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Worksheets for

students’ assessments

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Luz A. Cruz Elementary School

Humacao, PR

Name: _______________________ Date: __________________________

Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret

Cloze Summary Activity

In Earth quake Terror, Jonathan and his sister Abby are camping with their

parents on an island. When their mother breaks her ___________________, their father

must rush her to the _________________________. Jonathan stays behind with

_____________________, who uses a walker. Their dog Moose keeps them company.

Soon _____________________ starts barking and pacing as if he knows something is

_____________________. The forest becomes very quiet. Suddenly there is a loud noise in

the distance. The earth jolts. Jonathan falls forward. He feels the _____________________

moving beneath him. It’s an _________________________!

Jonathan and Abby fall. She loses her _______________________. Jonathan tells his

sister to put her hands over her head. He tries to _________________________ her but

can’t keep his ________________________. Everything is moving, Abby is screaming,

Moose is barking. A falling _____________________ misses Jonathan by a few feet.

Jonathan, Abby and Moose find _______________________ near the fallen

_____________________. Suddenly, the earthquake ________________________.

Everything becomes quiet again. Brother and sister are both fine, except for a few

____________________. They know they are _____________________ to be alive.

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Story Map Earthquake Terror

English Class

Name: ____________________________ Date: _________________________

Title: ________________________________ Author: _____________________________

Setting:

Characters: Plot:

Summary of story:

The story takes place _________________________________________________. The characters of the

story are __________________________________, ______________________________, _____________

__________________________, and ___________________________________. A problem occurs when

_______________________________________________________________________________________.

The problem is solved when _______________________________________________________________.

At the end _____________________________________________________________________________.

Main:

Supporting:

At first:

Then:

Next:

After that:

Finally:

The story takes place:

All the Mqin events

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Name: _________________________________ Date: ________________________________

Earthquake Terror

Key Vocabulary words

A Scientist Report

Use the words in the box to complete the scientist’s report on the Magpie Island

earthquake.

shuddered

debris

undulating

fault

jolt

Earthquake Report

Magpie Island lies near the San Andreas

_____________________, so it was susceptible

to the recent earthquake. On a cloudless day,

witnesses report hearing a sound like thunder

and feeling a ______________________ as the

earth started to shake. Next, the ground below

their feet _____________________ and heaved.

Trees began to fall with a forceful impact. As the

earthquake reached its peak, the ground began

___________________ in a continuous motion.

After the shaking stopped, people

examined the devastation that the earthquake

had caused. ________________ lay everywhere.

The upheaval had struck a great blow to the

island.

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Structured Text For Expository

Text Lessons

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Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________________________

Pre-writing

Drafting

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Name: ____________________________ Date: ___________________________

Directions: Read each passage carefully. Using the definition of each structure text complete the following work:

* Pre-writing

* Drafting

* Fill in the blanks

Sequence Structured Text- The author mentions order of time; beginning, middle and end; series of events

arranged; and chronological order.

Passage: Abby makes a sandwich.

Abby is very hungry. She goes into her kitchen to make a sandwich. First,

she gets two pieces of bread. Second, she gets the peanut butter and jelly.

Next, Abby spreads the peanut butter on one piece of bread. Then she

spreads the jelly on the other piece. Finally, she puts the two pieces together

to make her sandwich. Now she is ready to eat!

(Pre-writing) Number the steps to put the sandwich in the correct order.

1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________________________

(Drafting) Think of a recipe that you know. Then write a paragraph using the following words use for

sequence: First, then, After that, Soon thereafter and finally.

First,______________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________._Afterthat,_______________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________._Soon_after,____________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________._Finally,__________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Compare and Contrast Structured Text- The author examines what is the same and what is different of

two objects.

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Passage: The Sun and the Moon

The sun is a star. It gives us light and heat.

The sun is much bigger than the earth. All of

the planets travel around the sun. The sun is a ball

of fire that burns day and night; all year long.

The moon is not a star. It reflects the sun’s light. The moon is

smaller than the earth. The moon travels around the earth.

(Pre-writing) use the information you just read to fill each sloth with the correct information.

How are they different?

Item#1: _________________ Item#2:___________________

How are they alike?

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Cause and Effect Structured Text- The author mentions the effects of a certain action; the cause of something

brings various effects.

Passage: Coughing

A germ is small and cannot be seen with your eyes. Germs can make you sick. Coughing can

spread germs; spreading means moving around. If you can cough without covering your mouth, you send

germs into the air. If you cough into your hand, your hand can spread germs to anyone you touch. The

best way to cough is to cough in your arm. That way, you will not spread germs.

(Pre-writing) Use the information you just read to fill in the pre-writing step.

(Fill in the Blanks) Use the information you just read to fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Arm Germs hand spreads

1. Small ______________________________ can make you sick.

2. Coughing ______________________________ germs.

3. Coughing into your _________________________ spreads germs.

4. Coughing into your _________________________________ does not spread germs.

Cause

Effect

Effect

Effect

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Name: ________________________ Date: _______________________

Volcanoes

The selection tells how volcanoes are formed and what makes them erupt.

The earth is made up of layers of rock. The top layers are called the earth’s

_______________. Deep below the crust, there is melted rock called

___________________. Volcanoes form when there are cracks in the earth’s crust.

Magma pushes up through the cracks, causing an _____________________. The

hot magma that pours out is called _______________________. When the lava

cools, it hardens into ____________________.

The earth’s crust is broken into huge pieces called ____________________.

Most ______________________ erupt in places where two plates come together.

There are underwater volcanoes, too. When they erupt, they can grow high enough

to form _______________________.

There are four kinds of volcanoes. ____________________ Volcanoes have

gentle slopes. Cinder volcanoes look like upside-down _____________________.

Most volcanoes are ______________________ or strato-volcanoes. Volcanoes are

formed by layers of _______________________, ____________________, and

_____________________. The last kind of volcano is a Dome volcano. Its sides

are made of very thick lava.

Volcanoes that do not erupt anymore are ______________________, or

dead. The eruption of Mount St. ____________________ in 1980 shows how

destructive an eruption can be.

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Name:_________________________________ Date:___________________________

The Grizzly Bear Family Book

Vocabulary Sheet

I. Directions: Use the vocabulary words form the word box to fill in the blank in each of

the following sentences.

1. We hope you enjoy your visit to this beautiful and unspoiled

_________________.

2. You are likely to see __________________ wildlife, including moose, Dall

sheep, and grizzly bears.

3. __________________ is a specific type of Arctic deer.

4. Many small creatures live in the grasses of the __________________,

including ground squirrels and shrews.

5. When hiking in bear __________________, be careful.

6. A certain amount of ___________________ will help prevent unpleasant

encounters with grizzlies.

7. Mother grizzlies become ___________________ when their cubs are

approached.

8. If you see a bear eating the dead ___________________ of an animal, steer

clear!

9. Often when wild animals meet, they fight for ___________________.

10. The loser shows ___________________ by leaving the area.

abundant wilderness aggressive wariness tundra

caribou territory dominance subservience carcass