Benchmark Small Group Instruction Unit 4 Week 1 Something Uneas

What is the meaning of the word uneasy as it is used in paragraph 4? (4.V.1.3)

• Excited

• Anxious

• Happy

• Scared

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ELA.4.V.1.3

Part A: What can you infer about how Cracker feels about the stranger who came to take her? (4.R.1.3)

• Cracker is happy to go with the stranger.

• Cracker is excited for a new experience.

• Cracker is scared to go with the stranger.

• Cracker nervous but willing to go with the stranger.

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ELA.4.R.1.3

Part B: Which two sentences support the inference in Part A? (4.R.1.3)

• “She snarled again and began to lunge at the man who jerked hard on her chain.”

• “Willie’s mother was crying.”

• “People smelled different, acted different, looked different and just were plain different when they felt uneasy.”

• “Cracker heard a very uncourageous squeal from her own throat.”

• “Cracker was stronger than Willie’s father as well as stronger than the new man.”

What explains Willie’s mom’s perspective that she is sad to see Cracker go? (4.R.1.3)

• She cries when the stranger comes to take Cracker away.

• She screams at the man who comes to take Cracker.

• She yells at Willie’s father for trying to give Cracker away.

• She tries to rescue Cracker from being taken away.

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ELA.4.R.1.3

In which sentence does the narrator reveal why Cracker listens to Willie’s parents? (4.R.1.3)

• “She lifted up her head when she heard Willie’s parents come home and a strange man talking with them.” b. c. d.

• “This was not usual procedure; still, Cracker had learned to tolerate Willie’s parents, even listen to them.”

• “She was Willie’s and Will was hers, and nothing else much mattered.”

• “Before she lay down, Cracker pawed and pawed at the covers until they were perfectly scrunched up in the middle.”

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ELA.4.R.1.3

Select two sentences that could be used to create a summary of the passage: (4.R.3.2a)

• Cracker pawed at the covers until they were perfect.

• Cracker hears Willie’s parents talking to a strange many but doesn’t think much about it.

• A strange man came to take Cracker to Vietnam to serve as a scout.

• Cracker sometimes gets taken to a place where she gets poked and prodded.

• Cracker sometimes listens to Willie’s parents.

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ELA.4R.3.2.a