Open Up - Grade 8 - ELA - Module 2 - Mid Unit 3 Assessment

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Directions: Read pages 65–67 of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, then answer the questions below about language.

Answer Part A, then answer Part B.

Part A

Describe the meaning of bellow in the context of the sentence below. (L.8.4a)

“Cows separated from their mother will mope and bellow for days” (65).

make a happy, quick, joyful sound

make a soft, slow, peaceful sound

make a repeated, quick, curious sound

make a loud, slow, painful sound

Part B 

What words or phrases helped you determine the meaning of bellow in this context? (L.8.4a)

L.8.4.a

Read the sentence below.

“The animals are, for the first time in their lives, confined to a pen” (66). 

Using your knowledge of the affix con-, what does the phrase confined to mean? (L.8.4b)

outside of

behind

held within

in front of

In the sentence below, how do the words eat and from help us to better understand trough? (L.8.5b)

“They are ‘bunk broken’—taught to eat from a trough” (66).

The words eat and from tell us that trough is a result of the cows eating.

The words eat and from tell us that trough is a food that cows eat.

The words eat and from tell us that trough is something that contains cows’ food.

The words eat and from tell us that trough is a synonym for cows.

Why did the author use the word gazed in this first sentence instead of using a synonym with a different connotation, such as looked? (L.8.5c)

“I went out to the pen and gazed over the sea of ninety black Angus cattle. Almost at once, steer number 534 moseyed over to the fence and made eye contact with me” (67).

Gazed connotes surprise, so it better describes the writer’s shock at seeing steer number 534.

Gazed connotes looking at something quickly, so it better describes the writer’s disinterest in seeing steer number 534.

Gazed connotes anger, so it better describes the writer’s irritation and frustration at seeing steer number 534.

Gazed connotes watching something steadily and intensely, so it better describes the writer’s wonder and admiration at seeing steer number 534.

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