Think Up Assessment - RI 7.2 - "Kindertransport" & "The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton" (8.14) - Scott Yamanashi | Library

Instructions

Read the passage using your Scratch Paper Strategies and answer each question.

Required

1

Use “Kindertransport” to answer questions 1–5.

Which statement expresses a central idea developed in the selection?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2

Required

1

Which sentence from the selection provides an example that supports the answer to Question 1?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2

Required

1

Read this paragraph from the selection.

"On November 9, 1938, known as Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass, German Nazis brutally attacked the homes and businesses of Jewish citizens. Nearly 100 men were killed that night, and almost 30,000 were arrested and sent to concentration camps, where they were forced to work in deplorable conditions. Despite this violent attack on innocent people, few countries were willing to accept refugees, especially children who would be financial burdens on their governments."

What is the role of this paragraph in the selection?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5

Required

1

Based on information in the sidebar, why does Alfred Dubs most likely work to help children?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3

Required

1

Read this paragraph from the selection.

"Those fortunate enough to receive sponsors were loaded onto trains. They were transported to Belgium and the Netherlands and then on to Great Britain. There, they were met by foster families or officials from organizations such as the Movement for the Care of Children from Germany."

How does the organization of this paragraph contribute to the selection?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5

Required

1

Use “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton” to answer questions 6-9.

Read the thesaurus entry.
humble (adj.)— courteous, modest, ordinary, simple

Which word from the thesaurus entry matches the way the word humble is used in the sentence, “Forever the humble hero, Winton says of his contributions, ‘You didn’t need any special knowledge to bring children out’”?

EX.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4.a

Required

1

Which is the best summary of the selection?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2

Required

1

Which sentence from “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton” provides evidence for the statement in the last paragraph that Winton is a hero?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1

Required

1

Read this sentence from the selection.

“Prague [volunteers working in Czechoslovakia] then had all the job of arranging the trains and the escorts and the money and dealing with all the parents and getting the children onto the train.”

What purpose do the brackets serve in this sentence?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5

Required

1

Use “Kindertransport” and “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton” to answer questions 10-13.

Read this sentence from “Kindertransport.”
“Here is a chance of taking the young generation of a great people, here is a chance of mitigating to some extent the terrible suffering of their parents and their friends.”

Read this sentence from “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton.”
What struck Winton most was the number of children he saw living in horrible conditions—children who would likely be imprisoned in concentration camps if someone did not intervene.

Which statement describes the relationship between the words mitigating and intervene in these sentences?

EX.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4.a

Required

1

Which statement expresses the central idea of both selections?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2

Required

1

Which inference is supported by both selections?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1

Required

1

What is a difference between the selections “Kindertransport” and “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton”?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.9

Think Up Assessment - RI 7.2 - "Kindertransport" & "The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton" (8.14)

Think Up Assessment - RI 7.2 - "Kindertransport" & "The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton" (8.14)

Use “Kindertransport” to answer questions 1–5.Which statement expresses a central idea developed in the selection?

Which sentence from the selection provides an example that supports the answer to Question 1?

Based on information in the sidebar, why does Alfred Dubs most likely work to help children?

Which is the best summary of the selection?

Which sentence from “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton” provides evidence for the statement in the last paragraph that Winton is a hero?

Read this sentence from the selection.“Prague [volunteers working in Czechoslovakia] then had all the job of arranging the trains and the escorts and the money and dealing with all the parents and getting the children onto the train.”What purpose do the brackets serve in this sentence?

Which statement expresses the central idea of both selections?

Which inference is supported by both selections?

What is a difference between the selections “Kindertransport” and “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton”?

Use “Kindertransport” to answer questions 1–5.Which statement expresses a central idea developed in the selection?

Which sentence from the selection provides an example that supports the answer to Question 1?

Based on information in the sidebar, why does Alfred Dubs most likely work to help children?

Which is the best summary of the selection?

Which sentence from “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton” provides evidence for the statement in the last paragraph that Winton is a hero?

Read this sentence from the selection.“Prague [volunteers working in Czechoslovakia] then had all the job of arranging the trains and the escorts and the money and dealing with all the parents and getting the children onto the train.”What purpose do the brackets serve in this sentence?

Which statement expresses the central idea of both selections?

Which inference is supported by both selections?

What is a difference between the selections “Kindertransport” and “The Secret Life of Nicholas Winton”?

Use “Kindertransport” to answer questions 1–5.

Which statement expresses a central idea developed in the selection?

Read this sentence from the selection.

“Prague [volunteers working in Czechoslovakia] then had all the job of arranging the trains and the escorts and the money and dealing with all the parents and getting the children onto the train.”

What purpose do the brackets serve in this sentence?

Use “Kindertransport” to answer questions 1–5.

Which statement expresses a central idea developed in the selection?

Read this sentence from the selection.

“Prague [volunteers working in Czechoslovakia] then had all the job of arranging the trains and the escorts and the money and dealing with all the parents and getting the children onto the train.”

What purpose do the brackets serve in this sentence?