what does the word irritating mean?_______________________________________

3. In paragraph 4 the word, gulp, is an example of _______________________________________.

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6. After reading paragraph 12 what can you infer about Jake?

a. He is really calm and not afraid. b. He really likes to watch movies.

c. He thinks the orthodontist is very scary. d. He has a great sense of humor.

7. In paragraph 13 the phrase I felt like a prisoner, is an example of a ________________________.

8. In paragraph 14 the words Zip, click are examples of ____________________________.

9. Put the events below in correct sequence by labeling 1,2,3,4.

_____ A small rubber band slid right between by teeth.

_____ My first task was to bite on things and then have pictures taken by a monstrous camera that looked like a ray gun from an old time space movie.

_____ I knew that the next time I came to the orthodontist I would have a lot less fear and a lot more confidence.

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Greek and Latin: aero, ast/aster, hydr, naut/nav, photo, terr

Independent Practice Day 3

In the passage from p. 35, Summer Fun, check to see how many personal narrative features the passage has. Use the checklist box below.

Personal Narrative Features

Yes/No

May be a few paragraphs or

several pages long.

Includes the author’s

thoughts and feelings along

with actual events.

A personal narrative

includes dialogue.

A personal narrative

includes details about time,

places and people.

A personal narrative

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Week 2/Day 4

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons

(40 Min.)

Reread and Analyze a Personal Narrative:

“Spacers, or How I Learned Not to Fear

the Orthodontist” from p. 33-34.

The first-person voice (The character in the story is telling the story) in this personal narrative is very strong. Today as we reread, pay close attention to how the narrator reveals his

character through his thoughts, words, and actions. Reread p. 33 and see if you can find more thoughts, feelings and actions. There is an example in each of the boxes already done for you.

Thoughts

Feelings

Actions

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“I tried to make it

seem like I

couldn't hear her”

“I felt like a

prisoner . . .”

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“I obediently got

up . . .”

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Greek and Latin: aero, ast/aster, hydr, naut/nav, photo, terr

Figurative Language: Define:

Metaphor-_____________________________________________________

Simile-________________________________________________________

Onomatopoeia-_________________________________________________

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Week 2/Day 5

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini-Lessons (20 min.)

Reflect On Genre Knowledge:

Personal Narratives

We have read and analyzed three personal narratives (The Cave, Monster Truck Rally, and Spacers, or How I Learned not to Fear the Orthodontist) together this week. How has your understanding of a personal narrative changed as a result of our readings? What new insights do you have about the genre? What new questions do you have?

Write to Sources: Opinion/Argument

Think back on the three personal narratives you read this week in class. Which personal narrative best expressed the writer's feelings about his or her experience? State your opinion clearly, and use examples from all three narratives to support your point of view.

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Opinion/Argument

 ______ I stated a strong opinion, position, or point of view.

 ______ I used well-organized reasons to support my opinion.

 ______ I linked my opinions and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses.

 ______ I wrote a conclusion that supports my position.

 ______ I reviewed my writing for good grammar.

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Week 3/Day1

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini Lesson (20 min.)

Introduce Fluency Skills:

Pausing—Short Pause

When we read, we take a short pause, or rest, between some words. Pausing helps us divide our sentences into meaningful parts and read naturally, as if we are talking. There are certain marks in the text that tell us when to pause. Do you know what these marks are called?

 What do you do when you see a comma while reading?

 What do you do when you see a semicolon while reading? Do you pause for a shorter or longer time than for a comma?

 What other punctuation marks show readers when to pause?

Punctuation helps us figure out when to pause while reading. The author uses commas, dashes, semicolons, colons, and ellipses to show us when to take a little breath, or a short pause. A short pause at each of these punctuation marks helps the sentences sound right and make sense.

Model the Skill

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Word Study Practice (10 min.)

Greek and Latin Roots (10 min.)

Greek and Latin Elements for People

Element

Meaning

Example Words

dem

people

dem

ocracy

greg

herd, group

con

greg

ration

pol/polis

city

Minnea

polis

pop/pub

people

pop

ulation,

pub

lic

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Independent Practice Day 1

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Week 3/Day2

Read-Aloud (10 min.)

Mini Lesson (20 min.)

Practice and Self-Assess Fluency Skills

Today you are going to echo read the passage below. Listen carefully as I pause in the

correct spots. Make sure you pause when you come to the same spots.

Word Study Practice (10 min.)

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Greek and Latin Roots- dem, greg, pol/polis, pop/pub, civ

Independent Practice Day 2

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Week 3/Day3

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Greek and Latin Roots- dem, greg, pol/polis, pop/pub, civ

Independent Practice Day 3

Read the personal narrative below. Write two questions you have about the title or the paragraphs you read.

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Week 3/Day4

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Word Study (10 min.)

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Greek and Latin Roots- dem, greg, pol/polis, pop/pub, civ

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Week 3/Day5

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Test Day

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Unit 2 Reading Practice Assessment

My First Baseball Game

1I remember my first Cubs game. My uncle came to take my sister and me to it. It was a sunny Saturday. He drove all the way from Indiana to get us. Then we took the train to the ballpark. He said it would be hard to find a parking space there, so he didn’t drive there.

2_{He was right. When we got there it was so crowded. We had tickets that were for seats far back. It seemed like}

I climbed about 300 steps to get to them. But when we got there and I turned around I could see everything. I saw the whole field. It was much better than watching it on TV. Then the game started. Everyone cheered. The man next to me said, “This is going to be the year. They are playing really well.”

3My uncle said to him, “Let’s hope this is the one.” But then he whispered to us, “We’ll have to wait and see. Remember last year? They started out well and then they lost at the end.” My Uncle can be very hesitant to say the Cubs will have a good year. He has seen many Cub teams start off really well and end really bad.

4 “Hey, Hey, Hey!” The Cub batter hit a ball far to the wall. Just then I heard “Hot dogs!” “Peanuts!” I looked and saw a man with a big tray hanging from his shoulders. It was full of hotdogs in plastic wrap and bags of peanuts.

5“Three hot dogs,” my uncle shouted. Then he gave the man next to us $6. He passed it to the man with the hot dogs. He sent back three hot dogs. “This is great,” I said to my uncle. “Not so great,” he said. “We just struck out.”

6_{While I had been eating my hotdog, the team had struck out. It went on that way for the rest of the game.}

We got peanuts. We even got another hot dog. And the Cubs kept losing. We’d all hope every time a batter came to bat. One by one they struck out. Still, everyone was staying happy. Even at the end. The score was 7 to 0. The Cubs never got a run.

7Tomorrow they’ll win,” one person said. “Right. This was just a bad day for them,” another said. “The pitcher tomorrow is really good.”

8When we were on the way home, I asked my uncle, “Why was everyone so sure they will win next time?” “That’s what it means to be a Cubs fan. We believe in tomorrow. When they win, it’s the best. Every year, we hope. Every game we hope. That’s loyalty. It’s about supporting your team no matter what because Cubs fans are loyal. And it’s about having fun as a family. Did you have fun?” As our uncle was about to drive home to Indiana, Felicia said, “It was great. I see what you meant. Even when they lose, they are like a family, they stick together. Thanks for taking us. And thanks for being loyal to us.”

1. What happens first in “My First Baseball Game”? A The narrator’s uncle buys three hot dogs. B The Cubs lose 7-0.

C The narrator and her uncle take the train to the game.

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2. This question has two parts. Answer part A first. Then answer answer part B.

PART A What happens when the narrator first gets to her seat in the stadium?

A The narrator could see the whole field and it looked better than watching it from home. B The narrator needed to sit down and rest before she could eat.

C The train pulled up to the stadium. D The batter hit a ball far to the wall.

PART B Which sentence or sentences from the passage supports the main idea in Part A? A It seemed like I climbed about 300 steps to get to them.

B But when we got there and I turned around I could see everything. I saw the whole field. It was much better than watching it on TV.

C When we were on the way home, I asked my uncle, “Why was everyone so sure they will win next time?” “That’s what it means to be a Cubs fan.

D He was right. When we got there it was so crowded. We had tickets that were for seats far back.

3. Which sentence from the passage supports the idea that Cubs fans will always be Cubs fans no matter if the team wins or loses?

A “Tomorrow they’ll win,” one person said.

B “Hey, Hey, Hey!” The Cub batter hit a ball far to the wall.

C It’s about supporting your team no matter what because Cubs fans are loyal. D Just then I heard “Hot dogs!” “Peanuts!”

4. Which sentence from the passage supports the inference that driving a car to the game could be difficult? A Then we took the train to the ballpark.

B He said it would be hard to find a parking space there, so he didn’t drive there. C He drove all the way from Indiana to get us.

D It seemed like I climbed about 300 steps to get to them.

5. What is the meaning of the word hesitant in paragraph 3? A happy to say

B scared to say D excited to say E angry to say

6. How can you tell that this passage is personal narrative? A The passage has no dialogue.

B The passage has no paragraphs.

D The writer tells about one event that happened in their lives. E This passage tells about the narrator’s whole life.

7. What are the two most important events that the writer describes in this passage? Use details from the passage to support your answer.

1-____________________________________________________________________________

2-_____________________________________________________________________________

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8. What happens first in “Mashed Potato Pizza”?

A The narrator is laughing when she sees her friend laughing.

B Mrs. Martin scoops a side of mashed potatoes onto the narrator’s plate.

C The narrator and her friend are disappointed they can’t be by each other in line.

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PART A What happens last in “Mashed Potato Pizza”?

A The narrator’s grandpa had told her that laughing at yourself is a good way to make others laugh. B The narrator realized her grandpa was right.

C The narrator and her friend are disappointed they can’t be by each other in line. D Mrs. Martin scoops a side of mashed potatoes onto the narrator’s plate.

PART B Which sentence or sentences from the passage supports the main idea in Part A? A I knew right away that my friend Naomi wouldn’t be able to cut.

B Mrs. Martin smiled and scooped the mashed potato pizza my plate. C “Pepperoni pizza,” I said politely.

D I never really believed my grandpa until I saw my friends laughing with me.

10. Which sentence, or sentences, from “Mashed Potato Pizza,” supports the inference that Pepperoni Pizza is her favorite?

A Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw one last piece of pepperoni pizza. I got so excited. B I tried to save it, but the pizza landed in the pan of hot, buttery mashed potatoes.

C The laughing made me feel good instead of just clumsy. D Mrs. Martin handed me the pizza.

11. What is the meaning of the word uncoordinated in paragraph 10? A clumsy

B funny D sad E angry

12. How can you tell that “Mashed Potato Pizza,” is personal narrative? A The writer gives facts about pizza.

B Events are told in order as they happen. D It doesn’t have any dialogue.

E The passage tells about an important event in the narrator’s life.

13. What are the two most important parts of the story that the writer tells in this passage? 1-____________________________________________________________________________

2-_____________________________________________________________________________

14. Think about the two passages you have read. How do the narrators of both passages feel in the end? A sad and angry

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15. In what ways are the events in the two passages similar? A Both have surprise endings.

B Both have family members who help them. C Both have best friends who laugh at them.

D Both have people in the passage that have amazing skills.

16. In what ways are the two passages different?

A In “Mashed Potato Pizza,” the events take place at a school. In “My First Baseball Game,” the story talks place in the writer’s home.

B In “Mashed Potato Pizza,” the writer is eating lunch in a school. In “My First Baseball Game,” the writer is eating at a baseball game.

C In “My First Baseball Game,” the events happened many years ago. In “Mashed Potato Pizza,” the events probably took place in the present.

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ANSWERS:

1. What happens first in “My First Baseball Game”? A The narrator’s uncle buys three hot dogs.

B The Cubs lose 7-0.

C The narrator and her uncle take the train to the game.

D The narrator and Felicia thanked their uncle for taking them to the game.

PART A What happens when the narrator first gets to her seat in the stadium?

A The narrator could see the whole field and it looked better than watching it from home. B The narrator needed to sit down and rest before she could eat.

C The train pulled up to the stadium. D The batter hit a ball far to the wall.

PART B Which sentence or sentences from the passage supports the main idea in Part A? A It seemed like I climbed about 300 steps to get to them.

B But when we got there and I turned around I could see everything. I saw the whole field. It was much better than watching it on TV.

C When we were on the way home, I asked my uncle, “Why was everyone so sure they will win next time?” “That’s what it means to be a Cubs fan. D He was right. When we got there it was so crowded. We had tickets that were for seats far back.

3. Which sentence from the passage supports the idea that Cubs fans will always be Cubs fans no matter if the team wins or loses? A “Tomorrow they’ll win,” one person said.

B “Hey, Hey, Hey!” The Cub batter hit a ball far to the wall.

C It’s about supporting your team no matter what because Cubs fans are loyal. D Just then I heard “Hot dogs!” “Peanuts!”

4. Which sentence from the passage supports the inference that driving a car to the game could be difficult? A Then we took the train to the ballpark.

B He said it would be hard to find a parking space there, so he didn’t drive there. C He drove all the way from Indiana to get us.

D It seemed like I climbed about 300 steps to get to them.

5. What is the meaning of the word hesitant in paragraph 3?

A happy to say

B scared to say

D excited to say

E angry to say

6. How can you tell that this passage is personal narrative? A The passage has no dialogue.

B The passage has no paragraphs.

D The writer tells about one event that happened in their lives. E This passage tells about the narrator’s whole life.

7. What are the two most important events that the writer describes in this passage? Use two details from the passage to support your answer. 1- (Sample Answer) Going to her first Cubs game. Details= Her uncle took her on the train. She had never seen the stadium before.

2-(Sample Answer) She learned how loyal Cub fans are. Details=People said they would win tomorrow. Uncle said to be a fan even if they are losing.

8. What happens first in “Mashed Potato Pizza”?

A The narrator is laughing when she sees her friend laughing.

B Mrs. Martin scoops a side of mashed potatoes onto the narrator’s plate. C The narrator and her friend are disappointed they can’t be by each other in line.

D The narrator’s grandpa had told her that laughing at yourself is a good way to make others laugh.

PART A What happens last in “Mashed Potato Pizza”?

A The narrator’s grandpa had told her that laughing at yourself is a good way to make others laugh. B The narrator realized her grandpa was right.

C The narrator and her friend are disappointed they can’t be by each other in line. D Mrs. Martin scoops a side of mashed potatoes onto the narrator’s plate.

PART B Which sentence or sentences from the passage supports the main idea in Part A? A I knew right away that my friend Naomi wouldn’t be able to cut.

B Mrs. Martin smiled and scooped the mashed potato pizza my plate. C “Pepperoni pizza,” I said politely.

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10. Which sentence, or sentences, from “Mashed Potato Pizza,” supports the inference that Pepperoni Pizza is her favorite? A Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw one last piece of pepperoni pizza. I got so excited.

B I tried to save it, but the pizza landed in the pan of hot, buttery mashed potatoes. C The laughing made me feel good instead of just clumsy.

D Mrs. Martin handed me the pizza.

11. What is the meaning of the word uncoordinated in paragraph 10?

A clumsy

B funny

D sad

E angry

12. How can you tell that “Mashed Potato Pizza,” is personal narrative? A The writer gives facts about pizza.

B Events are told in order as they happen. D It doesn’t have any dialogue.

E The passage tells about an important event in the narrator’s life.

13. What are the two most important parts that the writer tells in this passage? 1-What her Grandpa told her about laughing at yourself

2-Dropping pizza in the potato pan.

14. Think about the two passages you have read. How do the narrators of both passages feel in the end? A sad and angry

B hopeless and upset D surprised and excited E happy and thankful

15. In what ways are the events in the two passages similar? A Both have surprise endings.

B Both have family members who help them. C Both have best friends who laugh at them.

D Both have people in the passage that have amazing skills.

16. In what ways are the two passages different?