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Quarter 2: Age of Exploration & the Columbian Exchange

Quizzes, unit assessment, and cumulative finals (where applicable) — Weeks 10–18.

Items
4
Weeks
Weeks 10–18
Framework
CCSS-ELA

Contents

  1. #2.1 — Words from Esperanza Rising + Roots · Vocabulary quiz · Week 14 · 20 minutes
  2. #2.1 — Quotation Marks and Dialogue · Grammar quiz · Week 17 · 20 minutes
  3. #Q2 — Q2 ELA Assessment · Quarter assessment · Week 18 · 60 minutes (20 points)
  4. #Mid-Year — Mid-Year ELA Final Assessment · Mid-year final · Week 18 · 75–90 minutes (25 points)

Vocabulary quiz · #2.1 · Week 14 · 20 minutes

Words from Esperanza Rising + Roots

L.5.5

Spanish-language vocabulary from the novel plus roots mono- and poly-.

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Words: hacienda, abuelita, esperanza, encomienda, missionary, conquistador, indigenous, diaspora, migration. Roots: mono-, poly-.

  1. "Esperanza" means ____ in Spanish.
  2. "Abuelita" means ____.
  3. An "hacienda" is ____.
  4. The word "indigenous" means ____.
  5. A "conquistador" was ____.
  6. "Migration" is the movement of ____.
  7. The root mono- means ____.
  8. The root poly- means ____.
  9. A "monotheist" believes in ____.
  10. A "polytheist" believes in ____.

Scoring: 8/10 = Meets · 9–10 = Exceeds.

Grammar quiz · #2.1 · Week 17 · 20 minutes

Quotation Marks and Dialogue

L.5.1

Punctuate dialogue, format titles in quotation marks, and write original dialogue lines.

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Part 1: Add the correct punctuation

  1. where are we going asked Esperanza
  2. I don't know Miguel said
  3. we should go now said Mama in a quiet voice
  4. what time is it asked Hortensia
  5. this is amazing Esperanza shouted

Part 2: Quotation marks for short titles

  1. I read the short story Las Uvas yesterday.
  2. My favorite chapter in Esperanza Rising is Las Almendras.
  3. The poem Hope by Emily Dickinson begins beautifully.

Part 3: Write your own

  1. Write a sentence of dialogue using correct quotation marks and a "said" verb.
  2. Write a sentence with a question inside quotation marks.

Scoring: 8/10 = Meets · 9–10 = Exceeds.

Quarter assessment · #Q2 · Week 18 · 60 minutes (20 points)

Q2 ELA Assessment

RI.5.2
RI.5.6
L.5.5
L.5.1
W.5.2
RL.5.2

Closes Q2 using Reading Passage 2C plus a one-paragraph theme response on Esperanza Rising.

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Part 1: Reading comprehension (5 pts) — use Passage 2C

  1. Identify two main ideas of the passage. Cite one detail for each.
  2. How did Columbus and the Taíno experience October 12, 1492, differently? Cite evidence.
  3. Why do historians prefer "encounter" to "discovery"? Use evidence from the passage.

Part 2: Vocabulary (5 pts)

  1. The word "esperanza" means ____.
  2. A "conquistador" was ____.
  3. "Indigenous" people are ____.
  4. The root mono- means ____.
  5. The root poly- means ____.

Part 3: Grammar (5 pts)

  1. Add quotation marks: where is mama asked Esperanza
  2. Add quotation marks: I am tired Miguel said
  3. Rewrite without errors: Esperanza said Im going home.
  4. Identify the sentence type: "What a beautiful day!"
  5. Combine into a compound sentence: "Esperanza picked grapes. She was tired."

Part 4: Short essay (5 pts; rubric)

  1. Write a one-paragraph response: "What is one important theme of Esperanza Rising, and how does the novel develop it?" Include at least one detail or quote.

Scoring: Closed items by raw percentage; essay by 4-Point Rubric; average to one grade.

Mid-year final · #Mid-Year · Week 18 · 75–90 minutes (25 points)

Mid-Year ELA Final Assessment

RI.5.2
RI.5.6
L.5.5
L.5.1
W.5.2
RL.5.2

Cumulative Q1 + Q2 final, anchored by a fresh passage on the Columbian Exchange.

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The Crops That Crossed the Ocean

Many of the foods we eat today have traveled across oceans. Tomatoes, now the heart of Italian cuisine, originally grew only in the Americas. Potatoes, now a staple in Ireland and Germany, came from the Andes of South America. Corn, called maize in many parts of the world, was first cultivated in Mexico thousands of years ago.

When European ships began crossing the Atlantic in the 1500s, they carried not just people, but plants. The exchange of crops between the Old World and the New World changed dinner tables on both sides of the ocean forever.

But the exchange was not equal. The same ships brought diseases from Europe that devastated indigenous communities in the Americas, killing as much as 90% of the population in some regions. Africans were forced across the Atlantic in the slave trade, brought to grow sugarcane and other crops on plantations.

Historians call this complex exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases the Columbian Exchange. It changed the world's food, the world's population, and the world's economies — in ways that are still felt today.

Part 1: Reading comprehension on a new passage (8 pts)

  1. Identify two main ideas of the passage. Cite one detail for each.
  2. According to the passage, what is the Columbian Exchange?
  3. How did the Columbian Exchange affect indigenous peoples in the Americas? Cite evidence.
  4. How is this passage similar to or different from Reading Passage 2C? (RI.5.6)

Part 2: Vocabulary (4 pts)

  1. The root geo- means ____.
  2. A "geographer" studies ____.
  3. "Indigenous" people are ____.
  4. The word "esperanza" means ____.

Part 3: Grammar (5 pts)

  1. Identify the sentence type: "Did the Maya use zero in their math?"
  2. Punctuate this dialogue: where are we going asked Miguel
  3. Rewrite as a compound sentence: "Esperanza was tired. She kept working."
  4. Split this run-on into two sentences: "The Maya built temples they also wrote in hieroglyphs."
  5. Add commas: "I bought apples oranges and bananas."

Part 4: Multi-paragraph essay (8 pts; rubric)

  1. Write a 3–4 paragraph essay: "What is one theme of Esperanza Rising, and how is it shown through the events of the novel?" Use at least one direct quote in quotation marks.

Scoring: Closed items by raw percentage; essay by 4-Point Rubric; average to single grade.

FifthGrade · Grade 5 ELA · Educator print packQuarter 2 · Weeks 10–18