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Grade 6 Mid Unit Assessment (Module 3-Unit 1) cloned 1/26/2021

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Module 3 Unit 1 Mid Unit Assessment

Grade 6

Mid-Unit 1 Assessment:

Analyze Point of View and Integrate Information:

“The Cutting of My Long Hair” and Photographs

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1. Part A
Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the other girls she encountered on her first day? (RI.6.6)
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b. They were dressed inappropriately.
c. They were dressed very similar to her.
d. They were judgmental and afraid.

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  1. Part A
Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the other girls she encountered on her first day? (RI.6.6)

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Part B
Which piece of evidence from the text best helps to convey the point of view from Part A? (RI.6.1, RI.6.6)

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  1. Part A
Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the adults at the school? (RI.6.6)

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Part B
Which two of the following phrases from the text help convey the point of view from Part A? (RI.6.1, RI.6.6)

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Reread paragraph 1, where Zitkala-Sa describes her first day at the Indian school.


The first day in the land of apples was a bitter-cold one; for the snow still covered the ground, and the trees were bare. A large bell rang for breakfast, its loud metallic voice crashing through the belfry overhead and into our sensitive ears. The annoying clatter of shoes on bare floors gave us no peace. The constant clash of harsh noises, with an undercurrent of many voices murmuring an unknown tongue, made a bedlam within which I was securely tied.

Part A
Describe Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward what she experienced in the first paragraph. (RI.6.6)

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Part B
Which ten words used by Zitkala-Sa in paragraph 1 have connotations that best convey that point of view? Underline them in the paragraph or write them below. (RI.6.1, RI.6.4, L.6.5c)

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“I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids” (paragraph 9).


How do the connotations of the bolded phrases in the sentence above help to convey Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward losing her hair? (RI.6.4, RI.6.6, L.6.5c)

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  1. Part A
“Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder” (paragraph 9).


What type of figurative language is used by Zitkala-Sa in the bolded excerpt above? (RI.6.4, L.6.5a)

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Part B
How does the bolded figurative language above help to convey Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the reality of her life at school? (RI.6.4, RI.6.6, L.6.5a)

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Part C
What are two other pieces of evidence from the text that also help to convey this point of view? (RI.6.1)

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Which best describes a central idea of this text? (RI.6.2)

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  1. Part A
Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the other girls she encountered on her first day? (RI.6.6)

(Look down for the second half of the passage. :>)

Look at the photographs below. What information about early Indian boarding schools do these images provide and how do they connect to a central idea in Zitkala-Sa’s text? (RI.6.2, RI.6.7)
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