Meaningful Words
Theme
Evidence support
Text Based
Main Idea
100

#2 (pg. 29) 

What is the meaning of a sharp-tongued woman as used in paragraph 2?

A: Unkind

100

3. Part A: Pg. 30 

What is the theme of the passage?

D: Think before you speak.

100

#3 Part B. (Pg 30).

Which sentence from the story supports your answer in Part A?

D: Facing the rabbi, she said, ‘I could not take back the feathers any more than I could take back my words.’” (paragraph 7)

100

#1A (Pg. 32)

Why were the New York City cops at the Harlem apartment?

B: A tiger had bitten its owner.

100

#2 (Pg. 32)

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

C. Tiger cubs may be cute but they are naturally wild, dangerous, and hard to handle.

200

#3 (pg. 43)

What does the word constructed mean as it is used in this sentence? (RI.2.4)

“The Tocobaga also constructed a tool by placing a living tree branch through a shell with a hole over it.”

A: created

200

#2A (pg. 49)

What is the theme of Passage 2?

C: Persevere when life isn’t easy.

200

#1B (pg 32)

Which sentence supports your answer in Part A?


A: “A doctor treated the man’s wounds.” (paragraph 2)

200

#1 (pg. 43)

Select the sentence that explains how the animals of Tampa Bay made the Tocobaga Indians great hunters.

A: There were many kinds of animals to hunt.

200

#5A (pg. 44)

What is the main idea of the passage?

A: The Tocabaga Indians were resourceful.

300

#1 (pg. 49)

Cast of Characters: Characters with speaking parts like a play

Stage Directions: Where the characters need to stand/walk

Stanzas: Sections or lines of a Poem

A: passage 1 

D: Passage 1

H:Passage 2

300

#2B (pg. 49)

Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Part A?

D: “So boy, don’t you turn back. / Don’t you set down on the steps / ‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. / Don’t you fall now — / For I’se still goin’, honey” (lines 14-18)

300

#3 (Pg. 32)

What evidence does the author use to support the idea that tigers should not be kept as pets?

D: “When they are not in the wild, big cats need lots of care.” (paragraph 10)

300

#2 (pg. 43)

Based on the information in the passage, why did the Tocobaga Indians wear deerskin?

B: for camouflage

300

#5B (pg. 44)

Fill in the circles before two details from the passage that support the answer in Part A.

C: “The Tocabaga developed many tools for hunting, cooking, and eating.” (paragraph 6)

E: “Items such as plates and pots have been found indicating that the Tocobaga Indians were expert potters.” (paragraph 9)

400

#1 (pg. 49)

Feelings of Characters: Describes how characters are feeling in the story

Setting: Describes the setting of the story

Rhythm: Has a beat or could be a rhyme

L: Both passages

O: Both passages

Q: Passage 2

400

#1 (pg. 29)

Place event in order:

The woman was unable to find all feathers

D: Finally

400

#4 (Pg. 33) 

What evidence does the author use to support the point that tigers should be kept as pets?

C. They can be safe if you know the right way to handle them.

400

#4A (pg. 44)

What happened to the Tocobaga Indians?

A: They died out because of outside influences.

400

#6 (pg. 45)

Which sentence supports the point that the Tocobaga used what was readily available to survive?

C: “Because of their proximity to both the bay and freshwater streams, the Tocobaga fished and gathered shellfish as their primary source of food.” (paragraph 4)

500

What are all the strategies we have learned?

Hint there are 10

Cover it                 Table It!

justify it                 Text Structure

Preview Questions      Point of View

SNOTS                    Unclutter it

Replace It               Process of Elimination


500

#1 (pg. 29)

Place event in order:

The rabbi told the woman to cut a feather pillow

G:Then

500

#4B (pg. 44)

Which sentence from paragraph 9 supports the answer in Part A?

B: He and his men found the Tocobaga and brought disease and violence to the tribe’s peaceful existence.

500

#1 (pg. 29)

Place event in order:

A woman was accused of starting a rumor

I: First

500

#1 (pg. 29)

Place event in order:

The woman said she was only joking

N: Next