Week 2: GoFormative #1 (Periods 1 & Period 6)

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Week 2: GoFormative #1 (Periods 1 & Period 6)

Last updated over 5 years ago

20 questions

Note from the author:

"My First Free Summer" by Julia Alvarez

PART 2: Common Noun and Proper Noun Review

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

PART 3: Pronoun Review
Match the common noun or proper noun with its correct pronoun.  For example, the proper noun Ms. Jernberg  can be replaced with the pronoun she, her, hers. The common noun chair can be replaced with it, its.

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Click on the "Show Your Work" and play around with the different features. In order to receive credit for this, you must have made at least one straight line and one scribble.

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Click on "Show Your Work" and underline all of the common nouns in the passage (common nouns only)

PART 4: "My First Free Summer" by Julia Alvarez

This is the first narrative we are reading for our narrative unit.  A narrative is about a character who overcomes a problem. We will be focusinig on personal narratives, or true stories about real pepple.  Before you graduate, you will have to write a personal narrative to either apply for colleges or jobs.

Read the text above and answer the questions below:

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Where is our main character from?

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Who was "El Jefe" or Rafael Trujillo?

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Why did our narrator never have summer?

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How does the narrator show change here on this last page? In other words, what about her or her ideas change?

"My First Free Summer" by Julia Alvarez

PART 2: Common Noun and Proper Noun Review

Match the common noun with it's proper noun pair. Recall the practice we did in class on Monday. For example, if the common noun is restaurant than the proper noun match would be something like Wendy's

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Common Noun: the mall		Common Noun: Restaurant
Proper Noun: Tuesday		Proper Noun: Water Tower Place Mall
Proper Noun: University of Ilinois		Common Noun: beach
Common Noun: high school		Proper Noun: Fair Play Groceries
Proper Noun: North Park Beach		Common Noun: day
Proper Noun: Wendy's		Proper Noun: Golder College Prep
Common Noun: grocery store		Common Noun: college

PART 3: Pronoun Review
Match the common noun or proper noun with its correct pronoun.  For example, the proper noun Ms. Jernberg  can be replaced with the pronoun she, her, hers. The common noun chair can be replaced with it, its.

Proper Noun: Riley (identifies as female)

Proper Noun: Quincy (identifies as male)

Common Noun: coffee mug

Proper Nouns: Riley, Nicolas, Abagail, Kamron, and myself (myself is key to getting this question correct)

Proper Nouns: Riley, Nicolas, Abagail, and Kamron

Click on the "Show Your Work" and play around with the different features. In order to receive credit for this, you must have made at least one straight line and one scribble.

Click on "Show Your Work" and underline all of the common nouns in the passage (common nouns only)

PART 4: "My First Free Summer" by Julia Alvarez

This is the first narrative we are reading for our narrative unit.  A narrative is about a character who overcomes a problem. We will be focusinig on personal narratives, or true stories about real pepple.  Before you graduate, you will have to write a personal narrative to either apply for colleges or jobs.

Read the text above and answer the questions below:

What is a narrative?

fictional events

historical events that explain why things are they way they are

a story about a character who overcomes a problem

What type of narrative are we focusing on?

Autobiography – a detailed description or account of the storyteller's own life.

Captivity narrative – a story in which the protagonist is captured and describes their experience with the culture of their captors.

Personal- a true story about a real person

Where is our main character from?

Who was "El Jefe" or Rafael Trujillo?

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Why did our narrator never have summer?

1

What are some things our narrator had to do when her friends in local Dominican schools were having a holiday to celebrate the dictator?

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Our narrator goes to an American school in the Dominican Republic. The bulk or majority of the student body was made up of who?

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What is something our narrrator secretly hoped for?

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When did she finally "straighten out"

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Why did she decide to "straighten out" and pay attention in school?

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Can you make a connection to what was happening in the Dominican Republic to what is happening in places in the United States? See video, but feel free to share your own interpretation of what is going on currently in the United States.

1

How does the narrator show change here on this last page? In other words, what about her or her ideas change?

Match the common noun with it's proper noun pair. Recall the practice we did in class on Monday. For example, if the common noun is restaurant than the proper noun match would be something like Wendy's

Common Noun: the mall

Common Noun: Restaurant 

Proper Noun: Tuesday

Proper Noun: Water Tower Place Mall

Proper Noun: University of Ilinois 

Common Noun: beach

Common Noun: high school

Proper Noun: Fair Play Groceries

Proper Noun: North Park Beach

Common Noun: day

Proper Noun: Wendy's

Proper Noun: Golder College Prep

Common Noun: grocery store

Common Noun: college

Proper Noun: Riley (identifies as female)

it, its

he, him, his

she, her, hers

they, them, theirs

we, our, ours, us

Proper Noun: Quincy (identifies as male)

it, its

he, him, his

she, her, hers

they, them, theirs

we, our, ours, us

Common Noun: coffee mug

it, its

he, him, his

she, her, hers

they, them, theirs

we, our, ours, us

Proper Nouns: Riley, Nicolas, Abagail, Kamron, and myself (myself is key to getting this question correct)

it, its

he, him, his

she, her, hers

they, them, theirs

we, our, ours, us

Proper Nouns: Riley, Nicolas, Abagail, and Kamron

it, its

he, him, his

she, her, hers

they, them, theirs

we, our, ours, us

What is a narrative?

fictional events

historical events that explain why things are they way they are

a story about a character who overcomes a problem

What type of narrative are we focusing on?

Autobiography – a detailed description or account of the storyteller's own life.

Captivity narrative – a story in which the protagonist is captured and describes their experience with the culture of their captors.

Personal- a true story about a real person

What are some things our narrator had to do when her friends in local Dominican schools were having a holiday to celebrate the dictator?

Our narrator goes to an American school in the Dominican Republic. The bulk or majority of the student body was made up of who?

What is something our narrrator secretly hoped for?

When did she finally "straighten out"

Why did she decide to "straighten out" and pay attention in school?

Can you make a connection to what was happening in the Dominican Republic to what is happening in places in the United States? See video, but feel free to share your own interpretation of what is going on currently in the United States.