8th Grade ELA - 11/06/20

8th Grade ELA

Friday! - 11/06/2020

Poll

Would you rather be able to control animals with your mind or control electronics with your mind?

• be able to control animals with my mind

• be able to control electronics with my mind

Learning Goals

• I can compare how two texts, a poem, and a scene from the novel have different structures.

• I can analyze how the author draws on the theme of the Golden Rule in the novel.

• I can analyze the figurative language in an excerpt from Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice

Jem wants to buy a __________ for himself and a __________ for Scout with his birthday money.

• baseball bat, doll

• pack of gum, lollipop

• miniature steam engine, baton

• watch, hair bow

Multiple Choice

Jem used ____________ to destroy Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes.

• the butt of his air rifle
• Scout's baton
• his fists
• a tree branch

Multiple Choice

Jem reports that Mrs. Dubose wants him to __________.

• pay for her flowers

• replant her garden

• do her yard work for a month

• read to her

Multiple Choice

The __________ signals that it's time for Jem to stop reading and for him and Scout to leave Mrs. Dubose.

• alarm clock

• town hall clock

• mockingbird

• alarm on Jem's phone

Multiple Choice

After her death, Jem learns that Mrs. Dubose was __________.

• a millionaire

• a morphine addict

• his great aunt

• a friend of Calpurnia

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Dubose sent Jem a box with __________ in it.

• a camellia

• candy

• a new baton for Scout

• a new book

Multiple Choice

Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose was the bravest woman he ever knew because ______________.

• she died beholden to nothing and nobody

• she had survived an abusive husband

• she died alone

• she was a morphine addict

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Dubose's tirades about Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson support the theme of __________.

• femininity

• education and learning

• courage and bravery

• prejudice

Multiple Choice

According to Atticus, "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is __________."

• how a person votes

• a person's conscience

• a person's religious beliefs

• a person's family choices

Multiple Choice

Atticus says to Mrs. Dubose, "You looklike a picture this evening." This is an example of __________.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Poll

Would you rather have skin that changes color based on your emotions or have tattoos appear all over your body showing what you did the day before?

• have skin that changes color based on my emotions

• have tattoos appear on my body showing what I did yesterday

End of Unit 1 Assessment

Allusion, Text Structure, Connections to Traditional Themes, and Figurative Language

Open Ended

Read the following excerpt from Chapter 11 of To Kill a Mockingbird and explain how it illustrates the Golden Rule.

“Easy does it, son,” Atticus would say. “She’s an old lady and she’s ill. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it’s your job not to let her make you mad.”

Jem would say she must not be very sick, she hollered so. When the three of us came to her house, Atticus would sweep off his hat, wave gallantly to her and say, “Good evening, Mrs. Dubose! You look like a picture this evening” (133).

Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You will now read the poem and answer questions based on this poem.

Multiple Choice

What is the poem mostly about?

• Laughter is the answer to a happy life.

• What you put out, the world returns to you.

• Positive actions result in positive returns.

• Negative actions result in negative returns.

Open Ended

What does the first stanza tell us about what the narrator has learned about life?

Open Ended

What does the second stanza tell us about what the narrator has learned about life?

Open Ended

In the last stanza of the poem, the poet sums up what she has learned about living, dying, and the support of others.

How does the poet structure this poem so that the last the stanza reveals these lessons?

Open Ended

What do you think this poem seems to be saying about the Golden Rule?

Open Ended

How does Chapter 11 relate to the Golden Rule?

(Explain your answer.)

Multiple Choice

Based on pages 141-142 (109-110) of To Kill a Mockingbird.

What impact does the allusion to Ivanhoe have on the meaning of Chapter 11?

• It emphasizes that Jem wants revenge on Mrs. Dubose.

• It shows that Jem loves adventure novels.

• It makes Jem and Scout’s relationship clearer.

• It shows that this chapter brings Jem and Mrs. Dubose together peacefully.

• It brings up the idea of slavery.

Open Ended

Justify your answer using evidence from the text.

Multiple Choice

What is the figurative meaning of the phrase in blue?

“The day after Jem’s twelfth birthday his money was burning up his pockets, so we headed for town in the early afternoon. Jem thought he had enough to buy a miniature steam engine for himself and a twirling baton for me."

• The coins in Jem’s pockets were hot because of the sun.

• Jem was eager to spend his birthday money.

• Jem felt guilty about having money in his pockets.

• Jem had stolen the money in his pockets.

The End!

You have now completed the End of Unit 1 Assessment. Congratulations!

Poll

Would you rather go back in time 5 years or go into the future 5 years?

• go back into time 5 years

• go into the future 5 years