"The People Could Fly" Test

supernatural abilities

life lesson

set in modern times

oral tradition

Coyote is a trickster character who tries to trick people but is often tricked himself.

Two hundred years ago, children in Italy listened to stories about a girl whose father was a wolf.

The gentleness of a Japanese servant girl so impresses a rich farmer's son that she becomes his bride.

A teenager from Australia gets thrown overboard and becomes stranded on an island.

It has characters with supernatural abilities.

The conflict is between good and evil.

It is a fictional account of a real event in history.

It includes flying as a symbol for freedom.

when they were free in Africa

when they were on the slave ships

when they were tired of working on the plantations

when they heard Toby speak the magic words

because they were treated brutally on plantations

because they forgot how to fly

because slave owners put chains on them

because they could not take their wings on the slave ships

The Driver whips them.

They fall from the heat.

They suddenly grow wings again.

Toby says the magic words from Africa.

metaphor

personification

simile

dialect

a dark promise

black and shinin' stick

a slice-open cut of pain

a hard lump of clay

They learned to fly later when Toby returned.

They told the story to their children who eventually became free.

They refused to believe that the other people could fly.

They sang out joyfully to celebrate their friends' freedom.

speak magic words.

fly to great heights.

cry out in pain.

sing softly.

Your pants would be hanging in a closet.

The nail would rip a hole in your pants.

Your pants would feel very tight.

The nail would make your pants legs shorter.

slowly

quickly

vertically

impatiently