Directions: Read the text and answer the questions that follow:
“Revolutionary War, Part III”
Victory at Yorktown and Peace
Starting in 1778, the British focused their efforts on the southern colonies. In the Carolinas and Virginia, British General Charles Cornwallis defeated the Americans in one battle after another. The situation there seemed hopeless.
Then the French came to the rescue. General Rochambeau and some 5,000 French troops arrived in 1780. And a French fleet arrived in 1781.
At that time, General Cornwallis had an army of more than 6,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia. Washington led his American and French troops there. For the first time in the war, Washington had a larger military force than the British.
Yorktown was the last major battle of the war. Peace talks began in Paris, France, in 1782. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. The new nation had been tested on the battlefield. Now the war was over. For the first time, Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent country.
Excerpt from: “Revolutionary War.” The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Scholastic Library Publishing Inc.
Which set of words from “Victory at Yorktown and Peace” are opposites of each other? (RI.4.4)
Part A: Which sentence states the main idea of “Victory at Yorktown and Peace”? Underline the best answer. (RI.4.2)
Part B: Which detail from the text best supports the correct answer to A? Underline the best answer. (RI.4.1, RI.4.2)
Part A: How would you describe the structure of this text? Underline the best answer. (RI.4.5)
Part B: Which clues in the text help you recognize the structure? (RI.4.1, RI.4.5)
Summarize the text in the space below. (RI.4.1, RI.4.2)
A student wrote a paragraph about some of the causes of the Revolutionary War. She needs help to edit it. Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
In the 1770s, America was a group of 13 colonies. Ruled by Great Britain. Patriots were colonists who wanted to break away from Great Britain and set up their own government with their own laws. Patriots believed it was unfair that they paid British taxes and had to follow British laws but were not allowed to vote in the British government and they believed America should become its own country and rule itself.
Part A: Underline the run-on sentence in the piece. Then add the period and capital letters needed to divide the run-on into two or more complete sentences.
Part B: Bold the fragment in the piece and rewrite it as a complete sentence on the lines below. (L.4.1f):
A student wrote a paragraph about some of the causes of the Revolutionary War. She needs help to edit it. Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
In the 1770s, America was a group of 13 colonies. Ruled by Great Britain. Patriots were colonists who wanted to break away from Great Britain and set up their own government with their own laws. Patriots believed it was unfair that they paid British taxes and had to follow British laws but were not allowed to vote in the British government and they believed America should become its own country and rule itself.
Part B: Bold the fragment in the piece and rewrite it as a complete sentence on the lines below. (L.4.1f):