Grade 6: Student Booklet

Grade 6
Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Junior Division
Student Booklet
SPRING 2009
Language
RELEASED SELECTIONS AND ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
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Please note: The format of these booklets is slightly different from that used for the assessment. The items themselves remain the same.
Reading
Grade 6, Spring 2009
Digging for Gold

What are you doing? Jessica asked her older brother when she saw him kneeling in Grandma and Grandpas yard. Im digging dandelions out of Grandpas lawn, and Im earning money at the same time, replied Brandon. When their grandfather had heard that Brandon was saving money to buy an official-type soccer ball to practise with at home, Grandpa had made him an offer. If Brandon helped remove the weeds, Grandpa would pay him a dollar for every 25 dandelions he dug up. But they must have most of the root still attached. Can you show me how to do that? asked Jessica. Its not too hard, once you know how, said Brandon. You shove the weed-digging tool into the grass beside the dandelion, and then bend it so the root snaps off below the ground. Then the whole dandelion can be pulled up, root and all. He found a big dandelion and demonstrated the weeding method for his sister. Grandpa says that you have to get the root, or else the dandelion will grow back, maybe double, Brandon explained. Grandpa also says that you have to get the dandelions before the yellow flowers turn into those white pompoms or fluff-balls. Each one of those has hundreds of seeds that can blow back into the lawn and start more dandelions. By the end of the day, Grandpas lawn didnt have a dandelion left in it. Grandpa and Brandon counted out the pulled dandelions with roots, and Grandpa paid him $8.50. Cool! said Brandon. When I add this to my own money, I can buy a new soccer ball and have some left over. Two weeks later, Grandma was surprised to see Jessica dancing in the yard with an armful of white dandelion pompoms. She was blowing and shaking them all over the grass. Where did you get those? Grandma asked. And why are you doing that? I picked them in the field down the street, replied Jessica. And Ill probably want to buy something next summer! Well, Jessica, said Grandpa, youll have to find another job, because youll be picking the dandelions that youre planting for free. Oh! said Jessica, as she began to race around the yard trying to collect all the seeds.
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Student Booklet: Language 1
Reading
EQRE21162.094
Paragraph 4 is a new paragraph because a b c d the time changes. a person is speaking. * a character is introduced. the setting is introduced.
Which word would best replace the word method as used in paragraph 5? a b c d root order procedure * experiment
EQRE21167.094
Paragraph 6 states that the dandelions yellow flowers a b c d look very nice. turn into seeds. * are difficult to dig. are worth one dollar.
EQRE21157.094
In paragraph 9, Jessica is blowing and shaking dandelions because a b c d she wants them to grow back. * they look like white pompoms. her grandfather asks her to pick them. she likes the way the yellow flowers look.
EQRE21158.094
Reading
How is Jessica influenced by the work Brandon does? Use specific details from the text and your own EQRE21160.094 ideas to support your answer.
Is the title Digging for Gold an appropriate choice for this text? Use specific details from the text to EQRE21165.094 support your answer.
Reading
Canadian Pump Brings Water to the World

Millions of people in dry countries around the world have fresh water because of two Canadian inventors. The Canadian government wanted someone to invent a hand-operated water pump for use in arid lands. Professor Alan Plumtree and Professor Alfred Rudin of the University of Waterloo began to work on their design in the late 1970s. Their challenge was to make a pump that didnt cost very much. It also had to be light and easy to move, install and repair. The problem: Standard water pumps used in villages in places such as Africa and Malaysia were very heavy. They were made of iron or steel. The pumps were difficult to repair. Spare parts were expensive and hard to find. As a result, many old pumps broke down. Sometimes they were never repaired. The professors designed a simple pump. It was able to draw the water from deep in the ground. It was made out of plastic so it could be glued together and wouldnt rust. We made the pump as simple as possible, so it would be easily understood and easily repaired by anyone, Professor Plumtree said. Some of the parts that need replacing can be made from plastic pipe, rope or carved from a piece of wood. This has allowed local people to look after their own water supply. It is now called the Unimade pump and is being used around the world. The pump supplies clean water to more than one million people in about 15 countries. In one country, Malawi, part of the pump was made of white coloured plastic instead of the usual blue. It had to be changed because the plastic was being eaten by hyenas who thought it was a large bone. Now, people are saying, Thank you, Canada! when they take a drink of pure, cold water.
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Reading The main idea of this text is that two Canadians developed a pump that a b c d is easy to use and fix. * is made of heavy steel. holds up in wet weather. uses a coloured plastic tube.
EQRE21272.104
Which paragraph in this text describes the challenge facing Professors Plumtree and Rudin?EQRE21278.104 a b c d Paragraph 1 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 5 * Paragraph 7
Which word is closest in meaning to draw as used in paragraph 6 of this text? a b c d tie pull * sketch attract
EQRE21281.104
The purpose of this text is to a b c d tell a story about an inventor. celebrate a Canadian invention. * create interest in the country of Malawi. persuade people to use the Unimade pump.
EQRE21271.104
Reading
Explain how the characteristics of the Unimade pump make it an important invention. Use specific EQRE21274.104 details from the text and your own ideas to support your answer.
Explain whether this project is a good one for Canada to support. Use specific details from the text EQRE21275.104 and your own ideas to support your answer.
Writing
You have been named principal for the day. Describe what you would do during your day as the EQWE20315 principal. Ideas for My Description
Remember: Check over your work. Check your spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Writing
Write your description here.
Writing
Write an announcement that you would read at a school assembly to convince everyone in your school EQWE20304 that recycling is important. Ideas for My Announcement
Remember: Check over your work. Check your spelling, grammar and punctuation.
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Writing
Write your announcement here.
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Grade 6

Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Junior Division

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Digging for Gold

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Canadian Pump Brings Water to the World

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Write your description here.

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Student Booklet: Language 1

Grade 6, Spring 2009

Write your announcement here.

Student Booklet: Language 1

2009 Queens Printer for Ontario

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