The Elephant by Nora Archibald Smith

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The Elephantby Nora Archibald Smith
RID Revised 9/09
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• 1 What is the main idea of the poem The
  Elephant?
• A. The elephant cools itself in mud.
• B. The elephant is an uncommon creature.
• C. The elephant can live on a mountainside.

LC01 Demonstrate understanding of theme or
message and supporting details (Reading GLE 2.1.3)
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• 2 In the poem The Elephant the poet writes
  No couch for him is
• spread. What does she mean?
• A. The elephant sleeps standing up.
• B. The elephant needs space to sleep.
• C. The elephant lies down anywhere to sleep.

LC03 Make inferences or predictions based on the
reading (Reading GLE 2.1.5)
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3 Any of these words could be used to describe
the elephant in the poem The Elephant. Choose
the word you think best describes the elephant in
the poem. Unusual Active Flexible Use two
details from the poem The Elephant to
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LA06 Demonstrate understanding of literary
elements (genres story elements such as plot,
character, setting stylistic devices) and
graphic elements/ illustrations (Reading GLEs
2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.3)
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to the following
• Unusual Active Flexible
• Eats anything that is or has been green
• Finds drink in little plants
• Digs with trunk and feet if there is nothing wet
  / seeks water in riverbeds
• Cools himself in mud
• Moves as fast as a hare / Can run very fast on
  uneven ground (outstrips the tiger) / big but
  fast
• Stands to sleep / never sleeps or rests / no
  couch for him is spread
• Lives in a variety of places (mountainside /
  tropic vale)
• Cheerfully abides / oh Happy elephant
• The elephants the strangest best that ever I
  have seen
• Wags his flapping ears

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03 Any of these words could be used to describe
the elephant in the poem The Elephant. Choose
the word you think best describes the elephant in
the poem. Unusual Active Flexible Use two
details from the poem The Elephant to
support your choice. ____________________________
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This response states the word that best describes
the elephant in the poem and provides two
text-based details to support the choice E. he
can yet move as quickly as a hare C. he finds
drinks by digging with his trunk and feet in
riverbeds
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03 Any of these words could be used to describe
the elephant in the poem The Elephant. Choose
the word you think best describes the elephant in
the poem. Unusual Active Flexible Use two
details from the poem The Elephant to
support your choice. ____________________________
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This response circles the word that best
describes the elephant in the poem and provides
two text-based details to support the choice J.
Wags his flapping ears H. Oh, happy, happy
elephant
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03 Any of these words could be used to describe
the elephant in the poem The Elephant. Choose
the word you think best describes the elephant in
the poem. Unusual Active Flexible Use two
details from the poem The Elephant to
support your choice. ____________________________
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This response circles the word that best
describes the elephant in the poem and provides
one text-based detail to support the choice F.
they sleep standing up
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03 Any of these words could be used to describe
the elephant in the poem The Elephant. Choose
the word you think best describes the elephant in
the poem. Unusual Active Flexible Use two
details from the poem The Elephant to
support your choice. ____________________________
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The African Elephant by Sara Murray-Plumer
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• 4 In paragraph 2 of the selection The African
  Elephant, what is the
• meaning of the word consume?
• A. Waste
• B. Digest
• C. Trample

IC14 Interpret vocabulary critical to the
meaning of the text (Reading GLE 1.3.2)
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5 Explain why the elephants trunk is its most
unique feature. Include two details from the
selection The African Elephant in
your answer. ____________________________________
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IA18 Make connections (cause and effect) between
parts of text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to the following
• Has more than 40,000 muscles and tendons
• Pull up trees
• Dig for water
• Call to their friends
• Suck near two gallons of water into it
• Use to drink / trunk is not like a straw
• Blow water onto bodies to keep cool
• Has largest nose of any animal

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5 Explain why the elephants trunk is its most
unique feature. Include two details from the
selection The African Elephant in
your answer. ____________________________________
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This response explains why the elephants trunk
is its most unique feature by providing four
details from the selection A. elephant trunks
have 40,000 muscles in the trunk B. elephants
use the trunks to pull up trees C. dig for
water D. or call their friends
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5 Explain why the elephants trunk is its most
unique feature. Include two details from the
selection The African Elephant in
your answer. ____________________________________
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This response explains why the elephants trunk
is its most unique feature by providing one
detail from the selection A. the trunk has
40,000 muscles and tendons
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5 Explain why the elephants trunk is its most
unique feature. Include two details from the
selection The African Elephant in
your answer. ____________________________________
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• 6 Which sentence tells how the description of
  the elephant in the poem
• The Elephant and the description of the
  elephant in the selection
• The African Elephant are alike?
• A. Both describe how elephants sleep standing up.
• B. Both describe how elephants use their ivory
  tusks.
• C. Both describe how elephants dig up water with
  their trunks.

LA07 Compare and contrast elements within and
between text(s) (Reading GLEs 2.3.1, 2.4.6)
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07 How might the poem The Elephant be useful
to a zookeeper? Include two details from the poem
The Elephant in your answer. __________________
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African Elephant be useful to a zookeeper?
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IA20 Extend information beyond textapply
information, give a response to reading, express
insight gained from reading (Reading GLEs 2.4.1,
2.4.5) NOTE Extended response items are no
longer used on the Reading WASL for grades 3 5.
You may use them as a training tool for students
to go above and beyond, or adjust this item to
be worth 2 points.
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A 4-point response provides two text-based
details from the poem and two text-based details
from the selection to show how each would be
useful to a zookeeper. Example In the poem, it
tells that an elephant sleeps standing up. An
elephant can run as fast as a hare. The selection
is helpful because it tells that the zookeeper
needs to feed the elephant leaves, vegetables,
fruit and bark. Also, it states that an elephant
drinks 50 gallons of water a day. A 3-point
response provides two text-based details from the
poem and one text-based detail from the
selection OR One text-based detail from the poem
and two text-based details from the selection. A
2-point response provides one text-based detail
from the poem and one text-based detail from the
selection OR Two text-based details from the
poem OR Two text-based details from the
selection. A 1-point response provides one
text-based detail from the poem OR One text-based
detail from the selection.
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to
• Poem The Elephant
• Eats almost anything that is or has been green
• Finds a drink in little plants
• Seeks water in riverbeds/digs with trunk and feet
  if there is nothing wet
• Cools himself in mud
• Can run very fast on uneven ground/can run faster
  than a tiger/moves as fast as a hare
• Home is in a tropic vale or mountainside or
  plains
• Stands to sleep/never goes to bed/never takes a
  nap/never sleeps

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• Selection The African Elephant
• They eat 300 to 500 pounds of food a day/they eat
  grass, leaves, vegetables, fruit, bark
• They drink 50 gallons of water
• They have 4 large molars/They lose teeth and
  replace 6 times (die)
• Stretches out ears when angry or scared/flaps
  ears to cool themselves
• Uses/blows water to cool themselves
• Tusks can be used as both a tool and a weapon
• Biggest land animal/largest ears, nose, teeth,
  head and brain
• Elephants main predators are people/people
  leaving less and less space for elephant to
  wander
• The trunk has more than 40,000 muscles and
  tendons
• The ears weigh 110 pounds/can grow to 6 feet high
  and 4 feet wide
• Tusks can stretch 6 to 8 feet/weigh 10 to 100
  pounds/tusks are solid ivory
• Use their trunks to pull up trees, dig for water
  or call to their friends/can suck up 2 gallons of
  water

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07 How might the poem The Elephant be useful
to a zookeeper? Include two details from the poem
The Elephant in your answer. __________________
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Include two details from the selection The
African Elephant in your answer. _______________
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This response provides two details from the poem
and two details from the selection that might be
useful to a zookeeper F. his home is a tropical
vale C. or seek water from riverbeds AA.
elephants consume 300500 pounds of grass, brush
and food a day BB. elephants drink 50 gallons
of water to wash it down with
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07 How might the poem The Elephant be useful
to a zookeeper? Include two details from the poem
The Elephant in your answer. __________________
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Include two details from the selection The
African Elephant in your answer. _______________
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This response provides one detail from the poem
and two details from the selection that might be
useful to a zookeeper G. the elephant sleeps
standing AA. elephants consume 300500 lbs of
grass, leaves, vegetables, fruit and bark a
day BB. and 50 gallons of water
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07 How might the poem The Elephant be useful
to a zookeeper? Include two details from the poem
The Elephant in your answer. __________________
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Include two details from the selection The
African Elephant in your answer. _______________
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This response provides one detail from the poem
and one detail from the selection that might be
useful to a zookeeper A. he will eat anything
that is or has been green AA. it says how much
food they need like 300 to 500 pounds of grass,
leaves, fruit and bark each day
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07 How might the poem The Elephant be useful
to a zookeeper? Include two details from the poem
The Elephant in your answer. __________________
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Include two details from the selection The
African Elephant in your answer. _______________
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This response provides only one detail from the
poem that might be useful to a zookeeper G.
they sleep standing up
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07 How might the poem The Elephant be useful
to a zookeeper? Include two details from the poem
The Elephant in your answer. __________________
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Include two details from the selection The
African Elephant in your answer. _______________
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This response provides no text-based details that
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