Module 2 Unit 1 Mid Module Assessment - CLAUDIA VASQUEZ | Library

PART I:  Read the poem "The Springs Peepers" and answer the questions below:

The Spring Peepers

Peep-peep
We steal our sleep.
In score
Of Choruses
We cheep.
Beneath our chin's
A thin balloon
To help our song
From March till June
Each Spring
We sing
To bring
A mate
And make you stay
Awake too late.

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In this poem, what does "We steal your sleep mean"?

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List three pairs of rhyming word in this poem. Example: balloon, June

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According to the poem, how do the spring peepers use the "thin balloon" beneath their chins?

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Choose the correct dictionary definition of the word score as it is used in this poem.

PART II:   Read the pourquoi tale and answer the questions below:

Why Do Frogs Hop?

One hot day before frogs could hop, Frog took a walk to
sit in the shade of a tree next to the pond.  He was hoping 
to catch a delicious dragonfly for his lunch, so he sat very
still.  He was so still that Snake nearly didn't see him.  He 
was about to slither by when he heard Frog's growling
stomach.  Snake thought Frog looked tasty.  This thought
made Snake's stomach rumble loudly!  Frog heard the
sound and qickly turned around.

"I'm only very small.  I won't fill you up, Snake," Frog
croaked.  Snake thought about this, and his stomach
growled again.  Frog was very small, but Snake was very 
hungry.

Clever Frog knew that Snake liked to race because he could
swim very fast.  "Race me across the pond," Frog suggested.
"You can eat me if you win.  If I win, you let me go."

Snake immediately agreed.  He knew that it would take
Frog much longer to swim across or walk around because
he was so small.  "This is too easy," he thought.

"Three, two, one, go."  Frog knew he couln't swim as fast
as Snake and it would take even longer to walk around 
the pond, but he needed to win.  He could see some large
leaves floating on the pond.  If he could get from one
leaf to the next, he might just make it across the pond
faster than Snake.  The only way was to hop.  He had never
hopped before, but perhaps his long black legs would help
him make a giant leap. Hop! He made it to the first leaf!
Hop, hop, hop, Frog jumped from one leaf to the next.  He 
landed on the other side of the pond just a second before
Snake slithered out of the water.

Snake was angry to have been beaten by a small frog.
Frog hopped joyfully back across the leaves to return to 
the other side of the pond.

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Part A: What is the problem in the story?

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What details from the text best support your answer to Part A?

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How does the main character respond to the problem? Use details from the text to explain what he thought, did, said, or felt.

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How is the problem in the story solved/resolved?

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What is the purpose of the narrative/story? What question does the narrative /story answer?

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The text says, "Snake was angry to have been beaten by a small frog. Frog hopped joyfully back across the leaves to return to the other side of the pond." What does return mean?