Journeys 2017 Antarctic Journal Comprehension

How does the author organize the events in her journal?

• sequentially by date
• scientifically by creature
• systematically from east to west
• geographically by latitude and longitude

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

Which text from the journal includes a simile?

• "The careless scuff of a boot heel..."
• "Twilight falls and I crawl into my tent..."
• "Frustrated birds shriek like squabbling children..."
• "I have learned that the largest animal on Earth, the hundred-ton blue whale..."

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CCSS.L.4.5A

In her journal, the author describes a penguin rookery.  What is a penguin rookery?

• a home for a single penguin family
• a place where penguins hunt for food
• a nesting area for hundreds of penguins
• a caged area for studying captured penguins

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.4

At Palmer Station, the author learns that blue whales eat krill.  What is krill?

• one-celled plants
• a kind of green algae
• large animals similar to seals
• tiny shrimplike ocean animals

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

Which of these phrases from the journal does NOT help you understand the sequence of events?

• earlier today
• twilight falls
• it was three in the morning
• three miles from Palmer Island

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.W.4.3C

The author falls into a crevasse.  What is a crevasse?

• a deep, narrow river
• a wide, shallow lake
• a deep, narrow crack
• a wide, shallow canyon

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

Which text from the journal included a metaphor?

• "It was three in the morning, bright outside..."
• "....I climbed in a stillness broken only by the noise of snow..."
• "Dressed in a watchman cap, three layers under my parka and boots..."
• "Near the top I heard a cracking sound, a slap magnified a million times."

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CCSS.L.4.5A

Why does the author include the phrases, After a few deep breaths and It was an hour before in the sentences below?
After a few deep breaths, I began to scramble out.  Terrified the crack would keep growing, I moved slowly.  It was an hour before I was on firm ice.

• to create a sense of terror in the reader
• to show how metaphors can create a sense of suspense
• to demonstrate that she is not an experienced climber
• to show the sequence of events and the passage of time

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

When does the author see the green flash in the sky?

• at noon
• at dawn
• at sunset
• at three in the morning

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

When does the author leave Antarctica and go home?

• in March
• in January
• in February
• in December

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3