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5th grade ELA Benchmark 3

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13 questions
Directions: The two passages are about cicadas. Read the first passage and answer questions 1 - 5. Then, read the second passage and answer questions 6 - 10. Questions 11 & 12 will be comparing or contrasting the two passages.
“The Summer’s Cicadas are About to Wake From Their 17 - Year Sleep”
1

Look at the graphic within the passage. At what stage do cicadas eat and drink?

1

Look at the graphic within the passage. What information can you learn from the graphic?

1

What is the purpose of the headings in the passage?

This is a two part question. Answer Part One before you answer Part Two.
1

Part One: What are the main ideas of “The Summer Cicadas are About to Wake From Their 17-Year Sleep”?

1

Part Two: How do the key details from the passage support your answer to Part One? Choose two answers.

1

How does the author of “The Summer Cicadas are About to Wake From Their 17-Year Sleep” support the idea that cicadas are good for the environment?

Excerpt from Cicada Summer by Andrea Beaty
1

Read the sentence from the excerpt from Cicada Summer.

In the front row, Judy Thomas is “wound up like a tiger ready to pounce” on the spelling word. (paragraph 8).

What does the figurative language in the sentence suggest?

This is a two-part question. Answer part one, then answer part two.
1

Part One: Reread paragraphs 9 and 18. What do you learn about the narrator?

1

Part Two: Which sentence supports the answer to part one?

1

Which sentence from the passage best supports the inference that Mrs. Kirk doesn’t like the cicadas?

1

How are Ricky and Bobby different from each other?

1

In paragraph 7, what does the word stifling mean?

1

Which statement best describes the difference in the point of view of “The Summer’s Cicadas are About to Wake From Their 17- Year Sleep” from the excerpt from "Cicada Summer”?