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Note for Tutors (Please Read!) Administer this assessment using the following guidelines to ensure accuracy: Remove the last page for your grading reference. Your student must answer ALL questions on this assessment. You CAN read the questions on this assessment to your student. You CANNOT help your student choose an answer. There is no time limit. Note for Students (Please Read!) Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. If you have not learned about a question, choose the I have not learned this yet option, or, for some questions, choose I don t have an answer to this question. 1
1) Read these sentences: Sentence 1: I live for the moment, Luca said. Sentence 2: Lena could not go to the concert so she watched it on YouTube, while Jemima watched the concert live. What does the word live mean in each sentence? a. In sentence 1 live means to handle one s life, while in sentence 2 live means at the actual time that something happens. b. In sentence 1 live means at the actual time that something happens, while in sentence 2 live means to handle one s life. c. live means the same in sentence 1 and 2 d. none of the above e. I don t know the answer to this question 2) Read this sentence. In this sentence, the author is using a. A metaphor b. A simile c. Hyperbole d. Rhyme e. I have not learned this yet 3) Which of these is a synonym for the word remark? a. Decision b. Attempt c. Comment 2
d. Benefit e. I have not learned this yet 4) What is the correct way to write the sentence in the box? a. My friend went to Bangkok, Thailand; Tokyo, Japan; and Seoul, Korea for vacation. b. My friend went to Bangkok, Thailand. Tokyo, Japan. And Seoul, Korea for vacation. c. both a and b d. none of the above e. I have not learned this yet 5) Complete the sentence below by putting the words either and or in the proper blanks. I have not learned this yet. 6) Read the sentence in the box. Which word would BEST connect the two independent clauses in this sentence? a. Or 3
b. But c. Since d. Because e. I have not learned this yet 7) Read the sentence in the box. What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence? a. Song of the Early Riser b. Song of the early Riser c. Song of the Early Riser d. Leave as is e. I have not learned this yet 8) Read these sentences. What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? a. Mosquitoes do not have jaws, but they cannot actually bite. b. Mosquitoes do not have jaws since they cannot actually bite. c. Mosquitoes do not have jaws, although they cannot actually bite. d. Mosquitoes do not have jaws, so they cannot actually bite. 4
e. I have not learned this yet Read the passage below. Then, answer the questions on the next page. Shades of Silence Elijah Raine sat scratching his name into the hard-packed dirt with a pointed stick. Elijah! his mother called. Elijah glared at the yellow farmhouse that was now supposed to be his home. His mother stood in the doorway. She called him again. As he finished the last letter. He noticed something in the curve of the h he had written. Something metal glinted in the rosy late-afternoon sunlight. Elijah picked it up: a rusty old key. He stuck it in his pocket and walked down the hill. Grandpa Joseph had passed away last year, leaving his house and farm to his daughter Rebecca. Elijah had hoped that she would sell it and use the money to buy a house in the city. Elijah had been very unhappy about leaving his friends, his school, and the third-story apartment where had always lived. In the city, dinnertime had always been an opportunity for conversation between Elijah and his mother. Here, though, he had nothing to say. He knew his silence hurt his mother, but surely it was better than the angry stream of words that lay in wait behind it. It was best kept quiet. After dinner, he went down the creaky stairs to look for something to read. In the deep silence, his mother sat alone on the living-room sofa. On her lap lay a photo album. Looking up, she smiled hopefully and said, See what I found in the attic? He nodded but remained standing at the bottom of the stairs. Here s a picture of your grandfather, Rebecca said. Elijah moved closer and glanced down at the photograph. Then something else caught his eye. What s that? He asked, pointing to a painted wooden box on the coffee table. It s a silent music box, Rebecca said. She put down the album and took the box gently in both hands. Years ago, when I was a little girl, my brother took the key away. He ran outside and dropped it out there somewhere. She gazed out the window. We searched but never found it. Elijah sat down beside her and opened his hand. Suddenly his mother s eyes sparkled. That s it! How did you find it? He rubbed some rust and dirt off the key, and then handed it to her. Rebecca fit the key into the slot and wound up the music box. As its sweet melody played, mother and son listened together. 5
It has been silent for so long, Rebecca said. It s so clear! said Elijah. It sounds as good as new! The silence had been broken. 9) What is Elijah s main problem in the story? a. The key his mother needs is old and rusty. b. He is angry because his mother made him leave the city. c. His mother no longer talks to him. d. He does not want to come home when his mother calls him. e. I don t have an answer to this question 10) How does Elijah begin to solve his problem? a. He considers his mother s feelings. b. He decides to go back to the city. c. He finds a key that opens a secret room. d. He has fun playing outside on the farm. e. I don t have an answer to this question 11) The author uses details like creaky stairs to show that the house a. Should not be lived in anymore. b. Did not have very good stairs. c. Was not located in a city. d. Has been home to several generations. e. I don t have an answer to this question 6
12) When the music box plays again, it is a symbol of a. Hope b. Imagination c. Sacrifice d. Jealousy e. I don t have an answer to this question 7
Testing Notes (For Tutor Only): The assessment is now finished. Please check the boxes below if any of the following occurred during the exam. If anything else occurred, please use the space provided to write down additional notes. I had to read the questions to my student because he/she could not read them independently. My student was distracted during the exam, and I had to help him/her refocus. Scoring Guidelines: Refer to the table below for the correct answers to the questions and the corresponding Common Core Standard. Use the standards to help find lessons that will address the specific skills in which the student needs help. Start with the skills the student performed lowest in or were unable to answer. If your student was unable to complete at least 50% of the questions correctly, then please use the 4 th grade assessment as a reference. Question Number Correct Answer Topic/Standard 1 A Use word relationships (synonym, antonym, homographs) to distinguish word meaning. (L.5.5.C) 2 B Know types of figurative language. (L.5.5.A) 3 C L.5.5.C 4 A Use accurate punctuation (comma, semicolon) to separate items in a series. (L.5.2.A) 8
5 You can either bake the pie or the bread. Understand how to use correlative conjunctions (either/or, neither/nor). (L.5.1.E) 6 B Understand conjunctions. (L.5.1.A) 7 C Know how to indicate titles of works (either use quotation marks or italics). (L.5.2.D) 8 D Understand how to combine or reduce sentences (simple, compound, and complex sentences). (L.5.3.A) 9 B Be able to read and comprehend grade appropriate texts. (RL.5.10) 10 A Determine the theme of various literature through details from a text. (RL.5.2) 11 D Determine meaning of words or phrases in a text. including figurative language. (RL.5.4) 12 A RL.5.4 9