Summative Assessment-Student
1. Apply the decoding strategy of “chunking” to the word below. Write the word broken into parts.
Word: undeterminable
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2. Prompt: “The temperature fluctuated like a rising and falling tide.”
by Jack London
Use the Context Clue Reading Process to determine the meaning of the underlined word. Explain the process used to determine the meaning of the underlined word.
Meaning of word:
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Process used: _________________________________________________________________
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3. Read the passage below and use the sample dictionary/glossary entry to write the appropriate definition of the word avalanche.
“Upon hearing what sounded like thunder in the distance, Andy quickly realized it was something greater. He remembered hearing Grandpa a
Sherman tell story after story about the sound of an avalanche. Andy knew there was no time to waste.”
avalanche - n. a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other
material in swift motion down a mountainside or precipice;
v. to overwhelm or flood.
Definition:
4. Read the provided passage about an adventure. As you read, use a Double-Entry Diary to record text or main ideas. Be sure to list the reading strategies used.
5. Part 1 - Read the adventure article provided by your teacher. Select and use a note-taking strategy to record relevant information from the article. Explain why your note-taking method worked best based on the content of the article.
Part 2 – Using the information from your notes, summarize the article in a brief informational paper.
(Use your own notebook paper for this answer.)