Women Airforce Service Pilots Benchmark ELA

What is the main idea of this passage?

• men and women joined WASP

• Some women flew equipment from place to place

• it tells all about what women did in WASP during World War II

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

Which sentence from the passage tells about the main idea?

• “They had serious jobs that supported the

  war effort.”

• “Some were accepted. But training was so hard that

  not many graduated.”

• “WASP proved that women could fly as well as men.”

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

What is a reason that women did not get into the WASP Program?

• They were too scared.

• They were mad they were not considered members of the army

• They needed to know how to fly a plane, and they did not pass the flying test.

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which word best shows that the WASP program could

be difficult?

• highly

• dangerous

• regular

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is one this the women in the WASP program did to help the war?

Write in a COMPLETE sentence...

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

What was the most interesting thing you learned from reading this text?

"The most interesting thing I learned from reading this was..."

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which sentence from the passage helps you

understand the meaning of the word disagreed?

• The pilots in the U.S. Army were men.”

• They thought women weren’t strong enough to fly

  huge airplanes.

• But the Army needed more pilots.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4