Yosemite Morning

Fresh snow has fallen overnight and blankets the ground, the rocks, and the massive boulders with a silent quilt of white.

What do the words quilt of white mean in this sentence?

• warm blanket

• layer of snow

• slippery ice

• pebbles and dust

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

When I turn around, he is standing there with his head covered in a thick crown of snow.

What does this sentence really mean?

• The brother made a crown of branches.

• The brother has a pile of snow on his head.

• The brother is turning in circles to look at the snow.

• The brother is wearing a thick cap to keep off the snow.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

I pull my foot out, finally, only to find that it's just my sock that has escaped. My boot is still buried.

What has happened to the narrator?

• The narrator has buried her boot and sock in the snow.

• The narrator has lost her sock during the hike.

• the narrator's boot is still stuck in the snow.

• The narrator's boot and sock have been taken.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

In a flash, she is gone.

The author uses the words in a flash to show that the deer runs.

• through a bright light

• in a clumsy way

• very quickly

• when lightning struck

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

When the deer runs away, the narrator says, "In the woods, her white tail waves her goodbye."

Which is the BEST literal restatement of the idea?

• The deer turns and waves goodbye from the woods.

• The deer's tail begins twitching as she enters the woods.

• The der uses her tail to wave goodbye to the children.

• The deer's tail is the last thing the narrator sees as the animal leaves.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What does the word famished mean in paragraph 5?

• Tired

• hungry

• unhappy

• confused

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The following sentence uses words in a nonliteral sense. Type a response for what you believe the sentence means.

The air smells green and icy.

The following sentence uses words in a nonliteral sense. Type a response for what you believe the sentence means.

Later, we will take them into the woods and show them the silence.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5