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LA – Review BA 9
signature signature UNIT 5
(5th Grade)

Name/No: audy_________________/____ Date: ____________________

LA UNIT 5 CA MATERIALS

Reading The Birchbark House, The Dog Newspaper, New Reading

Writing Opinion & Evidence (p. 324)

Grammar - Adjectives (pp. 223, 224)

- Adverbs (pp. 235, 237)
- Prepositions (pp. 247-249)
- Writing Titles (pp. 271-273+275)
- Perfect Tenses (pp. 319-321+323)

I. Read the story below, then answer the questions that follow.
Recipe for a Name
It was Jem’s first day at his new school, and he was
nervous. He wasn’t sure how he should introduce
himself to his classmates.
“Jem” was easier for most people than “Janaldo
Marcos.” If he told everyone “Janaldo Marcos,” they
might have a tough time saying his name. And if they
had a tough time saying his name, they wouldn’t want to
hang out with him. And if they didn’t want to hang out
with him, he would have no friends.

Jem decided that he would introduce himself simply as

“Jem.” Then he noticed that his teacher, Ms. Weaver,
had left a nametag on his desk that said “Janaldo Marcos.”

Jem hurriedly erased “Janaldo Marcos” on the nametag and wrote in “Jem”. Realizing that
the boy sitting next to him was staring at the new name, Jem squirmed in his seat, feeling
tense, but the other boy said nothing.
Ms. Weaver smiled, said “Good morning, everyone,” and began taking attendance, reading
names off the class list.
“Rebecca Álvarez?”
“Here!”
As Ms. Weaver read each student’s name, Jem realized that his name was still written
“Janaldo Marcos” on the list, and not “Jem.” Ms. Weaver would call him “Janaldo Marcos”
first and he’d end up with no friends.
“And our new student… Janaldo Marcos Sayo?” Even worse, she said his first name wrong,
and that made Jem feel so embarrassed. She pronounced it “Ha-NAL-doe” instead of “Juh-
NAWL-doe.”

“Ha-NAL-doe MAR-cose Sayo?” Ms. Weaver repeated.

Jem raised his hand but said nothing. “Welcome!” Ms. Weaver said cheerily, before moving
on. Soon, she finished reading the names.
“All right, is everyone settled in?”
Jem responded “Yes!” with the other fourth-graders.
Ms. Weaver took a piece of chalk and wrote the word ingredients on the board. “For science
today, we are going to examine the ingredients that make up my favorite food. And that food
is…” She turned around and wrote something else on the board: Chocolate Chip Cookies.
The class broke out in a loud buzz!
“Wow, I’m glad that you are all so excited,” Ms. Weaver said. “All right, who can tell me
what everyone’s favorite part of a chocolate chip cookie is?”
“The chocolate chips!” everyone answered.
“Mine, too! But we can’t forget the other ingredients,” she said, writing a list of the different
elements that go into a chocolate chip cookie— sugar, butter, flour, baking soda, and eggs.

Ms. Weaver pointed to each ingredient and explained what its role was: “Sugar and butter
make the texture and taste of a cookie, which can make it chewy or hard, very sweet or less
sweet. Flour gives the cookie a body and baking soda shapes that body by making it rise. And
eggs bring all those components together!” Next, she taped an illustration of a chocolate chip
cookie up on the board and said, “In the end, each ingredient is important, and the cookie
wouldn’t be the same without it.” Ms. Weaver continued on, explaining more about the
science of baking… but Jem was distracted, fretting about what he might say to Ms. Weaver
about the way she pronounced his name.

At the end of the morning, the students headed out to lunch, but Jem waited for a minute, then
haltingly stepped up to Ms. Weaver’s desk.
“Hello, Ha-NAL-doe MAR-cos, how can I help you?” she asked.
“Hi,” Jem said. “I wanted to let you know that my first name is said Juh-NAWL-doe, not Ha-
NAL-doe.”
“Oh my, I am so sorry to hear that I pronounced it incorrectly,” she replied. “Juh-NAWL-doe,
am I saying it properly now?”
“Yes, Ms. Weaver, thank you,” Jem replied, paused, then added, “It’s kind of like a chocolate
chip cookie.”
“How’s that?” Ms. Weaver responded, looking puzzled.
“My name also has ingredients. The ‘Jan’ comes from January, when I was born, ‘Aldo’ is
from my dad’s name, ‘Ronaldo,’ and ‘Marcos’ is from my mom’s name, ‘Marcielle.’”
Ms. Weaver broke out in a wide grin and said, “It is like a chocolate chip cookie! Thank you
for sharing your name’s recipe with me, Janaldo Marcos.”
Janaldo Marcos smiled back and left for lunch, ready to share his name’s recipe with anyone
who would ask.
Source: https://www.readworks.org/

1. What is your opinion about Janaldo Marcos? Provide your opinion with evidence
from the text.
Opinion:
 Jem was shy about his name and in my opinion he is caring to his friends because he
didn’t want them to struggle saying his name.
Evidence: (more than 30 words)
He made his name shorter with the name Jem and didn’t use the Janaldo Marcos as
his name. And he didn’t want his friends to struggle saying his name and he did not
want to not have any friends.

2. Why does Janaldo Marcos initially introduce himself as "Jem" instead of his full
name? Explain in more than 20 words.
Because he didn’t want his classmates friends to be having a tough time to say his
name and he didn’t want to have a hard time having friends in his new school just
because of his
name.________________________________________________________________
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3. How does Janaldo Marcos maintain his cultural identity in the classroom?
He confidentially corrects his teacher mispronunciation to his name that suppose to be
read Juh-NAWL-doe not Ha-NAL-doe MAR-cos.,
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4. Why does Janaldo Marcos compare his name to a "recipe"?

The ‘Jan’ comes from January, when I was born, ‘Aldo’ is from my dad’s name,
‘Ronaldo,’ and ‘Marcos’ is from my mom’s name, ‘Marcielle.’”
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5. How does Ms. Weaver react when Janaldo Marcos corrects her pronunciation of his
name?
Ms.Weaver felt so sorry because he miss pronounced his name
incorrectly.____________________________________________________________
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II. Do as instructed.
1. Analyze the stories below and do as instructed.
Jasper, a curious bunny, explored the enchanted forest and the gloomy woods. His
beautiful, brown fur waved lightly in the air as he skipped over fallen leaves and
beneath tangled branches. Suddenly, he discovered a mysterious cave hidden behind a
running waterfall. Intrigued, he carefully entered, where he spotted the shine of a
 golden light. Above the chest, an ancient inscription glowed softly, revealing the
secret of its guardian. With trembling paws, Jasper lifted the lid, displaying a stunning
collection of diamonds and valuable gems. Overwhelmed with joy, he carefully
grabbed the valuables and dashed out of the cave, ready to share his find with his
friends. From that day on, Jasper became known as the bravest and luckiest rabbit in
the forest.
a. Find the prepositions in the story and put them in the correct column.

Write the prepositional phrase and circle the preposition

location time direction detail

In the air

Above the chest

b. Find the adjectives and adverbs in the story above and put them in the correct
column.

ADJECTIVES ADVERBS

2. Fill in the story below using the correct prepositions, adverbs, or adjectives.
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away (preposition-location), there lived a brave
knight named Sir Roland. He was an Indian (adjective-origin)
and known for his courage and loyalty to the king.
One day, a mighty (adjective-what kind) dragon appeared near (preposition-location)
the castle, breathing fire and terrorizing the villagers. Without hesitation, Sir Roland
grabbed his magical (adjective-what kind) sword and rode forward (preposition-
direction) the dragon's lair. The dragon roared loudly (adverb-how), but Sir Roland
stood his ground. With a swift (adjective-what kind) strike, he defeated the dragon
and saved the kingdom from (preposition-detail) destruction. From that day brave
 (time), Sir Roland (name) was recognized as a brave (adjective-what kind) hero,
admired by all throughout (preposition-location) the land.

3. Fill in the blanks below. Put a checkmark if the title is correct and an x if it is wrong.
Rewrite the title if it is incorrect.

Sentence V/X Correction

Carly loved seeing the movie, The V

Princess and the Frog

My mom ordered us a magazine X My mom ordered us amagazine

subscription to good subsciription to “Good
housekeeping. Housekeeping”

Have you read the article, living in X Have you read the article
the city, by Catherine Rowe?

The movie, the lion king, had a hit

song in it named hakuna matata.

For homework, my teacher

assigned a chapter called,
“Meeting the Family”.

4. Write some titles for the given prompts below.

Prompts Titles

Suppose you are a filmmaker who is

capturing the untold stories of
forgotten heroes across history.
Create a title for a dramatic
historical drama about amazing
people who changed the course of
history with their bravery and
sacrifice.

Suppose you are a dedicated

screenwriter working on a TV series
about a group of scientists who
 uncover a doorway to parallel
worlds. Create a title that highlights
the show's mind-blowing
adventures.

5. Rewrite the sentence using the correct perfect tense of the underlined verb.
a. She will study in France in college. (future perfect)
She will have studied in France in collage.
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b. He eats chicken every day for a month. (present perfect)
He has eaten chicken every day for a month.
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c. My cat, Whiskers, sleeps the entire day. (present perfect)
My Cat, Whiskers, has slept the entire day.
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d. The students worked hard in class so they earned a pizza party. (past perfect)
The students had worked hard in class so they earned a pizza party.
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e. We went to the store to buy some flowers for my mom. (past perfect)
We had gone to the store to buy some flowers for my mom.
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f. The family will travel to thirty different states by the end of this year. (future
perfect)
The family will have traveled to thirty different states by the end of this year.
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