Language Live! Level 1 Unit 7 Content Mastery

Infer why whales change their songs.

To answer this prompt, I need to ______.

• make sense of or assign meaning to something

• explain the relationship between ideas or concepts

• provide a logical conclusion using evidence and prior knowledge

• state the similarities between two or more things

Relate whale songs to the music you listen to.

To answer this prompt, I need to ______.

• explain the relationship between ideas or concepts

• make sense of or assign meaning to something

• state the similarities between two or more things

• create groups and place information into those groups based on shared characteristics

Interpret the following statement: Male whales that are near each other all sing the same song.

To answer this prompt, I need to ______.

• state the similarities between two or more things

• make sense of or assign meaning to something

• create groups and place information into those groups based on shared characteristics

• provide a logical conclusion using evidence and prior knowledge

Compare a whale’s phrase with a whale’s theme.

To answer this prompt, I need to ______.

• explain the relationship between ideas or concepts

• create groups and place information into those groups based on shared characteristics

• provide a logical conclusion using evidence and prior knowledge

• state the similarities between two or more things

The ice skater spun like a top and then she made a graceful leap, landing on one foot.

Which of these phrases is the simile in that sentence?

• The ice skater spun like a top

• the ice skater spun

• she made a graceful leap

• landing on one foot

That boy eats like a horse, but he’s still skinny.

Which of these phrases is the simile in that sentence?

• he's still skinny

• That boy eats like a horse

• That boy eats

• but he's

The dancers floated like bubbles on a breeze as they danced across the floor.

Which of these phrases is the simile in that sentence?

• bubbles on a breeze

• they danced

• The dancers floated like bubbles

• The dancers

When Sam had a cold last week, his nose was as red as a cherry.

Which of these phrases is the simile in that sentence?

• his nose was as red as a cherry

• When Sam had a cold

• Sam had a cold last week

• his nose was red

I was so tired that the rough, rocky ground felt as soft as a pillow when I sat down.

Which of these phrases is the simile in that sentence?

• so tired that the rough, rocky ground

• I was so tired that the rough, rocky ground

• when I sat down

• the rough, rocky ground felt as soft as a pillow

Whale songs fascinate many people.

Choose the object pronoun to replace the underlined words in the sentence.

• they

• it

• them

• you