Summarize a story without opinions

Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   The Museum Case (story)

   [1] Zee’s class prepared a display of old jars for a small local history exhibit. [2] Zee planned to arrange the jars by height because that made a tidy row. [3] A volunteer explained that visitors might also want to know each jar’s use. [4] Zee read the notes and grouped jars used for food separately from jars used for ink. [5] One jar had no label, although its shape resembled the food jars. [6] Zee refused to guess and placed a question card beside that jar, even though placing it with the food jars would have been easier. [7] The class found a photograph showing the same shape beside a writing desk. [8] Zee updated the card to say that the jar had probably held ink. [9] Before opening, Zee noticed that a tall jar blocked one shorter label. [10] Zee shifted the tall jar while keeping the use groups together. [11] Visitors could now read the labels and compare the two groups. [12] Zee kept the question card in the class notes as a reminder to check uncertain facts, rather than silently treating an uncertain guess as a proven fact.
   Event-and-response strip: 1. A tidy height row hid each jar’s use → Zee regrouped jars by use | 2. One jar lacked a label → Zee waited for evidence before updating it | 3. A tall jar blocked a label → Zee shifted it while preserving the groups

2. 1.

   Ari reads The Museum Case. Which two strip entries objectively summarize how Zee moved from a tidy height plan to a careful use label?

   • A height row hid each jar’s use → Zee grouped jars by use; Zee labeled the unknown jar without evidence from notes
   • A height row hid each jar’s use → Zee grouped jars by use; this was surely the best part
   • A height row hid each jar’s use → Zee grouped jars by use; A tall jar blocked a label → Zee shifted it
   • A height row hid each jar’s use → Zee grouped jars by use; One jar lacked a label → Zee waited for evidence
3. 2.

   Esme reads The Museum Case. Which objective summary keeps the complication and response for the uncertain jar?

   • The jar resembled jars used for food.
   • The class found a photograph only after Zee declared the jar was definitely for ink and removed the question card.
   • Zee should have guessed ink immediately because guessing is exciting.
   • Zee left an unlabeled jar marked as uncertain until a photograph suggested it had probably held ink.
4. 3.

   Kira reads The Museum Case. Which objective summary keeps the complication and response for the display and result?

   • Zee grouped jars by use and moved a tall jar so visitors could read labels while comparing the groups.
   • Visitors compared the groups before Zee reorganized the jars.
   • The tall jar blocked one shorter label.
   • The new layout was certainly the most beautiful possible arrangement for the whole local history exhibit.
5. 4.

   Kira reads The Museum Case. Which two strip entries objectively summarize how Zee made both the groups and their labels useful?

   • A height row hid each jar’s use → Zee grouped jars by use; Zee kept the tall jar in front of the label
   • A height row hid each jar’s use → Zee grouped jars by use; A tall jar blocked a label → Zee shifted it
   • One jar lacked a label → Zee waited for evidence; A tall jar blocked a label → Zee shifted it
   • A height row hid each jar’s use → Zee grouped jars by use; this was surely the best part

6. The Umbrella Plan (story)

   [1] Tala’s class planned an outdoor reading table for a neighborhood gathering. [2] Tala checked the weather report and prepared a wide umbrella for shade. [3] When a gust lifted the umbrella edge, Tala moved the table nearer a sheltered wall. [4] The wall blocked the wind, but it also made the printed pages harder to see. [5] Tala borrowed a small lamp from the event helpers and tested the light. [6] The lamp helped, yet its cord crossed the narrow path beside the table. [7] Tala rerouted the cord behind the table and taped it away from walkers. [8] A visitor asked whether the reading could still happen if rain arrived. [9] Tala pointed to the covered room across the courtyard and checked its open door. [10] The reading began outdoors because the sky stayed dry that afternoon. [11] The group used the prepared indoor room later when a brief shower started. [12] Tala wrote both locations on a sign so late visitors could find the readers.
   Event-and-response strip: 1. Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter | 2. The wall dimmed the pages → Tala tested a lamp and moved its cord | 3. Rain became possible → Tala checked an indoor room and used it later

7. 5.

   Milo reads The Umbrella Plan. Which objective summary keeps the complication and response for the whole story?

   • Tala’s perfect plan made the gathering much better than every other event.
   • Tala adjusted an outdoor reading table for wind and poor light, prepared an indoor backup, and moved the reading when rain began.
   • Tala taped a lamp cord behind the reading table.
   • Tala moved the reading indoors before checking the weather or preparing the outdoor table.
8. 6.

   Milo reads The Umbrella Plan. Which two strip entries objectively summarize how wind shelter created a new light problem?

   • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; this was surely the best part
   • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; Rain became possible → Tala checked an indoor room
   • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; The wall dimmed the pages → Tala tested a lamp
   • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; Tala moved into stronger wind to brighten the pages
9. 7.

   Pia reads The Umbrella Plan. Which objective summary keeps the complication and response for the wind and light problems?

   • The lamp cord crossed a narrow path beside the table.
   • Tala was clever enough to solve every possible outdoor problem.
   • Tala sheltered the table from wind, then added a lamp and moved its cord when the new spot was too dark.
   • Tala tested a lamp before moving the table away from the wind.
10. 8.

    Pia reads The Umbrella Plan. Which two strip entries objectively summarize how Tala solved dim pages and prepared for possible rain?

    • The wall dimmed the pages → Tala tested a lamp; Rain became possible → Tala checked an indoor room
    • The wall dimmed the pages → Tala tested a lamp; this was surely the best part
    • The wall dimmed the pages → Tala tested a lamp; Tala ignored the rain question and kept only the outdoor plan
    • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; The wall dimmed the pages → Tala tested a lamp
11. 9.

    Tala reads The Umbrella Plan. Which objective summary keeps the complication and response for the backup and final result?

    • The indoor room was obviously a far nicer place to read.
    • Tala checked an indoor room as a backup; the group later used it when a shower started and updated the location sign.
    • Tala used the indoor room before the outdoor reading began.
    • The covered room stood across the courtyard.
12. 10.

    Tala reads The Umbrella Plan. Which two strip entries objectively summarize how Tala answered two different weather problems?

    • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; The wall dimmed the pages → Tala tested a lamp
    • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; Tala used the room before the outdoor reading began
    • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; this was surely the best part
    • Wind lifted the umbrella → Tala moved the table to shelter; Rain became possible → Tala checked an indoor room