Test Questions
Comprehension Strategies
Vocabulary
Fun Facts
Target Skills
100
Who did Elisa share her composition grade with?
Jose
100
To use details in the text to form a mental pictures of characters, setting, and events
What is to visualize?
100
What does the word brutal mean?
harsh
100
How are Jose and Elisa alike?
They both are from another country.
100
The story's setting, characters, and plot
What is story structure
200
What was the deal that Jose and Elisa made?
Help each other with English speaking and writing
200
to understand something that is not stated directly
What is Monitor
200
What does the word obvious mean?
easily seen, visible/apparent
200
Why does her brother tell her that she should watch the television?
To learn English.
200
central idea or message
What is theme
300
What does Elisa end up being at the end of the story?
A teacher
300
To make clear by rereading the sections and thinking about the order in which events occur
What is to clarify
300
What does the word embarrassed mean?
Ashamed
300
What animal did Elisa fall in love with in America?
squirrell
300
to find similarities
What is compare
400
What is different about staying with her grandmother for the second time?
She is not just visiting. She is LIVING there.
400
Ton make logical guesses about what characters think and feel.
What is to predict
400
What does the word opponents mean?
Rival
400
What was Elisa's brother's name?
Fransisco
400
to identify differences
What is contrast
500
One of the themes in the story is... It is difficult to adjust to living in a new place. What things in the story suggest that this is true?
Elisa is sad, she used to live in Puerto Rico, she does not understand English, she has no friends.
500
to retell the story's events in their own words
What is summarize
500
What does the word typically mean?
usually
500
What is the symbol for Jose's home land?
quetzal bird
500
events are described in chronological order
What is sequence of events
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