Grade 8 ED Mod 2 Mid Unit 3 Assessment
By Djaris Woody
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Note from the author:
Lesson 2: Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Analyze Language: The Omnivore’s Dilemma,
Pages 65–67
Lesson 2: Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Analyze Language: The Omnivore’s Dilemma,
Pages 65–67
Learning Targets:
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- I can recognize the differences among connotations of words with similar meanings in The Omnivore’s Dilemma. (L.8.5c)
- I can use context and the relationships among words to better understand the meanings of words and phrases in The Omnivore’s Dilemma. (L.8.4a, L.8.5b)
- I can use affixes to determine the meanings of words and phrases in The Omnivore’s Dilemma. (L.8.4b)
Directions: Read pages 65–67 of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, then answer the questions below about language.
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- Answer Part A, then answer Part B.
Part ADescribe 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).
- 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).
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Part BWhat words or phrases helped you determine the meaning of bellow in this context? (L.8.4a)
Part B
What words or phrases helped you determine the meaning of bellow in this context? (L.8.4a)
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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)
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)
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- 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).
- 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).
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- 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).
- 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).