Q1:L1
Answer the questions based on what you have learned in class.
PART A: What is the central idea of the song “I Hope You Dance”?
The speaker is taking dancing lessons and enjoys them.
The speaker is talking with a good friend about all that she’s gone through in life.
The speaker loses the love of her life.
The speaker offers the suggestion of dancing through life’s challenges.
PART B: Which piece of evidence supports the answer to Part A?
“God forbid love ever leave you empty handed” (ln. 4)
“Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance” (ln. 8)
“And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance/I hope you dance” (ln. 9)
“I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance” (ln. 12)