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Constructed Response Items: Reading Grade 6

 (1) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read "Sierra Oscar Sierra" and answer the following question.

Explain how the setting of the story creates a conflict for Eric. Use details from the story in your explanation. Write your answer in your answer book.

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 (2) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read "Sierra Oscar Sierra" and answer the following question.

Choose one example of dialogue from the story. Explain what this example shows about the characters in the story. Use details from the story in your explanation. Write your answer in your answer book.

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 (3) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read "Making a Mobile" and answer the following question.

Explain what information could be added to "Making a Mobile" to help the reader better understand the art of making mobiles. Use information from "Making a Mobile" in your explanation. Write your answer in your answer book.

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 (4) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read "Alexander Calder" and answer the following question.

The author of "Alexander Calder" describes Calder's mobiles as "clever sculptures." Do you agree or disagree that mobiles are "clever sculptures"? Use information from both passages to support your answer. Write your answer in your answer book.

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 (5) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read "Making a Mobile" and answer the following question.

Explain how the mobiles made by Alexander Calder are similar to the mobiles described in "Making a Mobile." Use information from both passages in your explanation. Write your answer in your answer book.

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 (6) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the article 'Persistence' and answer the following question.

What other title would help a reader understand the main idea of this passage? Explain how the title you selected will help the reader better understand the main idea of the passage.

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 (7) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the story 'Swamp Talk' and answer the following question.

Explain the mood the author creates in paragraph 7. In your response, use examples from the paragraph that show how the author creates this mood. Write your answer on your answer document.

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 (8) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the story 'Swamp Talk' and answer the following question.

Explain how Billie Wind demonstrates her understanding of the setting. In your response, use details and examples from the story that support your explanation.

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 (9) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the story 'Saints and Strangers on the Ship of Hope' and answer the following question.

Compare the way the Saints and Strangers describe the events of the voyage to the way the author describes them. In your response, use information from the article that supports your answer. Write your answer on your answer document.

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 (10) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the poem 'At The Library' and answer the following question.

Explain how the speaker in "At the Library" feels about reading. In your response, use details and examples from the poem that support your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.

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 (11) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read this passage from 'The Coastwatcher', a novel that takes place during World War II when the United States was at war with Germany. Then answer the following.

Explain how the setting affects the mood of the passage. In your response, use details from the passage that help explain how the setting affects the mood of the passage. Write your answer on the lines below.

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 (12) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read this passage from 'The Coastwatcher', a novel that takes place during World War II when the United States was at war with Germany. Then answer the following.

Explain how the author makes Hugh and his mother seem like real people. In your response, use details from the passage that show how Hugh and his mother seem like real people. Write your response on the lines below.

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