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5th grade ELA benchmark 1

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Directions: Read each passage.  Then answer the questions that follow each passage with the best possible answer.

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Read the passage.  Then answer the questions that follow according to the passage.

Hannah Saves the Mayflower

by Carolyn Goodrich

 PLEASE USE THE HARD COPY PROVIDED TO YOU FOR THIS READING PASSAGE, THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

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(1) The firefly is fascinating because it is able to make light. (2) These nocturnal insects blink lights on and off as they fly at night. (3) The light is a way for them to communicate. (4) Some fireflies even flash its lights in a specific pattern.

Which change should be made to correct the error in the paragraph?

Change it is to they are in sentence 1.

Change they fly to it flies in sentence 2.

Change them to it in sentence 3.

Change its to their in sentence 4.

(1) A walrus uses its long teeth, or tusks, in many different ways. (2) Scientists believe a walrus uses its tusks to climb out of the water. (3) The animal may also use its tusks to dig holes in the ice and to protect themselves from predators.

Which change corrects the error?

Change uses to use in sentence 1.

Change believe to believes in sentence 2.

Change its to their in sentence 2.

Change themselves to itself in sentence 3.

Read the paragraph.

(1) Mark loves music, so they want to join the school band next year. (2) Mark wants to play the trombone because he has a cousin who played it last year. (3) Mark’s friend Jill is thinking about joining the band, too, and playing the trumpet because it is her favorite instrument. (4) The band teacher is happy that Mark and Jill want to join because she likes teaching new students.

Which sentence has a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?

sentence 1

sentence 2

sentence 3

sentence 4

Part One
In “Hannah Saves the Mayflower,” how is Hannah different from John and Francis?

Hannah is more curious.

Hannah is more talkative.

Hannah is more courageous.

Hannah is more responsible.

Part Two
Which line from the passage best supports the answer in Part One?

"Remembering that once they had teased her by taking her doll, Hannah tucked Prudence under her cloak."

"I dreamed of our home in England and of walking on the ground and running."

"Had little Hannah not been watching and sounding the alarm, my Mayflower would be no more."

"She giggled when she recalled Mary Brewster's face as she opened a chest to get thread and released a squawking, flapping hen."

Read the sentences from "Hannah Saves the Mayflower."

"Mother smiled.  'If the sea is calm, we can cook today.  Something warm will be a comfort.'  The ocean had been turbulent for days, and Captain Jones had allowed no fires ..."

Which words are used as antonyms in the sentences above?

"smiled" and "allowed"

"sea" and "ocean"

"calm" and "turbulent"

"warm" and "fires"

What does the word antics mean as it is used in "Hannah Save the Mayflower"?

"Hannah was entertained by their antics, but she would never dare what they did."

boasts

pranks

methods

thoughts

How does Hannah’s cousins’ view of the ocean differ from that of Hannah’s mother?

The cousins think it is safe and calm and Hannah’s mother thinks it is dangerous.

The cousins think it is boring, and Hannah’s mother thinks it is exciting.

The cousins are afraid of it, and Hannah’s mother is not afraid.

The cousins don’t care about it, and Hannah’s mother is very interested in learning more about it.

How does the point of view in the story influence how the events on the Mayflower are described?

It reveals to the reader what all of the character’s thoughts and feelings are about the events on the ship.

It indicates to the reader a first person perspective of the events on the ship.

It tells the reader that the narrator enjoys the dangers and fun that occur on the ship.

It informs the reader of one character’s thoughts and feelings about the ship and the events.

What is the turning point of the story?

She knew it was gunpowder, what soldiers put into their muskets.  Francis brought a smoldering rope to the end of one of the filled quills.  They were making fireworks!  At the sight of the flame, Hannah did no more thinking.  “Fire!  Fire!" she screamed.

Then from above came the shout all had been waiting to hear for these many days.  “LAND HO! LAND HO!”  Pilgrims and sailors scrambled to the top deck for their first sight of new land.

“Yes, Mother.  I dreamed of our home in England and of walking on the ground and running.”

However, the mischief of her cousins was fascinating. John and Frencis were older that Hannah.  They roamed the ship looking for new things to try.