The Chocolate Collection Unit Reading Assessment (Amplify)

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Which sentence in the letter from Lord Rothschild explains what caused him to request the drawing? Options: “We have received information that the enemy are using pound slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate.”, “When you break off a piece of chocolate at one end in the normal way, instead of it falling away, a piece of canvas is revealed stuck into the middle of the piece which has been broken off and sticking into the middle of the remainder of the slab.”, “I wonder if you could do a drawing for me of an explosive slab of chocolate.", “Would it be possible for you to do a drawing of this, one possibly with the paper half taken off revealing one end and another with the piece broken off showing the canvas.”

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“We have received information that the enemy are using pound slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate.”

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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Read this sentence from Lord Rothschild’s letter: “When the piece of chocolate is pulled sharply, the canvas is also pulled and this initiates the mechanism.” Which of the following would BEST replace the underlined word? (RI.CS.4) Options: communicates with, tugs on, begins, introduces

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begins

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

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What information from the letter is NOT included in the caption of the chocolate bomb drawing? Options: The bomb is made of chocolate-covered steel., Breaking off a piece of chocolate pulls the canvas., The bomb explodes after a delay of seven seconds., The wrapper says PETERS brand chocolate.

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The wrapper says PETERS brand chocolate.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

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What is the author’s MAIN purpose for beginning paragraph 1 with a question to readers?

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To grab the readers’ attention by making them think about their own experiences with the topic

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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Why does Sametta not go to school?

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Her family needs her to work in order for them to survive.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

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Meaning of the phrase “out of the question” in the sentence: “Going to school is out of the question.”

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Going to school is not possible for child laborers.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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“For generations they have depended on growing and selling cocoa beans as their main means of survival.”

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Method 

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

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Which sentence from paragraph 5 MOST CLEARLY states that a lack of money among farming families is the biggest reason for child labor? a. In 2001 the U.S. government created a document, the Harkin-Engel Protocol, that called the chocolate companies to help eliminate child slavery and child labor by July 2005. , b. However, chocolate companies have not abided by this protocol and the deadline has been extended to July 2008., c. Even if the companies do convince countries to stop selling their children, and they teach farmers that their children need to go to school, the cocoa farmers would still make barely enough money to survive

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c. Even if the companies do convince countries to stop selling their children, and they teach farmers that their children need to go to school, the cocoa farmers would still make barely enough money to survive

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Which sentence from paragraph 6 BEST explains what “Fair Trade Certified” means?

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Companies that buy cocoa beans from these farmers sign a document promising to pay the farmers a fair trade price which is enough for them to buy food and clothing for their families and send their children to school.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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Which sentence from paragraph 6 MOST clearly states the writer’s point of view? Options: a. There is hope. b. An emerging group of farms in Africa and South America are called Fair Trade Certified. c. Companies that buy cocoa beans from these farmers sign a document promising to pay the farmers a fair trade price which is enough for them to buy food and clothing for their families and send their children to school. d. There are about 45,000 farmers in this program. e. Chocolate made from these farmers’ beans is labeled Fair Trade. f. Also, all organic chocolate made with cocoa grown on farms without child laborers is labeled fair trade.

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a. There is hope.