The giant silver meteorite has vanished from the Space Wonders exhibit, and the science teacher, Mr. Vance, has silver dust on his trembling hands. Students use this short mystery to pick exact quotations as proof, punctuate titles, copy explicit answers, and back up an inference with a quote. The 4-page sheet practices 5th grade RL.5.1 for quoting and L.5.2.d for titles of works. The answer key covers all ten questions.
RL.5.1
“Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.”
Part 1 asks which exact quotation proves each point, Part 3 has students copy the story's words for Questions 7 and 8, and Question 10 backs the inference about Mr. Vance with a quote.
L.5.2.d
“Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.”
Part 2, Questions 4 to 6, where students italicize a typed book title, underline a handwritten one, and put a poem title in quotation marks.
A short story with Leo, Maya, and Mr. Vance, who blames a crash on "a little gravity experiment gone wrong." A book titled The Magic of Magnets pokes out of his bag.
Questions 1 to 3 give three quotations each. Students pick the one that proves the meteorite is heavy, that Maya was startled, and that Mr. Vance might be hiding something.
A rule box explains underlining by hand, italics when typing, and quotation marks for poems. Students choose the typed form of The Magic of Magnets, underline Rocks from Space, and add quotation marks to the poem "Shooting Stars."
Questions 7 and 8 ask what Mr. Vance said he was doing and what happened to the main attraction. Students answer with the exact words in quotation marks.
Question 9 asks whether Mr. Vance took the meteorite. Question 10 asks for one quote that supports that inference.
Mystery hook
Read the story aloud with a nervous voice for Mr. Vance. Students want to jump to Question 9, so hold the inference until they finish the quoting parts.
Typed or handwritten
Question 4 asks for the typed form, so the answer is B, the italic version. Students who pick C have missed the slant, so show the three choices large on the board before they mark one.
Evidence routine
Questions 7 and 8 need exact words. Students who paraphrase here need a simple rule: if it is not in quotation marks, it is not a quote.
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