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Name Selection ComprehensionChoose the best answer for each question.1.How do you know“My Name Is Gabriela”is a biography?It has maps and charts.It teaches a lesson about life.It has headings for different ideas.It tells the true story of a persons life.2.The story MAINLY tells about Gabrielas love of words and stories.birds and flowers.friends and family.princes and princesses.3.Why does Gabriela choose her own name?Her real name is hard to spell.The new name has a nice sound.Another writer has the same name.Her sister cannot say her real name.4.Which word BEST tells about Gabriela when she was a little girl?joker loner dreamer plannerWeekly Lesson TestLesson 27 Harcourt Grade 2282Selection Comprehension“My Name Is Gabriela”RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_282-284-2ca.indd 282RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_282-284-2ca.indd 2829/26/06 8:27:47 AM9/26/06 8:27:47 AMQC _HARCOURT _ QC _ EDITORIAL _ DESIGN _Name 5.Which idea BEST shows that Gabriela liked reading and writing when she was young?She ran and played chase.She made up her own poems.She sometimes could not sleep.She looked out her window at mountains.6.When Gabriela traveled,she found out that people everywhere want their children to see other places.make friends.read poems.learn a lot.7.The special prize Gabriela was given shows that she is good at singing.writing.painting.teaching.8.What is Gabriela MOST LIKELY to do next?write more stories teach herself to read look for zebras with dots play school with village childrenWeekly Lesson TestLesson 27 Harcourt Grade 2283Selection Comprehension“My Name Is Gabriela”RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_282-284-2ca.indd 283RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_282-284-2ca.indd 2839/26/06 8:27:48 AM9/26/06 8:27:48 AMQC _HARCOURT _ QC _ EDITORIAL _ DESIGN _Name READTHINKEXPLAINWritten Response 9.Suppose you wanted to tell a friend about Gabriela.Write what you would tell your friend about why Gabriela is important.Use ideas from“My Name Is Gabriela”to help you answer.TOTAL SCORE:/8+/2Weekly Lesson TestLesson 27 Harcourt Grade 2284Selection Comprehension“My Name Is Gabriela”RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_282-284-2ca.indd 284RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_282-284-2ca.indd 2849/26/06 8:27:48 AM9/26/06 8:27:48 AMQC _HARCOURT _ QC _ EDITORIAL _ DESIGN _Weekly Lesson TestLesson 27Phonics/Spelling:Vowel Variant Read each model word.Choose the word that has the same sound as the underlined part of the model word and correctly completes each sentence.1.caught Lets go sit on the.chair lawn stool 2.clawWill you help me this load of firewood?pile stack haul3.faultSally can great pictures of animals.draw paint show 4.paw My baby brother is learning to.crawl wave clapTOTAL SCORE:/4Name Harcourt Grade 2285Phonics/Spelling:Vowel Variant/aw,au(gh)RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 285RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 2851/25/07 8:16:07 AM1/25/07 8:16:07 AMName Weekly Lesson TestLesson 27Focus Skill:Cause and Effect Read the story and then answer the questions.SailboatsMy neighbor,Mr.Payne,is a very interesting man.He won many sailboat races when he was a young man.Now he builds boats.Mr.Payne came to our class today to talk about how he started sailing.When he was a boy,Mr.Payne read a book about sailing adventures.He started reading everything he could about this water sport.He loved the stories very much.When he got older,he wanted to buy a sailboat.To earn money he helped his neighbors with yardwork.He saved all the money he earned.Mr.Payne bought his first sailboat when he was 20 years old.Mr.Payne liked to race sailboats.He liked building them even more.He started a business building boats.Today,people from many places buy Mr.Paynes boats.Everyone in my class was excited after Mr.Payne told his story.I have decided that when I am old enough,I will buy a sailboat of my own!Harcourt Grade 2286Focus Skill:Cause and EffectRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 286RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 28611/20/07 6:24:15 PM11/20/07 6:24:15 PMWeekly Lesson TestLesson 271.What first gave Mr.Payne an interest in sailing?He read a book about sailing adventures.He went sailing with his uncle.He made a model boat for a class project.He got a job helping neighbors with yardwork.2.Why did Mr.Payne save his money?He was going to start building boats.He enjoyed racing sailboats.He wanted to buy a sailboat.He needed new books about sailing.3.What effect does Mr.Paynes business have on people?People think he is an interesting man.People from many places buy his boats.He began racing sailboats again.He read more books on sailing.4.Why are the members of the class excited?The students enjoyed Mr.Paynes story.The students liked reading adventure stories.The students were going sailing with Mr.Payne.The students had enough money to buy a sailboat.TOTAL SCORE:/4Name Harcourt Grade 2287Focus Skill:Cause and EffectRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 287RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 28711/20/07 6:24:16 PM11/20/07 6:24:16 PMWeekly Lesson TestLesson 27AntonymsRead each sentence.Then choose the word that is an antonym of the underlined word.1.Sonya thought that the door was closed.broken open swinging glass 2.Del could run as fast as his older brother.well soon clearly slow 3.I brought a thick pad of paper for taking notes.thin small white used 4.Josh is the tallest person in my class.happiest bravest shortest darkest Name Harcourt Grade 2288AntonymsRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 288RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 28811/20/07 6:24:17 PM11/20/07 6:24:17 PMWeekly Lesson TestLesson 275.Everyone stand when the captain comes in.wave sit shout salute TOTAL SCORE:/5Name Harcourt Grade 2289AntonymsRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 289RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 2891/25/07 8:16:10 AM1/25/07 8:16:10 AMWeekly Lesson TestLesson 27 Robust Vocabulary 1.Which one is a grand gift?a large television movie tickets popcorn 2.If you are given an award,how might you feel?kind bored proud3.Which one might speak with an accent?a person who has a cold a person visiting from another country a person who enjoys singing 4.If something lies beyond the door,where is it?to the right of the door in the middle of the door on the other side of the door 5.Which might you use to create a picture of your family?a magnet crayons a sofaName?Harcourt Grade 2290Robust VocabularyRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 290RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 2901/25/07 8:16:10 AM1/25/07 8:16:10 AMWeekly Lesson TestLesson 27 6.When might you receive an accolade?when you get books from the library when you make a mess in the kitchen when you return a lost wallet 7.Which one is a kind of literature?a poem a cookbook a grocery list 8.Which one would you do to be noticed by your teacher?say nothing raise your hand look at your desk 9.If you are a native of your state,where were you born?in that state in another country in a nearby state 10.If you aspire to be a doctor,what might you do?make an appointment try out for the soccer team study and work hard TOTAL SCORE:/10Name?Harcourt Grade 2291Robust VocabularyRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 291RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 2911/25/07 8:16:11 AM1/25/07 8:16:11 AMWeekly Lesson TestLesson 27Grammar:More Irregular Verbs Fill in the circle next to the word that best completes each sentence.1.My dog many different tricks.run do does give2.Paco and I to the baseball game yesterday.did went goes go 3.We to the corner and back.runs comes sees ran 4.Spencer the airplane show last week.saw gives see come TOTAL SCORE:/4Name Harcourt Grade 2292Grammar:More Irregular VerbsRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 292RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-ca-r1.indd 2921/25/07 8:16:12 AM1/25/07 8:16:12 AMWeekly Lesson TestLesson 27Oral Reading FluencyPeople have played games with marbles for many years.The first marbles were small stones or balls of clay.Most marbles today are made of glass.Special machines heat glass until it becomes very hot and sof t.The melted glass is poured from the machine.The stream of glass is cut into pieces that drop onto moving rollers.The rollers shape the glass into round marbles.As the marbles cool,they become hard.Some marbles are made by hand.The glass is heated and then carefully blown into shape.Sometimes,colored glass is put into the center of the marbles.These marbles look like cats eyes.There are many games that can be played with marbles.In one game,marbles are placed in a ring drawn on the ground.Players roll their own marbles to try to push another players marbles outside the ring.The player who rolls the most marbles out of the ring wins!/WCPMName Harcourt Grade 2293Oral Reading FluencyRXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 293RXENL08AAS26_AGWT_L27_285-293-2ca-r1.indd 29311/20/07 6:24:20 PM11/20/07 6:24:20 PM