Day 4 STAAR® Blitz Assignment

How is White Wing from “White Wing” SIMILAR to the farmer from “The Giant Turnip”?

• Both White Wing and the farmer become caught in a trap.
• Both White Wing and the farmer ask a cow to help them.
• Both White Wing and the farmer get help from a cat.
• Both White Wing and the farmer face a task that is too hard to do alone.

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• A and B

• A and D

• B and D

• C and B

Which sentence best describes a SIMILARITY between the texts “White Wing” and “The Giant Turnip”?

• Both texts include a hunter setting a trap.
• Both texts include a group working together to complete a hard task.
• Both texts include a character who the others think is too small to help.
• Both texts include a group that gets stuck in a trap.

What does the farmer learn from his experience?

• Working together is better than working alone.
• Doing things by yourself is the only way to be successful.
• Farming is a hard job and isn’t worth the effort.
• Turnips are not meant to be pulled out of the ground.

Which word is a synonym for the word tumbled in paragraph 11?

• stood
• fell
• grew
• broke

With which statement about the mouse would the author most likely agree?

• The mouse wants to be helpful.
• The mouse wants the turnip for himself.
• The mouse doesn’t believe they will get the turnip out.
• The mouse is not helpful.

Select the response that corrects the spelling error in sentence 1.

• grabedd
• graabed
• grabbed
• grabt

This paragraph needs a closing sentence. Which of the following sentences should be added after sentence 2 to help close the story?

• Then, the farmer’s wife went to bed.
• Good things come from working together.
• The mouse did not want to eat the soup.
• The farmer would not share.