Open Up - Grade 4 - ELA - Module 3 - Mid Unit 1 Assessment - Formative Library | Library

Part I: Reading and Answering Questions about Informational Texts

Directions: Read pages 4–5 of Divided Loyalties and answer the following questions.

Part A: According to the text, what was the conflict in the 1770s that “divided friends and families”? Select the best answer. (RI.4.1, RI.4.3)

Each of the colonies wanted to become a separate country.

Colonists took different sides in the war between Great Britain and France.

New Jersey wanted to become a separate country ruled by Great Britain.

Some colonists wanted to set up their own government, and others wanted to remain a part of Great Britain.

RI.4.3

RI.4.1

Part B: Which detail from the text best explains why this conflict occurred? Underline the best answer. (RI.4.1, RI.4.3)

New Jersey was caught up in questions of loyalty.

Before the Revolution, America was made up of 13 very different colonies.

Some colonists felt they were being treated unfairly by Great Britain, and others did not.

The Patriots supported Great Britain, and the Loyalists supported France.

RI.4.3

RI.4.1

What do the events on the timeline on pages 4–5 have in common? Underline the best answer. (RI.4.1, RI.4.3)

They show acts that were passed by the British government.

They are important events that occurred before the American Revolution.

Each event happened in a different one of the 13 colonies.

The events show how the American colonists reacted to laws passed by Great Britain.

RI.4.3

RI.4.1

Which of the following is punctuated correctly? (L.4.2b)

In Divided Loyalties, the author states that The Patriots wanted to set up their own government with their own laws.

In Divided Loyalties the author states that “the Patriots wanted to set up their own government with their own laws”

In Divided Loyalties the author states that, The Patriots wanted to set up their own government with their own laws.”

In Divided Loyalties, the author states that, “The Patriots wanted to set up their own government with their own laws.”

L.4.2.b

Part II: Who were the Patriots, and what did they believe?

Directions: Follow the directions below to research and write a paragraph explaining who the Patriots were and what they believed.

Part A: Complete the note-catcher to capture your research about the Patriots from pages 4–5 in Divided Loyalties. (RI.4.1, W.4.8)

RI.4.1

W.4.8

Part B: Write a short informative paragraph that explains who the Patriots were and what they believed. Use the evidence you gathered from pages 4–5 on the note-catcher above. (RI.4.1, RI.4.3, W.4.8, W.4.9b)

W.4.9.b

RI.4.3

RI.4.1

W.4.8

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