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Instruction 5
Reading
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Key Ideas and Details in Informational Text . . . . . . . . 1 CCSS

Lesson 1: Finding Main Ideas and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RI.5.2
Lesson 2: Summarizing Informational Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 RI.5.2
Lesson 3: Using Details to Support Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 RI.5.1
Lesson 4: Exploring Relationships in Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 RI.5.3
Unit 1 Interim Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Unit 2: Key Ideas and Details in Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Lesson 5: Comparing and Contrasting Characters in Drama . . . . . . 45 RL.5.3
Lesson 6: Comparing and Contrasting Settings
and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 RL.5.3
Lesson 7: Finding the Theme of a Story or Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 RL.5.2
Lesson 8: Finding the Theme of a Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 RL.5.2
Lesson 9: Summarizing Literary Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 RL.5.2
Lesson 10: Using Details to Support Inferences in Literary Texts . . . . 85 RL.5.1
Unit 3: Craft and Structure in Informational Text . . . . . . . . . 101

Lesson 11: Unfamiliar Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 RI.5.4
Lesson 12: Comparing Text Structures, Part 1:
Chronology, Problem/Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 RI.5.5
Lesson 13: Comparing Text Structures, Part 2:
Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 RI.5.5
Lesson 14: Analyzing Accounts of the Same Topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 RI.5.6
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Unit 4: Craft and Structure in Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 CCSS

Lesson 15: Language and Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 RL.5.4
Lesson 16: Understanding Literary Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 RL.5.5
Lesson 17: Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 RL.5.6
Unit 5: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

in Informational Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Lesson 18: Finding Information from Multiple Sources . . . . . . . . . . 185 RI.5.7
Lesson 19: Understanding Supporting Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 RI.5.8
Lesson 20: Using Multiple Sources for Writing and Speaking . . . . . . 203 RI.5.9
Unit 6: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

in Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Lesson 21: Analyzing Visual Elements in Literary Texts . . . . . . . . . . 223 RL.5.7
Lesson 22: Comparing and Contrasting Stories in the Same Genre . . 231 RL.5.9
Unit 6 Interim Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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Lesson 3 Part 1: Introduction CCSS
RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when
Using Details to Support Inferences explaining what the text says explicitly and
when drawing inferences from the text.
Adventures and Discovery
Suppose your 2-year-old cousin comes for a visit. You find colorful marks all over the wall
and marker stains on your cousin’s hands. You know toddlers get into things and make
big messes. Although you didn’t see your cousin draw on the walls, you can make an
inference that he did. An inference is a decision made by combining what you already
know with evidence, such as clues and facts. Look at the illustration below and make an
inference about what just happened.
Where did
my steak go?
Draw arrows pointing to the clues or facts that help you decide what happened
to the steak.
Read the chart below to see how you can make an inference.
Clues or Facts + What You Already Know = Inference

• missing steak
• Dogs like meat.
• sleeping dog
• Some dogs try to take The dog ate the steak.
• drooling, full belly.
their owner’s food.
• bone next to dog.
Reading can be like solving small mysteries like these. Readers must make inferences as
they read because the author usually does not state everything directly. Good readers
look for plenty of clues or facts in the text to confirm that their inferences make sense.
L3: Using Details to Support Inferences 19

Part 2: Modeled Instruction Lesson 3
Read the first two paragraphs of a biography about the Chinese explorer Zheng He.
Then read and answer the question that follows.
Genre: Biography
Zheng He by Marcus Lim
Zheng He was the greatest explorer in Chinese history. He traveled widely through
Asia and Africa. Some historians even allege that he made contact with the Americas before
Christopher Columbus.
Zheng He, also known as Cheng Ho, was born in 1371 into a family of poor peasants. He was
captured by the Chinese army as a boy. He later joined the court of the Ming Dynasty. There, his
leadership skills grew. It became clear that he would play an important part in helping China
explore the world.
(continued)
(continued)
How does the author most likely feel about Zheng He?
The author does not directly state his feelings about Zheng He. You need to make an inference
about the author’s feelings based on details in the article.
Look for clues in the passage that tell how the author feels about Zheng He. One clue is shown
in the chart below. Write another clue on the lines. Put quotation marks around text taken from
the passage.
Clues or Facts + What You Already Know = Inference

“ Zheng He was the greatest
explorer . . . ”
Words such as “greatest” and The author has a
“important” often express a
positive opinion. opinion of Zheng He.
What do these clues suggest about the author’s feelings toward Zheng He? The phrases seem to
be positive. These details are clues that the author has a positive opinion of Zheng He.
Fill in the blanks below to write about the inference you just made.
The author most likely has a opinion of Zheng He. The phrases
and are clues that show the author’s feelings.
20 L3: Using Details to Support Inferences

Part 3: Guided Instruction Lesson 3
Continue reading about Zheng He. Use the Close Reading and the
Hint to help you answer the question.
Close Reading (continued from page 20)
On page 20, the author Zheng He visited many countries of Asia and Africa,
mentions Zheng He’s including Java, Sri Lanka, India, Persia, Arabia, and Taiwan.
leadership skills. Find He sailed with huge fleets of up to 300 ships, with 30,000 men
and underline the
sentence here that tells under his charge. He also brought many priceless treasures back
about Zheng He’s to the Chinese court.
leadership skills. The great explorer died at sea in 1435, at the age of 60, as he
returned from an exploration of Africa. He was buried in a large
tomb outside Nanjing, which was rebuilt in tribute to the
explorer in 1985.
Hint Circle the correct answer.

Which choice includes Which sentence from the article best shows that Zheng He was a
evidence that Zheng He strong leader?
led people? A “Zheng He visited many countries of Asia and Africa, including
Java, Sri Lanka, India, Persia, Arabia, and Taiwan.”
B “He sailed with huge fleets of up to 300 ships, with 30,000 men
under his charge.”
C “He also brought many priceless treasures back to the Chinese
court.”
D “He was buried in a large tomb outside Nanjing, which was rebuilt
in tribute to the explorer in 1985.”
Show Your Thinking

Look at the answer that you chose above. Explain how the clues in the answer helped you infer
that Zheng He was a strong leader.
Pick one fact from an answer you did not choose. Tell your partner why that fact would not
support the inference that Zheng He was a strong leader.

Part 4: Guided Practice Lesson 3
Read the passage. Use the Study Buddy and the Close Reading to guide your reading.
Genre: Informational
Firsts in Flight by Edward Castillo
1 People have dreamed of flying since the beginning of time.

An ancient Greek myth tells of a boy and his father who flew
with wings made of wax and feathers. But the invention of the
I know myths aren’t
real, so I’m going to kite marks the true beginning of flight history. Kites were first
underline the sentence flown in China around 400 b.c.e. Around that time, people
that explains how the began to study the science of flight.
author thinks real
flying began. 2 For centuries, inventors built mechanical wings, attaching
them to their arms. These efforts failed, but people still
searched for ways to fly. During the 1480s, Leonardo
da Vinci made more than 100 sketches of flying machines,
Close Reading which would later influence other inventors.
Why didn’t the 3 In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers built the first hot-air
Montgolfiers’ balloon balloon. The balloon’s passengers were a sheep, a rooster, and
completely fulfill the a duck. The brothers solved the problem of lift, but the balloon
human dream of flight?
did not allow riders to move forward or steer.
Underline a sentence
that shows what the 4 In the 1850s, George Cayley hoped to achieve controlled
balloon could not do. flight. His glider designs shaped the work of Otto Lilienthal.
What was the biggest In 1891, Lilienthal became the first person to launch a manned
difference between glider. He wrote a book about his experiments, which inspired
Lilienthal’s glider and two brothers from Ohio, Orville and Wilbur Wright.
the Wright Flyer?
Underline the evidence 5 The Wright brothers tested many flight theories with balloons
that shows a major and kites. Their 1902 Wright Glider could be controlled with a
difference. movable tail. But their greatest accomplishment was adding an
engine to lift their glider into the air.
6 On December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina,
the Wright Flyer first flew. Orville Wright was the first to
successfully pilot a motorized flight.

Part 4: Guided Practice Lesson 3
Hints Use the Hints on this page to help you answer the questions.
When did real flying 1 A student makes the following inference about the author of “Firsts
start? Look back at what in Flight.”
you underlined in
paragraph 1. The author believes that the ancient Greek myth does not
describe real attempts to fly.
Which sentence from the passage best supports this inference?

A “But the invention of the kite marks the true beginning of
flight history.”
B “Kites were first flown in China around 400 b.c.e.”
C “For centuries, inventors built mechanical wings, attaching
them to their arms.”
D “The Wright brothers tested many flight theories with balloons
and kites.”
Which sentence 2 Which phrase best supports the inference that safe flight was not
describes the problem really possible in the 1700s?
the Montgolfier A “people still searched for ways to fly”
brothers had?
B “passengers were a sheep, a rooster, and a duck”
C “the balloon did not allow riders to move forward or steer”
D “George Cayley hoped to achieve controlled flight”
What did the Wright Flyer 3 Explain how the Wright Flyer was different from Otto Lilienthal’s
have that Lilienthal’s glider. Include at least one direct quote from the passage to support
glider did not have? your explanation.

Part 5: Common Core Practice Lesson 3
Read the article. Then answer the questions that follow.
from “Treasures of the Tomb”

by Sean Price, National Geographic Kids
Discovering King Tut’s Incredible Riches

1 It’s pitch black. His hands trembling, British archaeologist Howard Carter makes a small hole
in the tomb’s second door. He inserts a candle. Next to him, Lord Carnarvon blurts out, “Can you see
anything?” After a moment of stunned silence, Carter replies, “Yes, wonderful things.”
2 What Carter sees looks like the inside of a giant treasure chest. Gold gleams everywhere!
There are glittering statues, a throne, and fabulous golden beds with posts shaped like the heads of
wild animals. Precious items are heaped all over the room. A mound of chariot parts fills one corner.
3 It has taken five years of digging in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings—a graveyard for ancient
Egypt’s richest kings—and $500,000 (in today’s money) of British millionaire Lord Carnarvon’s cash,
but Carter has hit the jackpot. He has discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun (often called Tut for
short). Tut had become pharaoh at age nine and died just ten years later around 1323 b.c.
4 Carter, Lord Carnarvon, and two others enter the cluttered first room, which they call the
antechamber. Under a bed with posts in the shape of hippopotamus heads, Lord Carnarvon finds the
entrance to another room. Soon known as the annex, this tiny chamber holds more than 2,000 everyday
objects. They include boomerangs, shields, a box containing eye makeup, and 116 baskets of food. Some
of the piles reach nearly six feet high! When Carter clears the annex out later, his workers are suspended
by ropes at first to keep from stepping on things.
5 The disorder in the annex indicates ancient grave robbers had looted the tomb. They left
behind footprints and a bundle of Tut’s gold finger-rings hurriedly wrapped in cloth. Luckily, they’d
been caught and the tomb resealed. That was more than 3,000 years ago.
6 The explorers are fascinated by two tall statues in the antechamber showing Tut dressed in gold.
The figures seem to be guarding yet another room. Sweltering in the heat, the group crawls through a
hole created by the ancient robbers. Before them stands a huge wooden box, or shrine, that glitters with
a layer of gold. This room must be Tut’s burial chamber! At the very center of the shrine is a carved
sarcophagus, or stone coffin. Inside it are three nested coffins, each one more richly decorated than the
one before. Inside the last coffin, made of solid gold, lies the mummy of Tutankhamun. A 22-pound gold
mask covers its head and shoulders. A collar made from 171 separate gold pieces rests on the mummy’s
chest. It wears gold sandals on its feet.
7 On one side of the burial chamber is an open doorway. It reveals the fourth room of the tomb,
this one so full of riches that Carter dubs it the treasury. Towering over the other objects is a gold-
covered shrine protected by statues of goddesses. The shrine holds Tut’s liver, lungs, stomach, and
intestines. Each vital organ is preserved, wrapped in linen, and placed in its very own small coffin.
8 Today about 2.5 million people visit Egypt’s Cairo Museum

each year to see Tut’s treasures on display. The ancient Egyptians
believed that “to speak the name of the dead is to make them live
again.” If that is true, Tutankhamun certainly lives on.
Curse of the Mummy

9 On April 5, 1923, Lord Carnarvon died suddenly in Egypt.
At that same moment, lights went out all over Cairo. In England,
Lord Carnarvon’s dog, Susie, howled and died.
10 Newspapers claimed that these events were caused by King
Tut’s “curse.” According to the newspapers, Tut’s burial chamber
contained a warning: “Death shall come on swift wings to him that
toucheth the tomb of the Pharaoh.”
11 It was a chilling story. But was it true? Actually, there was no warning in Tut’s tomb. The
papers made up that part. Skeptics1 say the events have other explanations. Lord Carnarvon had been
in poor health for years. Cairo’s feeble electric system caused lights to wink out all the time. And dogs
sometimes do die unexpectedly.
12 Only 6 of the 26 people who saw the opening of Tut’s burial chamber died within the next
ten years. Howard Carter, who should have been the most cursed of all, lived until 1939—17 years
after coming face-to-face with Tutankhamun’s mummy.
1
Skeptics: people who doubt and have disbelief
Answer Form
1 A B C D
1 Which sentence from the article best supports the 2 A B C D Number
inference that King Tut’s curse was imagined, not 3 A B C D Correct 3
real, as newspapers had claimed?
A “The disorder in the annex indicates ancient grave robbers had looted the tomb.”
B “The shrine holds Tut’s liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines.”
C “On April 5, 1923, Lord Carnarvon died suddenly in Egypt.”
D “Lord Carnavon had been been in poor health for years.”

2 Read these sentences from the 3 Read these sentences from the
article. article.
Soon known as the annex, this The ancient Egyptians believed

tiny chamber holds more than that “to speak the name of the
2,000 everyday objects. They dead is to make them live again.”
include boomerangs, shields, If that is true, Tutankhamun
a box containing eye makeup, certainly lives on.
and 116 baskets of food.
Based on these sentences, with which
Which of the following ideas do statement would the author of the
these sentences best support? article most likely agree?
A The pharaoh named A The discovery of King Tut’s tomb
Tutankhamun and the people he was a benefit because it has
ruled never went hungry. helped to get people interested
in Egypt.
B The objects in the annex were
worth as much money as the B Howard Carter and Lord
objects in the treasury. Carnarvon stole King Tut’s
treasures, just as the ancient
C Ancient Egyptians believed that tomb robbers had tried to do.
ordinary objects could be useful
even after death. C King Tut’s tomb should have
remained sealed to keep people
D Ancient Egyptians always placed from making up stories about
thousands of everyday objects in
a curse.
the coffins of their dead.
D The discovery of the treasure
was a benefit because it kept
grave robbers from looting other
ancient tombs.
4 Paragraph 1 of the article states that Lord Carnarvon asked Howard Carter what he
saw in the antechamber. Carter could only answer Lord Carnarvon’s question after a
moment of “stunned silence.” Explain why Carter was surprised and amazed by what
he saw. Quote at least one sentence from the passage to support your explanation.
Self Check Go back and see what you can check off on the Self Check on page 1.

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Unit 1: Key Ideas and Details in Informational Text . . . . . . . . 1 CCSS

Unit 2: Key Ideas and Details in Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Unit 3: Craft and Structure in Informational Text . . . . . . . . . 101

Unit 4: Craft and Structure in Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 CCSS

Unit 5: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Unit 6: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Adventures and Discovery

Clues or Facts + What You Already Know = Inference

L3: Using Details to Support Inferences 19

Zheng He by Marcus Lim

Clues or Facts + What You Already Know = Inference

20 L3: Using Details to Support Inferences

Close Reading (continued from page 20)

Hint Circle the correct answer.

Show Your Thinking

L3: Using Details to Support Inferences 21

Firsts in Flight by Edward Castillo

1 People have dreamed of flying since the beginning of time.

22 L3: Using Details to Support Inferences

Which sentence from the passage best supports this inference?

L3: Using Details to Support Inferences 23

Read the article. Then answer the questions that follow.

from “Treasures of the Tomb”

Discovering King Tut’s Incredible Riches

8 Today about 2.5 million people visit Egypt’s Cairo Museum

Curse of the Mummy

L3: Using Details to Support Inferences 25

Soon known as the annex, this The ancient Egyptians believed

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