Writing to Inform
Reading Inventory Review
Black History
Actively Learning
100
When comparing and contrasting, writers often use a _______ diagram.
What is a Venn diagram?
100
Dad had been right about the wind. The minute we turned the corner onto Broadway an icy blast roared up the back of my jacket. I didn't care, though. I was too excited.
I did not mind the ________________.
a. cold
b. heat
c. rain
d. traffic
a. cold
100
This champion tennis player and her sister was trained by her father.
Serena Williams
100
The short story "All Summer in a Day" takes place on this planet.
a. Mars
b. Earth
c. Venus
d. Saturn
c. Venus
200
When writing to inform, writers can write about anything that involves _______.
a. people
b. places
c. animals
d. facts
d. facts
200
"You'll have to clean up some when we get there, Bill," Curt laughed. "Or they won't let us in to eat anywhere! And we can't miss Natchez catfish! Best there is!"
Bill is too _____________.
a. dirty
b. noisy
c. sleepy
d. heavy
a. dirty
200
S/He wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and many other poems.
a. Maya Angelou
b. Rosa Parks
c. Hiram Rhodes Revels
d. Langston Hughes
d. Langston Hughes?
200
Our first Actively Learn reading was about this popular videogame.
What is Fortnight?
300
This is an account of a real person’s life written by another person. It contains only true information about the person.
a. autobiography
b. biography
c. message
d. short story
b. biography
300
Cherokees respected shamans. People went to see shamans if they had problems. People went to see shamans for ___________.
a. gifts
b. help
c. luck
d. food
b. help
300
S/He was the first African American U.S. senator.
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Martin Luther King
c. Hiram Rhodes Revels
d. Harriet Tubman
c. Hiram Rhodes Revels
300
In the short story "Something Different," the main character Mali wanted a different _____.
a. style of clothing
b. place to live
c. food for lunch
d. school to attend
c. food for lunch
400
When making an announcement, one important feature it should have is ______.
a. a name
b. incentives (food, drink, prizes, etc.
c. information about the event.
d. time and location.
e. all of these
d. all of these
400
Just then he saw Jessie looking up into the tall trees. He looked up, too. The wind was not blowing at all, but one tree was moving. There was a crash, and down came a coconut.
They watched the coconut ______________.
a. fall
b. bake
c. grow
d. change
a. fall
400
The phrase "the real McCoy" means that something is _______.
a. fake
b. authentic
c. broken
d. useless
b. authentic
400
"Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a Tireless Champion" is a(n)
a. biography
b. autobiography
c. realistic fiction
d. historical fiction
a. biography