Roosters Place in the Sun

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Roosters Place in the Sun by Bob Morrow
Grade 5 Sample Test
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• 7 What is the authors purpose for writing this
  story?
• A. To describe how animals live peacefully
  together in a barnyard
• B. To teach a lesson about the effects of
  ordering others around
• C. To entertain with a funny story about the sun
• rising

LA09 Analyze author's purpose and evaluate
effectiveness for different audiences (Reading
GLEs 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4)
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• 8 What is the meaning of the word restrain in
  paragraph 18?
• A. Hold back
• B. Open up
• C. Let go

LC04 Interpret vocabulary critical to the
meaning of the text (Reading GLE 1.3.2)
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LC02 Summarize with evidence from the reading
(Reading GLE 2.1.7) Note This stem has been
updated.
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• Text-based main events may include but are not
  limited to
• Rooster thinks hes important because he thinks
  his crow raises the sun.
• Rooster tells the animals they must obey him
  because the sun does.
• The animals tell Rooster he doesnt raise the
  sun/laugh at Rooster.
• Rooster decides not to crow.
• The sun rises anyway and Rooster feels not
  needed/realizes he doesnt make the sun rise.
• The animals oversleep/the animals get mad.
• The animals tell Rooster they need him to crow to
  wake them.
• Rooster is proud/feels important to have a job/he
  never misses a wake-up call.

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Rooster thought that he woke up the sun and the
other animals would obey him. The animals
laughed at him for thinking that. The next
morning he didnt crow but the sun still came
up. At the end he finds out that they do need
him to crow to wake them all up.
It summarized the story with more than three main
events. (A) Rooster thought that he woke up the
sun (B) and the other animals would obey him. (C)
The animals laughed at him for thinking that. (D)
The next morning he didnt crow (E) but the sun
still came up and (G) At the end he finds out
that they do need him to crow to wake them all up.
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Every morning Rooster crowed and the sun came up.
He thought that he could be the bos of everyone
and when he did not awake the other animals they
got mad because the missed there breakfast.
It summarizes the story with three main events.
(A) Every morning Rooster crowed and the sun came
up. (B) He thought that he could be the bos of
everyone and (F) when he did not awake the other
animals they got mad.
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the rooster tried to Bos the other animals
around. the rooster wook the sun the pig and cow
were mad at the rooster.
It partially summarizes the story with two main
events. (B) the rooster tried to Bos the other
animals around and (F) the pig and cow were mad
at the rooster.
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The cow, pig, owl, and other animals needed the
rooster to wake them up. .
It partially summarizes the story with one main
event. (G) The cow, pig, owl, and other animals
needed the rooster to wake them up.
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He wandered about the barn yard. He was very sad
each moment for himself.
The response includes no text-based details.
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• 10 According to the story, which sentence tells
  how Pig and Cow
• are alike?
• A. They both believe Rooster should be obeyed.
• B. They both think Rooster makes the sun rise.
• C. They both need Rooster to wake them up.

LA07 Compare and contrast elements of text
(Reading GLEs 2.3.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.6)
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• 11 Who might benefit most from reading this
  story?
• A. Someone who lives on a farm.
• B. Someone who orders friends around.
• C. Someone who needs to wake up early.

LA10 Extend information beyond text apply
information, give a response to reading, express
insight gained from reading (Reading GLEs 2.4.1,
2.4.5)
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LC03 Make inferences or predictions based on the
reading (Reading GLE 2.1.5)
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• Possible predictions may include but are not
  limited to
• An animal will oversleep.
• The sun will rise.
• The other animals will be mad.
• Text-based details may include but are not
  limited to
• The pig overslept/missed breakfast.
• The cow overslept/was embarrassed when the farmer
  had to wake her.
• The animals tell Rooster that he needs to crow to
  wake them up (its his job).
• When the rooster did not crow, the sun rose.

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The student states a reasonable prediction, I
think pig and cow will be agry with rooster and
gives text-based support (A) pig overslept and
missed breakfast and (B) cow overslept and got
enbarised because the farmar had to wake him up.
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If Rooster fails to crow tomorrow, I think Pig
and Cow will get mad at him because in the story
when Rooster did not crow, Pig and Cow got mad at
him and told him to do his job.
The student states a reasonable prediction, I
think Pig and Cow will get mad at him and gives
text-based support (C) because in the storyPig
and Cow got mad at him and told him to do his job.
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The animals might not talk with him or be his
friend any more.
The student states a reasonable prediction, The
animals might not talk with him or be his friend
any more.
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The Animals wont wake up
The student states a reasonable prediction, The
Animals wont wake up
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I think that he will fail tomorrow because the
rooster felt bad for himself and thought he was
being to bossy and rude and uneeded, but cow said
that it was farmers fault because he woke cow
and pig forgot breakfast.
The response includes no reasonable prediction
and no text-based support.