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Table of Contents
Benchmarks/GLEs
Chapter 1: Vocabulary
Lesson 1
Words Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ELA-1-E1/2
Lesson 2
Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ELA-1-E1/1
Lesson 3
Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ELA-1-E1/1
Lesson 4
Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ELA-1-E1/3
Lesson 5
Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ELA-1-E1/3
Chapter 2: Reading Comprehension
Lesson 6
Main Idea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 7
Supporting Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 8
Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 9
Compare and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ELA-6-E1/11, ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 10
Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ELA-7-E4/19
Lesson 11
Make Predictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 12
Problem and Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ELA-7-E2/15
Lesson 13
Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ELA-7-E4/19
Lesson 14
Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ELA-1-E5/7, ELA-1-E6/8,
ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 15
Making Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ELA-1-E6/8
Lesson 16
Reading Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ELA-7-E4/19
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Benchmarks/GLEs
Chapter 3: Literary Elements
Lesson 17
Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
ELA-1-E4/5, ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 18
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
ELA-1-E4/5, ELA-7-E1/14
Lesson 19
Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
ELA-1-E4/5
Lesson 20
Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ELA-1-E6/8
Lesson 21
Metaphor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
ELA-1-E4/6, ELA-2-E5/25
Lesson 22
Rhyme and Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ELA-6-E2/12
Lesson 23
Text Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
ELA-5-E1/41
Lesson 24
Graphic Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
ELA-5-E6/50
Lesson 25
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ELA-1-E1/3
Chapter 4: Spelling and Grammar
Lesson 26
Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ELA-3-E5/32
Lesson 27
Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ELA-3-E2/28
Lesson 28
Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
ELA-3-E2/29
Lesson 29
Verb Tenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
ELA-3-E4/31
Lesson 30
Correct Sentence Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
ELA-3-E3/30
Lesson 31
Varying Sentence Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
ELA-3-E3/30
Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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LESSON
Roots
Vocabulary
2
WORDS
TO KNOW
Root the main part of a word that gives it meaning. A root can be a whole English word or
part of a word from a different language. Some examples of roots are rupt, spect, and phone.
Review It!
R
Read
the sentence. Use the Hint to figure out the meaning of the
u
underlined
word.
The TV program was interrupted to
warn viewers about the tornado.
Try It!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Hint The root of interrupted is rupt, which
means “to break.” The showing of the
TV program was broken up, or stopped for
a little while, to warn viewers.
R
Read
the following passage. As you read, circle the words that contain root
w
words.
When your team plays a home game, it’s hard to know what to do. Being at the game
is exciting. But even the seats high up in the stands cost a lot.You might be one of
thousands of spectators watching from afar. The players will look like tiny ants on the
field. Of course, there’s nothing like erupting in cheers when your team scores. The
company of others can be comforting when your team is not successful, too. When
you are sitting far away, you’ll still see everything on the huge television screen.
On the other hand, you could just stay home and watch the game on your own TV!
Now, use the passage to answer the questions on the following page.
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Lesson 2: Roots
1.
Read this sentence from the passage.
What is the root in “spectators”?
A. spec
B. spect
2.
C. tor
D. ecta
!SK
9OURSELF
Vocabulary
You might be one of thousands of spectators watching
from afar.
1.
What part of the word
spectators gives it its core
meaning?
Read this sentence from the passage.
Of course, there’s nothing like erupting in cheers when your
team scores.
Using the meaning of the root “rupt,” you can tell that
“erupting” means
A. bursting forth
B. falling in
3.
Using the meaning of the root word “vision,” “television” means
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
C. seen from afar
D. poking
a machine for watching movies
a machine that lets you see up close
a device for seeing from over a distance
a device that improves vision
Using the meanings of the root word and the other word parts,
what does “successful” mean?
A. winning easily
B. having a little success
C. not having any success
D. full of success
4.
How do the word parts
un- and -ful change the
meaning of the root word?
In Your Own Words
5.
Write a sentence about the passage using one of these roots:
“spect,” “phone,” “rupt.”
5.
Which word in your
sentence contains one of
these roots?
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Vocabulary
On Your Own!
Read this passage. Answer the questions that follow it.
R
“Where are my spectacles?” asks my great-grandfather. That’s what my great-grandfather
calls his reading glasses. He likes the old ways of doing most things. He often begins
sentences, “In my day….” I like to remind him that today is his day, too!
My great-grandfather often sits in the den reading the newspaper. If the telephone
rings, he won’t answer it. “Don’t like interruptions,” he says. Luckily, we have an
answering machine that will take messages.
Sometimes I do my homework in the den to keep my great-grandfather company.
When there is a beeping sound from my cell phone, he looks up from the
newspaper. “This will only take a minute,” I say, checking my text message.
“In my day,” my great-grandfather says, “if we wanted to send a note, we wrote a
proper letter. And people took pride in their handwriting. Why, I remember writing
my signature over and over again until I got it just right.” Then he returns to
reading the paper.
There is one beeping sound my great-grandfather doesn’t mind. That’s the one from
the oven that tells us our reheated dinner is ready!
1.
Read this sentence from the passage.
“Where are my spectacles?” asks
my great-grandfather.
2.
Read this sentence from the passage.
If the telephone rings, he won’t
answer it.
What is the root in the word
“spectacles”?
What is the root word in the word
“telephone”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
pect
spect
tacles
cles
tele
one
phone
teleph
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Lesson 2: Roots
3.
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
ring in an annoying way
are like an answering machine
break up other actions
are new inventions
Using the meanings of the root word
and the other word parts, what does
“reheated” mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
already cooked
ate again
warmed up again
angry again
Write It Out
Root
5.
Using the meanings of the root word
and the other word parts, what does
“returns” mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
Vocabulary
Using the root, “interruptions” means
things that
turns around
turns down
turns up
turns again
Read this sentence from the passage.
“Why, I remember writing my
signature over and over until I got
it just right.”
The word “signature” means
A.
B.
C.
D.
a person’s signed or written name
writing with a fountain pen
script or cursive writing
drawing with pen and ink
In the spaces provided on the chart below, write a word from the passage with
each root. Then write your own word that has the same root.
Word from Passage
Your Own Word
spect
rupt
phone
sign
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