ELA Skills Review Unit 1: Are We Better Together

ELA Skills Test Review Day

Draw

Which of these skills that we've practiced are the easiest? Which is the hardest. Put these skills in order from 1 - 7 in the space next to each one.

1= Easiest, 7= Hardest

Let's read this poem to practice our skills

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Poetry and Literary Adaptations

Multiple Choice

Stanzas are groups of lines in a poem. How many stanzas are in The Road Not Taken? 

• 2
• 3
• 5
• 4

Draw

Label the rhyme scheme for the poem.

Symbolism is a type of figurative language in which something stands for a more complex emotion or concept. Objects, colors, and events can have symbolism.

Symbolism

Some items, such as a storm, have widely understood symbolic meanings.

​On the other hand, some symbols are less clear and may not be known by many people.

Multiple Choice

What might autumn symbolize in the poem The Road Not Taken?

• Autumn represents a time of stagnation and inaction.
• Autumn symbolizes growth, renewal, and the natural changes of life

• Autumn symbolizes the beginning of winter and despair.
• Autumn signifies a return to childhood and innocence.

Multiple Choice

"Yet knowing how way leads on to way, / I doubted if I should ever come back." 

 

This is a _______. It is taken word for word from the poem. 

• quote
• summary
• paraphrase

Multiple Choice

One choice leads to another choice, and it is difficult to return to the original path. 

 

This is an example of a ________ or putting an idea into your own words. 

• summary
• quotation
• paraphrase

Multiple Choice

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a poem about how the consequences of your choices are clear when you look back at them. The speaker of the poem was in the woods and looked at two paths. One was slightly less well-used. The speaker took that path, and it changed his life.  

This is a ________ or a short description of the events in the poem or story.

• analysis
• reflection
• summary

Open Ended

What are some reasons that people change a work of literature into another form of text or another medium, such as a movie, a television series, or even a video game?

Multiple Choice

How does a video adaptation help you understand a poem?

• A video adaptation helps you understand a poem by providing visual context and emotional cues that clarify its themes and meanings.
• A video adaptation replaces the need to read the poem entirely.
• A video adaptation distracts from the poem's meaning by adding unnecessary visuals.

Multiple Choice

The producer incorporated music and scenery as a style choice. What feelings do you get from the music?

• Music only makes people dance.
• Music has no impact on emotions.
• The music helps you feel calm, wonder, wistfulness

Open Ended

What is one theme we can take away from The Road Not Taken?

Remember this should be a thematic statement!

Recall The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Recall that The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street was made as part of a television series. Television series and other dramas use a script to provide a written story and direction to performers and producers who make the script come to life.

​Script Parts

Labelling

Label the script

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

camera directions

Opening monologue

scene descriptions

dialogue

Multiple Choice

What mood does the author create at the beginning of the script

• joy

• resentment

• sadness

Multiple Choice

To what literary work does the script most likely allude to?

• The New Colossus

• The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock

Draw

Highlight any examples of foreshadowing in the script.

Poll

How do you feel about your ELA Skills Test tomorrow?

• I feel totally prepared

• I might need to study a little

• I'm feeling uneasy about it. I need to review my notes and past lessons.

• I'm on the struggle bus