Summative Assessment

 

Name: _________________________________________________                 Date: ___________________

 

1. Look at the cover of the book before reading.  Using the cover of this book and what you know about tall tales, list three ideas that the author might be trying convey about the main character.

 

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2.     Choose an illustration in the story. My illustration is on page ____________.

Explain how this illustration helps you understand what the story is about.  Use two details to explain your answer.

 

 

3.   Read the following passage and complete the Media Message Web graphic organizer on the next page.

She hid her porkers in hollow logs, but the gators stole the hogs and the logs.

“They’ll be snatching little Hardstone next,” fretted Sally Ann.

 

In your own words, what does the word snatch mean?	Look up snatch in the dictionary. Write its meaning as it is used in the sentence.
Find one synonym and one antonym for the word snatch.	Illustrate the word snatch.

 

4.  Read the following sentences.

 

Sally Ann continued to astonish folks throughout her childhood.  When she was one year old, she beat the fastest runners in the state.  At four, she flipped the strongest arm wrestler.  At seven, she was the champion of the tug-of-war team. No one could believe the things she could do.

 

What is the meaning of the word astonish?  What two details from the sentences help you know this?

 

 

Create a sentence using the word astonish.

 

 

5. Read each word below.  Divide the word into the root word and affixes using the table given.

 

6. Choose one of the words from the chart in number five.  Using what you know about affixes, write what you think the word means. Explain how the prefix or suffix helped you know the meaning of the word.

 

 

 

7. Complete the Story Pyramid graphic organizer below using one of the tall tales you have read.

 

 

 

Story Pyramid