Reading Spring 2024 ESL

Many of the movies of the past year have been thrilling. Classic adventure stories and 21^st century computer animations are a terrific combination when you are looking for a visually satisfying movie. Movie goers will have fun and be entertained, but will they learn anything? Unfortunately, they probably will not.

 

Betty Bluefoot, the Amazing J.J. Simmons, and the Incredible Giant are dramatic characters who live exciting lives. However, none of them have anything in common with real people. You will not learn much about yourself from them. It is fun to see a flying unicorn, a wizard boy, and a giant in action, but these characters – and the movies they star in – offer a short escape from reality and not much else.

1.What did the author like about this year’s movies?

• The modern animations

• The realistic characters

• The things they taught moviegoers

• The things they have in common with real people

Many of the movies of the past year have been thrilling. Classic adventure stories and 21^st century computer animations are a terrific combination when you are looking for a visually satisfying movie. Movie goers will have fun and be entertained, but will they learn anything? Unfortunately, they probably will not.

 

Betty Bluefoot, the Amazing J.J. Simmons, and the Incredible Giant are dramatic characters who live exciting lives. However, none of them have anything in common with real people. You will not learn much about yourself from them. It is fun to see a flying unicorn, a wizard boy, and a giant in action, but these characters – and the movies they star in – offer a short escape from reality and not much else.

2.What is the author’s main criticism of this year’s movies?

• The stories are too old.

• The movies are too long.

• The stories do not reflect real life.

• The movies are not visually satisfying.

Many of the movies of the past year have been thrilling. Classic adventure stories and 21^st century computer animations are a terrific combination when you are looking for a visually satisfying movie. Movie goers will have fun and be entertained, but will they learn anything? Unfortunately, they probably will not.

 

Betty Bluefoot, the Amazing J.J. Simmons, and the Incredible Giant are dramatic characters who live exciting lives. However, none of them have anything in common with real people. You will not learn much about yourself from them. It is fun to see a flying unicorn, a wizard boy, and a giant in action, but these characters – and the movies they star in – offer a short escape from reality and not much else.

3.Which of the following storylines for a movie would the author probably like?

• An explorer is lost in the wilderness and uses his tools to return to safety.

• A car comes alive, but when someone tries to steal it, the car turns into a train.

• A mermaid rescues a sailor, but then struggles to find her way back to sea.

• A monster frightens people in town, but a pilot sends it away.

After printing Margie’s movie review, the newspaper received a letter to the editor.

Dear Margie,

I read your movie review. I love adventure movies, and while I understand your concerns, I disagree about the lessons for moviegoers. I believe adventure movies can convey important messages even if they aren’t necessarily set in reality. For example, movies can teach us how to identify a problem and to find solutions to the problem. You noted that the characters in “The Incredible Giant” don’t have anything in common with real people, but in the movie, the giant solves her problems by talking to her friends. Though my problem may be different, I can still learn a way to solve it. There are many other real-life lessons in adventure movies, too.

 

Best Regards,

Arthur

 

4.Why did Arthur write his letter?

• To suggest a movie for review

• To agree with Margie

• To offer his opinion

• To find a solution to the problem

The Sounds of My Day

 

Beep! I wake up and look out at the sky.

The early light tells me “Get up; at least try.”

I rise and I yawn and I stretch like a cat,

Shovel down breakfast and put on my hat.

 

Ring! The school bell sends me from class to class.

As the sun sparkles through the window glass.

Like a sponge, I soak up all the knowledge I can

And after last bell walk to where I began.

 

Buzz! The screen of my phone shines like some little star

Holding my friends—telling me where they are.

So many sounds in my pocket each day.

Each one a reminder when to go or to stay.

5. What is the main character doing in the first verse of the poem?

• Getting ready for school

• Finishing homework

• Talking to friends

Beep! I wake up and look out at the sky.

The early light tells me “Get up; at least try.”

I rise and I yawn and I stretch like a cat,

Shovel down breakfast and put on my hat.

 

Ring! The school bell sends me from class to class.

As the sun sparkles through the window glass.

Like a sponge, I soak up all the knowledge I can

And after last bell walk to where I began.

 

Buzz! The screen of my phone shines like some little star

Holding my friends—telling me where they are.

So many sounds in my pocket each day.

Each one a reminder when to go or to stay.

6.Which line from the poem compares two things?

• “Shovel down breakfast and put on my hat.”

• “Like a sponge I soak up all the knowledge I can.”

• “Each one a reminder when to go or to stay.”

Beep! I wake up and look out at the sky.

The early light tells me “Get up; at least try.”

I rise and I yawn and I stretch like a cat,

Shovel down breakfast and put on my hat.

 

Ring! The school bell sends me from class to class.

As the sun sparkles through the window glass.

Like a sponge, I soak up all the knowledge I can

And after last bell walk to where I began.

 

Buzz! The screen of my phone shines like some little star

Holding my friends—telling me where they are.

So many sounds in my pocket each day.

Each one a reminder when to go or to stay.

7. What does the line refer to? “Holding my friends—telling me where they are.”

• A star

• A sound

• A phone

• A pocket

This shows the base of the dog house.

 

8. What shape is the base of the dog house?

• oval

• triangle

• rectangle

• circle

Marcus needs to calculate the area of the floor. He knows the length of the floor is 6 feet and the width is 4 feet. To find the area of the floor he multiplies the length times the width.

 

9. What equation shows what Marcus will do?

• 6 x 4 = 24

• 6 – 4 = 2

• 6 + 4 = 10

• 6 ÷ 2 = 3

Marcus built the floor and sides of the dog house. Now he will use some boards to make the roof. The boards are 6 feet long and 9 inches wide, he needs to figure out how many boards he needs for the roof. The length of the doghouse is 6 feet long so the boards are the correct length already.

 

The width of one side of the roof is 36 inches. Since his boards are 9 inches wide, he needs to figure out how many boards he needs for the roof. Marcus divides 36 inches by the width of one board and finds he will need 4 boards to cover half of the roof. He multiplies that number by 2 and finds he will need 8 boards for the whole roof.

10. Which equations show how Marcus determines the number of boards he needs for the roof?

• 36 ÷ 9 = 4

  6 x 2 = 12

• 36 ÷ 9 = 4

  4 x 2 = 8

• 36 + 4 = 40

  8 ÷ 2 = 4

• 36 + 4 = 40

  2 x 4 = 8