End of Quarter Review

Characters

100

This word best describes Esmeralda when she wanted to change women's rights' to vote.

Focused, determined

200

This is the reason why this detail became true: "Esmerelda won and became the first female elected to the Colombian Senate." 

Women were able to vote now and many of them probably voted for Esmerelda.

300

This word best describes the dragon when he said, "I have a message for important, big people".

stuck up, haughty

400

This word best describes Mirabella the Magnificent.

brave, wise

500

This word can best describe Esmerelda Aboleda.

Fearless, hard-working

Biography

100

This explains why biographies are different from other types of text.

The topic is one person and how their life is important to society

200

This is how is a biography different from a fictional text.

Biographies are not made up, like fictional text are. Biographies also tell about the life of an important person.

300

This is how Esmerelda's mother influenced (changed) her life.

She encouraged Esmerelda to get a good education.

400

Biographies show struggles that the person had during their lives. This is a struggle that Esmerelda Arboleda had in the text.

"She was threatened and spied on throughout her time in office."

500

Biographies explain accomplishments of the people in the text. What accomplishments did Esmerelda achieve?

"She became the first female lawyer to graduate from the University in Colombia."

Unknown Words

100

This word could replace 'uncommon' in paragraph 1 of Esmerelda Arboleda.

strange, unusual

200

This word is the meaning of 'movement' in paragraph 2 of Esmerelda Arboleda.

change, new way

300

This is another meaning of 'snapped' in paragraph 11 of "Mirabella the Magnificent".

rudely stated

400

This is another meaning of 'wandered' in paragraph 5 of "Mirabella the Magnificient".

walked, strolled

500

This word can replace 'urged' in paragraph 1 of "Esmerelda Arboleda".

begged, pleaded

Poetry

100

This is the number of stanzas in the poem.

21

200

This line in the poem reveals or shows the setting of the poem.

"On an island of music

in a city of drumbeats"

300

This tool was used when writing this poem in order to help readers to 'see' exactly what is happening.

imagery

400

This poetry tool is used to create rhythm when poems are read.

Meter

500

These parts are to be anticipated or searched for when reading a poem.

Details focused on the Speaker, Audience, Meaning and Mood

Details Lead to Inferences

100

This is what can be inferred from this line in the text, "and both girls and boys should feel free to dream."

Everyone, boys or girls, should become who they want to be. No one should be able to stop them.

200

This is what it means when the text says, "Her fingertips rolled out their own dreamy drum rhythm on tables and chairs".

Esmerelda could not hold in her love of drumming and music. It was a love that was hard to control.

300

This is what this detail proves about life for women in Colombia: "The government even had to build a new bathroom in the Capitol building because there was no bathroom for women!" 

Women truly did have a harder life due to the limitations of not being able to vote. Clearly, their voices had not been invited.

400

This is what readers infer from Mirabella when she said, "Diamonds?" "Gold?"

She knew what he meant and was immediately coming up with a plan to trick the dragon.

500

This is what readers can infer from when the dragon said, "Um...sorry. I have to...uh...meet this knight named George..." in paragraph 47.

The dragon only wanted to get far away from Mirabella because she was had caused him lots of harm. He didn't really need to see the knight.