SC Ready ELA Practice

Which title should be enclosed in quotation marks?

• a novel entitled Mark My Words
• a play called I Love the Cardinal's Song
• a movie entitled The Return of the Vikings
• a textbook entitled Collections

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the sentences.
I have a new friend named Paige Turner. I can't figure out why everybody giggles when she says her name out lout.
Which is the best way to combine the sentences?

• I have a friend named Paige Turner I can't figure out why everybody giggles when she says her name out loud.
• I have a friend named Paige Turner, I can't figure out why everybody giggles when she says her name out loud.
• I have a friend named Paige Turner, but I can't figure out why everybody giggles when she says her name out loud.
• I have a friend named Paige Turner but I can't figure out why everybody giggles when she says her name out loud.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

I tried watermelon with salt on it because one day my great-aunt told me she liked it that way.  It tasted very different from plain watermelon, but it was pretty good. I still like plain watermelon best, so I will ______ eat it plain, but once in a while I will eat it with salt just for fun.
Which word best completes the sentence?

• finally
• usually
• therefore
• additionally

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Danya stood in the long line in the lunchroom and looked around curiously while she waited on her turn.  The room was packed with students, but it looked like only those who brought a lunch from home were eating.  There were no school lunches at the counter yet.  Danya wondered what was causing the delay. Then she saw a lunchroom worker come through the door from the kitchen, pushing a large cart full of fresh, hot food.  The room erupted with cheers.
Choose the BEST concluding sentence for the paragraph.

• Danya was really hungry!
• Finally the food was ready!
• The other students in line were growing impatient.
• Danya wondered what the excitement was about.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

A student made a plan for research.  Read the plan and the directions that follow. 
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RESEARCH REPORT PLAN
Topic: silent movies of the 1900s to 1920s
Audience: my teacher and classmates
Purpose: to inform
Research Question: How and when were silent movies invented?
_________________
The student found the following sources.  Which source would MOST LIKELY have information needed to answer the research question?

• a newspaper article that offers recommendations about new movies
• a magazine article called "Will Silent Movies Become Popular Again?"
• a webpage that allows users to make silent movies featuring cartoon characters
• a chapter called "The Age of the Silent Movie" in a book titled A History of Movies

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

_{My Wish}
Latin class @ 3:00
Piano lesson @ 4:00
Then play rehearsal and finally homework
With this schedule, life’s never a bore.
But sometimes I wish
I wish that I could be free
Free to think
Free to daydream
Free to just be me!
A kid with no commitments
Well, other than school
And maybe one extracurricular activity
That I get to choose
Yes, sometimes I wish
I wish that I could be free
Free to think
Free to daydream
Free to just be me!
-- By Kia Simmons

What details in the above poem tell us that the poet is a child who is very involved in activities both in and out of school?

• Then play rehearsal and finally homework
  
• And may be one extracurricular activity, that I get to choose
• A kid with no commitments, well, other than school
  
• All of these

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

My Wish
Latin class @ 3:00
Piano lesson @ 4:00
Then play rehearsal and finally homework
With this schedule, life’s never a bore.
But sometimes I wish
I wish that I could be free
Free to think
Free to daydream
Free to just be me!
A kid with no commitments
Well, other than school
And maybe one extracurricular activity
That I get to choose
Yes, sometimes I wish
I wish that I could be free
Free to think
Free to daydream
Free to just be me!
-- By Kia Simmons

What is the main idea of the above poem?

• Kids need time to be just themselves every day
• Kids need time to just think and daydream
•  Both 'A' and 'B'

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

My Wish
Latin class @ 3:00
Piano lesson @ 4:00
Then play rehearsal and finally homework
With this schedule, life’s never a bore.
But sometimes I wish
I wish that I could be free
Free to think
Free to daydream
Free to just be me!
A kid with no commitments
Well, other than school
And maybe one extracurricular activity
That I get to choose
Yes, sometimes I wish
I wish that I could be free
Free to think
Free to daydream
Free to just be me!
-- By Kia Simmons
“And maybe one extracurricular activity”

What does the word “extracurricular” mean according to the above poem?

• Outside the conventional bounds
  
• Outside the regular curriculum
• Outside one’s capacity
  
• Outside activity

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Choose the correct homonym to go in each blank.I decided to go over _________ to pick up ___________ extra cookies.

• there, they're
  
• they're, there
  
• there, their
  
• their, there
  

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word.Bethany watched the medical procedure with extreme awe. She could not look away because it was absolutely mesmerizing.

• horrible
• helpful
• compelling
• pretty

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4