Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. Then fill in the answer on your answer document.
Katherine wrote a version of a folktale she read in class. Read the folktale and look for any corrections she should make. Then answer the questions that follow.
Little Havroshechka
Adapted from a Russian folktale
By Katherine Pyle
(1) Long ago, there lived a poor little girl named Havroshechka. (2) She lived with a cruel mistress and her three daughters, who were all very mean to her.
(3) every day, the mistress told Havroshechka to sew and spin a mountain of clothing, which was terribly hard work. (4) The daughters sat in the sunshine watching Havroshechka as she suffered.
(5) One day, Havroshechka told the kind cow in the barn about her troubles. (6) “My poor girl,” said the cow, “I can help with your work. (7) All you have to do is look into my ear, and all your work will be done.” (8) She looked into the cow’s ear and suddenly all of her work was finished
(9) Havroshechka did this day after day, until the mistress found out about the cow. (10) As the mistress took the cow away, the animal whispered to Havroshechka, “Don’t forget me, and I will help you in your time of trouble.”
(11) Havroshechka did not forget the cow, and she planted an apple tree where the cow had grazed, hoping one day for the cow to be returned. (12) She watered it every day and it grew big and strong.
(13) one day, a handsome young man rode his horse by the tree. (14) Seeing the juicy, red apples, he called out, “Dear girls, I will marry the one who brings me a delicious apple from that glorious tree.”
(15) The mistress’s three daughters each tried to grab an apple, but the branches of the tree swung upward, out of their reach. (16) The girls were furious (17) As little Havroshechka approached, she thought about the cow who had helped her. (18) The tree slowly lowered a branch, and she plucked an apple for the young gentleman. (19) havroshechka and the young man eventually married and lived happily ever after.
1 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
A Change every to Every
B Change mistress to Mistress
C Delete the comma after day
D No change is needed in sentence 3.
2 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?
A Delete the apostrophe in cow’s
B Change She to she
C Add an exclamation mark after finished
D Add a question mark after finished
3 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
A Change handsome to handsomer
B Change one to One
C Change man to Man
D Sentence 13 is correctly written in the story.
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4 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?
A Add a comma after furious
B Change girls to girl’s
C Add an exclamation mark after furious
D No change is needed in sentence 16.
5 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19?
A Change the period to a question mark
B Change havroshechka to Havroshechka
C Change happily to happy
D No change is needed in sentence 19.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ANSWER KEY FOR GRADE 4
Little Havroshechka
Item # / Answer / Skill / TEKS1 / A / Capitalization / 4.21 B
2 / C / Punctuation / 4.21 C
3 / B / Capitalization / 4.21 B
4 / C / Punctuation / 4.21 C
5 / B / Punctuation / 4.21 C