Describe how the garden was a both a positive and negative experience for Virgil and his father.
Explain why the garden feels like a family to Sae Young.
Explain the significance of the quote “we, like our seeds, were now planted in the garden” and who is responsible for the change.
Explain what gifts and advice Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which give each of the children and the significance of each gift.
Write a multiple-paragraph essay to answer a unit essential question.
Describe Camazotz and how the setting influences the mood of the story.
Compare and contrast the two representations of Camazotz from A Wrinkle in Time by analyzing and explaining how the genre features of both contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
Compare and contrast the two representations of A Wrinkle in Time by analyzing and explaining how the genre features of both contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
Explain how specific events in All American Boys reveal and/or change characters’ perspectives.
Explain how writers use figurative language and structural choices to develop and support key ideas.
Explain how specific events and lines of text in All American Boys reveal aspects of characters.
Explain how specific events and lines of text in All American Boys reveal aspects of Quinn’s character and his perspective.
Explain how authors Reynolds and Kiely use figurative language and word choice to provide insight into characters’ emotions.
Explain how events and lines of text reveal characters’ perspectives of themselves and others in All American Boys.
Identify and explain the ways that characters’ lives are shaped by race and racism in All American Boys.
Engage in a Socratic Seminar with classmates, drawing from unit texts to support ideas.
Outline a short story that explores the power of perspective.
Apply some of the storytelling strategies they studied in All American Boys to a narrative.
These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.
The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions orally or in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
The Fluency Assessment measures students’ ability to read a grade-level text with accuracy and prosody, at a proficient rate. Teachers should use the information gathered from the assessment to monitor students’ fluency and plan for any necessary intervention groups. This assessment is quick and should happen at the end of a unit. Teachers should plan to pull students one-on-one to do this while the rest of the class is independently reading or writing.
Explain how Smith uses figurative language in his TED Talk to develop and support his central idea.