Unit 1 B CFA

Unit 1 B CFA

Welcome to part B of English 10.

At the beginning of every unit we take a Common Formative Assessment (CFA). This gives your teacher an idea of what goals and objectives covered in the unit the class is already familiar with and the goals they need more practice.

Is the CFA graded?

Yes. The grade is based on completion not on how you scored on the questions in the CFA.

What about targeted instruction?

Targeted instruction is on Tuesday and Thursday and your CFA score is one of the factors that determines if you are required to attend or not. If you do not take the CFA you are automatically enrolled in Targeted Instruction.

What do I have to do?

There will be a grade-level passage for you to read. Then you will be asked multiple-choice questions based on the goals and objectives in unit 1.

The Oilman and His Sons

Please read the passage and then answer the multiple choice questions. This CFA should be only taken once. Only your first score is recorded.

The Oilman and His Sons 1 of 5.

There was once an oilman with five sons and they were all married and lived jointly with their father. But the daughters-in-law were discontented with this arrangement and urged their husbands to ask their father to divide the family property. At first the old man refused, but when his sons persisted, he told them to bring him a log two cubits long and so thick that two hands could just span it, and he said that if they could break the log in two, he would divide the property. So they brought the log and then asked for axes, but he told them that they must break it themselves by snapping it or twisting it or standing on it. So they tried and failed.

Oilman 2 of 5

Then the old man said, “You are five and I make six; split the log into six.” So they split it and he gave each a piece and told them to break them, and each easily snapped his stick. Then the old man said, “We are like the whole log: we have plenty of property and are strong and can overcome attack; but if we separate we shall be like the split sticks and easily broken.”

Oilman 3 of 5

They admitted that this was true and proposed that the property should not be divided but that they should all become separate. But the father would not agree to this for he thought that people would call him a miser if he let his sons live separately without his giving them their share in the property as their own. So as they persisted in their folly he partitioned the property.

Oilman 4 of 5

But in a few years they all fell into poverty and had not enough to eat nor clothes to wear, and the father and mother were no better off. Then the old man called all his sons and their wives and said, “You see what trouble you have fallen into? I have a riddle for you, explain it to me. There are four wells, three empty and one full of water. If you draw water from the full one and pour it into the three empty ones they will become full. But when they are full and the first one is empty, if you pour water from the three full ones into the empty one it will not be filled. What does this mean?”

Oilman 5 of 5

And they could not answer and he said, “The four wells mean that a man had three sons, and while they were little he filled their stomachs as the wells were filled with water; but when they separated they would not fill the old man’s stomach.”

And it was true, that the sons had done nothing to help their father and they were filled with shame and they agreed that as long as their father lived they would be joint with him and would not separate again until he died.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of theme?

• The theme is a universal truth.

• The theme is the lesson the author wants the audience to learn.

• The Theme cannot be summed up in one word.

• All of these.

• None of these.

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of The Oilman and his Sons?

• You should take care of your parents.

• Family should be separate once the children get to be adults.

• Unity creates strength. Separation creates weakness.

• The father was selfish and greedy.He wanted the land for himself.

Multiple Choice

Which piece of text evidence supports the theme?

• So they brought the log and then asked for axes, but he told them that they must break it themselves by snapping it or twisting it or standing on it. So they tried and failed.

• Then the old man said, “We are like the whole log: we have plenty of property and are strong and can overcome attack; but if we separate we shall be like the split sticks and easily broken.”

• But when they are full and the first one is empty, if you pour water from the three full ones into the empty one it will not be filled

• Then the old man called all his sons and their wives and said, “You see what trouble you have fallen into?

Multiple Choice

How does the Father advance his belief that the family land should remain together?

• He uses an extended metaphor to advance his point.

• He uses a pradox to advance his point.

• He uses dramatic tone to emphasize his point.

• None of these

Multiple Choice

In the example of the sticks and the logs the father appeals to the sons sense of

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• telos

Multiple Choice

Identify the dangling modifier in this paragraph: Yesterday was a rough day. Running for the bus, the rain began to pour. Then, at quitar lessons, I hadn't practiced. While walking home, I turned my ankle. My swollen ankle caused me to limp.

• Running for the bus

• at quitar lessons

• While walking home

• My swollen ankle caused me to limp.

Multiple Choice

Find the misplaced modifier in the paragraph: When I am in a live lesson, there are some strategies I have learned to use. Before tests I picture the test that I will take in my mind. If I am losing focus, I stand up. I also make sure I get a good night's rest.

• learned to use

• picture the test

• in my mind

• good night's rest