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Mid-Unit Assessment (Lesson 6)

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Grade 5, ELA, Module 2a Unit 1: Mid-Unit Assessment

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Question 1

1.

Directions:
•Read the title, introductory paragraph, interview questions and responses.
•Consider the gist of the interview-—what it is mostly about.
•Skim the assessment questions below.
•Reread the interview, thinking about the assessment questions.
•Answer the questions in complete sentences.
•Be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your answers.

1.) Reread the title and introductory paragraph of the interview. What do you think a transcript from an interview is? Why do you think that?

Question 2

2.

Look at the picture, read the caption, and reread the first few interview questions and answers. In what country is the rainforest that Eve Nilson studied?

Alaska

Amazon

Brazil

California

Question 3

3.

Which sentence from the interview best supports the answer you chose in Question 2?

Eve Nilson displays a lizard she found sunning itself between two rocks by a stream in Brazil.

Growing up in Alaska and studying whales with my mother, I spent a lot of time in nature and found them extremely interesting.

I stayed in the forest alone in my hut

Yes, it has been an amazing experience waking up in the morning when I was in Brazil, waking up and seeing so many animals I’ve never seen before, and going out into the forest to study the frogs.

Question 4

4.

Explain what Eve means when she says that frogs “are an indicator species.” in her answer to Question 6. Why might that make frogs so important to study? Use quotes from the text in your answer.

Question 5

5.

Eve says that she believes it is important to study one particular animal. Which one is that?

Snakes

Frogs

Jaguars

Mice

Question 6

6.

Which sentence from the passage helps the reader understand why it is important to study the animal that is the answer Question 5 above?

Any rapid disappearance of frogs is a sign there’s trouble in the environment.

I’ve always had this fascination for the rain forest because of the high diversity of animals.

An animal did not threaten me, but I was followed by a jaguar.

Yeah, I really like snakes.

I like all of the animals except for mice.

Question 7

7.

Choose ALL that apply:
Which text features can be found in this interview?

Questions and Answers

Pictures

Captions

Bold Type

Paragraph spacing

Introduction

Italic words

underlined text