Open Up - Grade 7 - ELA - Module 1 - Mid Unit 3 Assessment - Formative Library | Library

Directions: Your teacher will play a clip of the A Long Walk to Water audiobook (05:17–7:40). Read along in the novel on pages 5 and 6 as you listen. After listening to the audio and following along in the text, answer the following questions. The audio version will be played four times, with time in between to allow you to answer the questions

Read the description of the food from page 4:

“There was only enough food for each boy to have a few bites, but, oh, how delicious those bites were!”

What technique does the narrator of the audiobook use to emphasize how “delicious” the food was that is different than the print version? (RL.7.1, RL.7.7)

creating the sounds for swallowing

reading the sentences like questions

drawing out the word “oh”

shouting out the word “bites”

RL.7.7

RL.7.1

Part A 

What is the effect of the way the reader says, “Nothing. Silence.” (5) in the audio version? (RL.7.1, RL.7.7)

It explains the thoughts of the characters.

It creates suspense.

It speeds up the reading.

It gives the listeners new questions.

RL.7.7

RL.7.1

Part B 

How does this compare to the way the words are written on page 5? Are the way they are written the same as the way they are spoken? (RL.7.1, RL.7.7)

RL.7.7

RL.7.1

How does the mood shift in both the print and audio versions of the following passage? (RL.7.1, RL.7.7)

“By the time he reached the house, she would have gone inside to get his bowl of milk ready for him.

CRACK!” (5)

It becomes happier.

It becomes calmer.

It becomes more excited.

It becomes more urgent.

RL.7.7

RL.7.1

How does the reader of the audio version show the tone of this passage in a way that is different than the print version? (RL.7.1, RL.7.7)

RL.7.7

RL.7.1

How does the writer show the tone shift in a way that is different from the audio version? Select all that apply. (RL.7.1, RL.7.7)

RL.7.7

RL.7.1

An example from the text and audio is given. Fill in the spaces for what effect this example creates and how the book and audio each achieve this effect. (RL.7.1, RL.7.7)

Example: “Go quickly, all of you,” the teacher said, his voice low and urgent. “Into the bush. Do you hear me? Not home. Don’t run home” (6).

Effect: ________________________________________________________
How the Effect Is Emphasized in the Book: ________________________________________________________
How the Effect Is Emphasized in the Audio: ________________________________________________________

RL.7.7

RL.7.1

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