Winds of Hope & Wheelchair Sports Assessment

This athlete is considered one of the best. Which word below describes this athlete?

• inspector

• impoverished

• traditional

• elite

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

Accomplishing something means you have met your....

• prestigious

• elite

• objective

• tradition

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

In "Winds of Hope", what made William want to build his windmill?

• William thought that a windmill could help his family and their farm.

• William wanted to learn about windmills since he could no longer go to school.

• William found a book in his library that showed how to build windmills on farms.

• William hoped that people would see his windmill and come to his farm to ask him about it.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.W.5.9A

In "Winds of Hope", how did William get many of the parts needed to build the windmill?

• He bought them at a store in town.

• He borrowed them from his teachers.

• He collected them from the junkyard.

• He looked for them in the maize fields.

What does it mean to supply crops with water through a system of pipes, sprinklers, or streams.

• irrigate

• inspector

• photographed

• prestigious

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

What would an impoverished village look like?

• many big and beautiful buildings

• clean streets and lush gardens

• small huts and old buildings

Which sentence best summarizes the Central Idea (Main Idea) of the "Winds of Hope" passage?

• William did a great thing for his African village.

• By capturing the power of wind, William made it easier to get electricity in Africa.

• William was able to travel around the world and achieve his dream of going to college.

• Although he had only an eighth grade education, William became famous for building a windmill.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

You just reread paragraphs 15, 16, and 17 on page 42 of "Winds of Hope". After the school inspector saw William's windmill, what effect did this have on his life?

He did a TED Talk in Tanzania.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.3

You just reread paragraphs 15, 16, and 17 on page 42 of "Winds of Hope". After the school inspector saw William's windmill, what effects did this have on his life?

His story was popular on the internet.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

In "Wheelchair Sports", what made Marilyn Hamilton invent the Quickie wheelchair?

• She wanted to compete in the Paralympics.

• She wanted a lighter and faster wheelchair to play sports in

• She wanted to play tennis without getting blisters on her hands.

• She wanted to expand the range of sports athletes could participate in.