Lesson 10-11: Grade 7 End of Unit 1 Assessment cloned 1/26/2021

Lesson 10-11: End of Unit 1 Assessment:

Analyze Structure, Language, and Theme:

"I Shall Return"

Learning Targets:

1. I can analyze how the structure of "I Shall Return" contributes to its meaning.

2. I can determine the meaning of figurative language in "I Shall Return"

3. I can identify a theme and explain how it is developed over the course of "I Shall Return"

Directions: Read the poem "I Shall Return" and answer the questions below:

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1. What is the meaning of the phrase wonder-eyes in the second line of the poem?

The speaker has poor eyesight.

The speak has great eyesight.

The speaker is happy about what he sees.

The speaker is confused about what he sees.

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2. This question has two parts.
First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.Reread the following stanza, and answer the questions below:
I shall return to hear the fiddle and fife
Of village dances, dear delicious tunes
That stir the hidden depths of native life,
Stray melodies of dim remembered runes.
Part A
How does this stanza develop meaning in the poem?

By adding descriptions of human activity

By explaining why the speaker first left home

By contradicting the images that came before

By showing how the speaker first discovered his home

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Part B:
How does the rhyming in this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?

By showing the results of actions the speaker has taken

By drawing connections between the ideas being discussed

By developing contrasts between positive and negative events

By suggesting the speaker is taking advice of others about home

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3. How do the phrases hidden depths and dim remembered contribute meaning to the text?

By suggesting how the celebrations bring the past alive

By demonstrating the author's confusion about what is happening

By explaining how the author first discovered certain kinds of songs

By giving a reason why the author may not want to return home

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4. Reread the following line from the poem and answer the question below:
"At golden noon the forest fires burn"

Hidden

Beautiful

Important

Dangerous

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5. What is the effect of the repetition of I shall return to begin each stanza?

It emphasizes what the speaker longs to see again.

It explains why the speaker has to argue his point.

It demonstrates a new understanding of what home is.

It shows the speaker coming to a new decision for each stanza.

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Part A
What is the theme of the poem?

Some memories are too difficult to consider.

Home can hold a special meaning for people.

There is a danger in thinking too much about the past.

Nature can be more comforting than people at times.

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Part B:

How is the theme developed?

By describing the things the speaker misses

By explaining how easy it is to forget certain things

By showing why nature is superior to larger gatherings

By explaining how the speaker changes his mind over time

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7. How does the last line of the poem develop the theme?

By revealing that the speaker will be home soon

By showing the power of home for the speaker

By making the idea of home seem more complicated

By introducing a new idea about home the speaker has

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Write a paragraph explaining how the poet uses structure and language to develop a theme. Be sure to introduce the poem, state the theme, and support your interpretation with specific references to the structure and the language of the text.

Lesson 10-11: Grade 7 End of Unit 1 Assessment cloned 1/26/2021

1. What is the meaning of the phrase wonder-eyes in the second line of the poem?

Part B:How does the rhyming in this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?

3. How do the phrases hidden depths and dim remembered contribute meaning to the text?

4. Reread the following line from the poem and answer the question below:"At golden noon the forest fires burn"

5. What is the effect of the repetition of I shall return to begin each stanza?

Part AWhat is the theme of the poem?

Part B: How is the theme developed?

7. How does the last line of the poem develop the theme?

Write a paragraph explaining how the poet uses structure and language to develop a theme. Be sure to introduce the poem, state the theme, and support your interpretation with specific references to the structure and the language of the text.

1. What is the meaning of the phrase wonder-eyes in the second line of the poem?

Part B:How does the rhyming in this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?

3. How do the phrases hidden depths and dim remembered contribute meaning to the text?

4. Reread the following line from the poem and answer the question below:"At golden noon the forest fires burn"

5. What is the effect of the repetition of I shall return to begin each stanza?

Part AWhat is the theme of the poem?

Part B: How is the theme developed?

7. How does the last line of the poem develop the theme?

Write a paragraph explaining how the poet uses structure and language to develop a theme. Be sure to introduce the poem, state the theme, and support your interpretation with specific references to the structure and the language of the text.

Part B:
How does the rhyming in this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?

4. Reread the following line from the poem and answer the question below:
"At golden noon the forest fires burn"

Part A
What is the theme of the poem?

Part B:

How is the theme developed?

Part B:
How does the rhyming in this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?

4. Reread the following line from the poem and answer the question below:
"At golden noon the forest fires burn"

Part A
What is the theme of the poem?

Part B:

How is the theme developed?