Unit Exam: "Thank You Ma,am"
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6 questions
Read the following short story carefully. As you answer the questions, be sure to PROVE your answers by finding them in the passage.
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Which statement best expresses the theme of the story?
Which statement best expresses the theme of the story?
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10
Which detail from the text best supports the author's message about treating other people?
Which detail from the text best supports the author's message about treating other people?
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10
Why does Roger want to thank Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones at the end of the story?
Why does Roger want to thank Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones at the end of the story?
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10
Which of the following expresses the strongest inference about paragraph 36?
Which of the following expresses the strongest inference about paragraph 36?
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Describe the woman in the first part of the story. Use key details to support your answer.
Describe the woman in the first part of the story. Use key details to support your answer.
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40
Image how Thank you Maam would change from the boys point of view. Then rewrite paragraphs 20-35 from the boys point of view. Be sure to include details from the story in your narrative.
Narrative Writer’s Checklist Write a narrative response that develops a real or imagined experience. • Establish a context for the experience and a point of view. • Introduce a narrator and/or characters. • Organize events in a natural and logical order. ◦ Use a variety of transitions to sequence the events and to indicate shifts from one time frame or setting to another. • Use dialogue, description, and/or pacing to: ◦ develop events. ◦ develop characters. ◦ develop experiences. • Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to communicate the action and to describe the events. • Include a conclusion that reflects on the experience in your narrative. • Use ideas and/or details from the passage(s). • Check your work for correct usage, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Now write your narrative on your answer document. Refer to the Writer’s Checklist as you write and proofread your narrative.
Image how Thank you Maam would change from the boys point of view. Then rewrite paragraphs 20-35 from the boys point of view. Be sure to include details from the story in your narrative.
Narrative Writer’s Checklist
Write a narrative response that develops a real or imagined experience.
• Establish a context for the experience and a point of view.
• Introduce a narrator and/or characters.
• Organize events in a natural and logical order. ◦ Use a variety of transitions to sequence the events and to indicate shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
• Use dialogue, description, and/or pacing to: ◦ develop events. ◦ develop characters. ◦ develop experiences.
• Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to communicate the action and to describe the events.
• Include a conclusion that reflects on the experience in your narrative.
• Use ideas and/or details from the passage(s).
• Check your work for correct usage, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Now write your narrative on your answer document.
Refer to the Writer’s Checklist as you write and proofread your narrative.