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Non-Fiction: Nintendo
Fiction: Fish Food
Listening
100

Little Things 

Little drops of water, 

Little grains of sand, 

Make the might ocean 

And the pleasant land. 

Thus the little minutes, 

Humble through they be, 

Make the mighty ages 

Of eternity.

How many stanzas does the poem have? 

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

What is 2?

100

The sentence below contains errors. Answer the question below.

The Amazon River is the secend longest river in the world.

A. secand

B. second

C. seccend

D. seccond

What is B-second?

100

The passage states that Nintendo did not find commercial success until 1983. Which word could best be used in place of commercial?

A. Business

B. Long-Term

C. Sudden

D. Public

What is A-business?

100

What will Sam and Ben most likely do next?

A. Start eating the candy worms

B. Start fishing using the candy worms

C. Choose a different spot to fish

D. Decide to go home and do something else. 

What is B- start fishing using candy worms?

100

Listen to the presentation that your teacher reads to you called Life in the Flamingo Flock. Then answer the question.

Which detail supports the idea that flamingo parents have a special bond with their chick?

A. They use mud to build a nest and keep the chick in it for a week.

B. They take the chick to meet the other chicks in the flock.

C. They recognize their chick's voice and come quickly if they hear it. 

D. They take the chick to the flock to make sure it is safe from predators.

What is C- They recognize their chick's voice and come quickly if they hear it?

200

In the lines below, what does the word eternity most likely mean?

Make the mighty ages 

Of eternity.

A. Time

B. Forever

C. Earth

D. Everything

What is B- Forever?

200

The sentence below contains errors. Answer the question below.

It has the most large basin of any river in the world.

Which of these should replace most large?

A. larger

B. largest

C. more large

D. most large 

What is B-largest?

200

Why does the author begin the passage with a question? 

A. To show that the information may not be true.

B. To get readers interested in the topic of the passage.

C. To suggest that readers should research the topic.

D. To explain how Nintendo changed over the years.

What is B- to get readers interested in the topic of the passage?

200

What is the most likely reason Ben's mother put candy in the ice cream container?

A. She thought that they would make good bait.

B. She didn't realize that Ben wanted worms for bait.

C. She didn't want Sam and Ben to catch any fish.

D. She wanted Sam and Ben to have a snack to eat.

What is B- She didn't realize that Ben wanted worms for bait?

200

Listen to the presentation that your teacher reads to you called Life in the Flamingo Flock. Then answer the question.

According to the presentation, which statement is true?

A. The only place to see a flamingo is at a zoo.

B. If flamingos ate different foods, they would not be pink.

C. Most of a flamingo's day is spent searching for food.

D. The reason why flamingos stay in large groups is because they cannot fly.

What is B- If flamingos ate different foods, they would not be pink?

300

Read this line from the poem.

Make the mighty ocean

The word mighty suggests that the ocean is-

A. strange

B. scary

C. powerful

D. small

What is C-powerful?

300

The sentence below contains errors. Answer the question below.

In fact, about 20 percent of the worlds total river water is in the Amazon.

Which of these should replace worlds?

A. world's 

B. worlds'

C. World's 

D. Worlds'

What is A- world's?

300

If the passage was given another title, which title would best fit?

A. The Future of Nintendo

B. How to Play Nintendo

C. Collecting Playing Cards

D. The Beginning of a Business

What is D- The Beginning of a Business?

300

What happens right after Ben opens the ice cream container?

A. He sees that he has candy worms.

B. He finds a good fishing spot.

C. He decides to fish anyway.

D. He asks his mother to pack the bait.

What is A- He sees that he has candy worms.

400

What literary technique does the author use in the line below?

Make the mighty ages

A. alliteration

B. simile

C. metaphor

D. flashback

What is A-alliteration?

400

What is the correct way to capitalize south america?

A. south America

B. south america

C. South America

D. South america

What is C- South America?

400

The photographs are most likely included in the passage to-

A. provide examples of Nintendo's successful products

C. help readers understand what made Nintendo's products successful

D. show how the Nintendo Wii was different from other systems

What is A- provide examples of Nintendo's successful products?

400

The photograph in the passage mainly makes the lake seem like-

A. a busy place

B. an exciting place

C. a peaceful place

D. a lonely place

What is C - a peaceful place?

500

Little Things 

Little drops of water, 

Little grains of sand, 

Make the might ocean 

And the pleasant land. 

Thus the little minutes, 

Humble through they be, 

Make the mighty ages 

Of eternity.

What is the rhyme pattern of each stanza of the poem?

A. All the lines rhyme with each other.

B. There are two pairs of rhyming lines. 

C. The second and the fourth lines rhyme. 

D. None of the lines rhyme. 

What is C- The second and the fourth lines rhyme.

500

The sentence below contains errors. Answer the question below.

This is because the river flows mainly threw deep rainforests, and there are few towns on the river. 

Which of these should replace threw?

A. thru

B. though

C. thought

D. through

What is D- through?

500

List the entertainment products created by Nintendo in the order they were created.

What is 

1. Nintendo Entertainment System (1983)

2. Game Boy (1989)

3. Nintendo DS (2004)

4. Nintendo Wii (2006)

500

Max and Sam can both be described as characters that make the most out of things. Explain how you can tell that Max and Sam both like to make the most out of things. Use RACE to answer the question.

Answers should contain:

* It should show how you can tell that Max and Sam like to make the most out of things.

* It should refer to how Max is looking forward to his vacation at home and how Sam suggests fishing with the candy worms.  

* It should include text evidence.  


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