Benchmark Unit 3 Week 2 practice

Read this passage. Then answer the questions.

Henry David Thoreau

1. Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s first great nature writers. He walked nearly every day in every season and every kind of weather. During his hikes, he observed and meditated on nature. He watched how it changes through the seasons. Later, he recorded his thoughts in journals. Few of Thoreau’s writings were published during his short lifetime. But eventually, his collected works filled twenty volumes.

2. Today, many people consider Thoreau the father of the environmental movement. Born in 1817, Thoreau saw our young nation growing and expanding. Americans were cutting down forests, clearing farmland, and founding towns. He hoped people would preserve wild lands. He thought each town should have a park or a forest of at least 500 acres.

3. Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

4. Emerson was a famous writer and thinker. He encouraged Thoreau’s writing. Thoreau made a plan to build a cabin where he could write. Emerson agreed to let him build it on his property near Walden Pond.

5. Townspeople were curious about Thoreau’s venture. He began to write notes in answer to their questions. This writing turned into a book called Walden. It tells the story of Thoreau’s two years in his cabin by Walden Pond. Walden became his most famous work.

6. Thoreau searched for deeper meaning in nature. He believed that people could get a better fix on their lives through nature. “We can never have enough of nature,” he wrote.

Choose one sentence that states the main idea

of the whole passage.

• Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s first great nature

  writers.

• He walked nearly every day in every season and every

  kind of weather.

• During his hikes, he observed and meditated on

  nature.

• He watched how it changes through the seasons.

• Later, he recorded his thoughts in journals. Few of Thoreau’s writings were published during his short lifetime. But eventually, his collected works filled twenty volumes.

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What is the meaning of the idiom by and large in paragraph 3?

Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

• fortunately

• happily

• busily

• mostly

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What is the meaning of the idiom by and large in paragraph 3?

Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

• Always says hi to the neigbors

• mostly

• Loves school so much

• Living large

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What is the meaning of the idiom by and large in paragraph 3?

Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

• He rather have his camera off and watch YouTube videos while his teacher is teaching him.

• mostly

• Loves school so much he never misses a meeting on google meet

• He rather do Pear deck.

• He wants to get more points on Class dojo

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Read this passage. Then answer the questions.

Henry David Thoreau

1. Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s first great nature writers. He walked nearly every day in every season and every kind of weather. During his hikes, he observed and meditated on nature. He watched how it changes through the seasons. Later, he recorded his thoughts in journals. Few of Thoreau’s writings were published during his short lifetime. But eventually, his collected works filled twenty volumes.

2. Today, many people consider Thoreau the father of the environmental movement. Born in 1817, Thoreau saw our young nation growing and expanding. Americans were cutting down forests, clearing farmland, and founding towns. He hoped people would preserve wild lands. He thought each town should have a park or a forest of at least 500 acres.

3. Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

4. Emerson was a famous writer and thinker. He encouraged Thoreau’s writing. Thoreau made a plan to build a cabin where he could write. Emerson agreed to let him build it on his property near Walden Pond.

5. Townspeople were curious about Thoreau’s venture. He began to write notes in answer to their questions. This writing turned into a book called Walden. It tells the story of Thoreau’s two years in his cabin by Walden Pond. Walden became his most famous work.

6. Thoreau searched for deeper meaning in nature. He believed that people could get a better fix on their lives through nature. “We can never have enough of nature,” he wrote.

Based on the passage, which two ideas about Thoreau are most likely true?

Click on the sentence that is correct.

• Thoreau did not need Emerson’s help.

• Thoreau was upset with the townspeople’s questions.

• Thoreau worried that America’s wild lands would disappear.

• Thoreau believed that his family did not respect his writing.

• Thoreau wrote mainly about nature.

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Read this passage. Then answer the questions.

Henry David Thoreau

1. Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s first great nature writers. He walked nearly every day in every season and every kind of weather. During his hikes, he observed and meditated on nature. He watched how it changes through the seasons. Later, he recorded his thoughts in journals. Few of Thoreau’s writings were published during his short lifetime. But eventually, his collected works filled twenty volumes.

2. Today, many people consider Thoreau the father of the environmental movement. Born in 1817, Thoreau saw our young nation growing and expanding. Americans were cutting down forests, clearing farmland, and founding towns. He hoped people would preserve wild lands. He thought each town should have a park or a forest of at least 500 acres.

3. Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

4. Emerson was a famous writer and thinker. He encouraged Thoreau’s writing. Thoreau made a plan to build a cabin where he could write. Emerson agreed to let him build it on his property near Walden Pond.

5. Townspeople were curious about Thoreau’s venture. He began to write notes in answer to their questions. This writing turned into a book called Walden. It tells the story of Thoreau’s two years in his cabin by Walden Pond. Walden became his most famous work.

6. Thoreau searched for deeper meaning in nature. He believed that people could get a better fix on their lives through nature. “We can never have enough of nature,” he wrote.

Based on the passage, which two ideas about Thoreau are most likely true?

Click on the sentence that is correct.

• Thoreau did not need Class dojo’s help to earn points in class.

• Thoreau was upset with the townspeople’s raffle.

• Thoreau worried that America’s wild lands would disappear.

• Thoreau believed that his family did not respect his camera off during google meets.

• Thoreau wrote mainly about nature.

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Which sentence best states the main idea of paragraph 3?

Click on the sentence you choose.

Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

• Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts.

• After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs.

• He was a teacher, and he started a school.

• For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory.

• Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Which sentence best states the main idea of paragraph 3?

Click on the sentence you choose.

Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

• Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Stockton, California.

• For a time, he worked in the family’s candy factory.

• He was a teacher, and he did distant learning for Grunksy school.

• After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs.

• Thoreau candies were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a candy man for his neighbor, See's Candy.

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Which sentence best states the main idea of paragraph 3?

Click on the sentence you choose.

Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs. He was a teacher, and he started a school. For a time, he worked in the family’s pencil factory. Thoreau pencils were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a handyman for his neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

• Thoreau spent his life, by and large, in his hometown of Stockton, California.

• For a time, he worked in the family’s candy factory.

• He was a teacher, and he did distant learning for Grunksy school.

• After he finished his schooling, he held various jobs.

• Thoreau candies were known as the best in America. Before long, Thoreau became a candy man for his neighbor, See's Candy.

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What is the meaning of the word venture in paragraph 5?

5. Townspeople were curious about Thoreau’s venture. He began to write notes in answer to their questions. This writing turned into a book called Walden. It tells the story of Thoreau’s two years in his cabin by Walden Pond. Walden became his most famous work.

• book

• project

• trip

• neighbor

• notes

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