From Barrio Boy

In the excerpt from Barrio Boy, who does Miss Hopley have another boy come to her meeting with Ernesto and his mother?

• Ernesto has gotten into a fight with the other boy

• The other boy is Ernesto's older brother

• Ernesto and his mother do not speak English

• The other boy will take Ernesto to his class.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How does Miss Ryan help Ernesto overcome his fear of her?

• She does not allow anyone to tease his way saying "butterfly".

• She visits him at his home and talks to his parents in Spanish.

• She gives him good grades and announces how well he has done.

• She helps him learn English and encourages him in front of the class.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

What makes Ernesto similar to several of his classmates?

• Other students in the class also do not speak English.

• Other students in his class also live in his neighborhood.

• Other students in his class are also from Mexico.

• Other students in his class are also afraid of Miss Ryan.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

Why does Ernesto Galarza compare Lincoln School and his school in Mazatlan?

• He wishes to show that he prefers the school he had attended in Mexico

• He wishes to show he is frightened by the "contraption" that shuts the door.

• He wishes to show that in Mexico the principal of a school is always a man.

• He wishes to show that he feels insecure at a new school in a new country.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

In Barrio Boy, how does Miss Ryan encourage the students that she tutors privately?

• She praises their accomplishments before the whole class.

• She puts their pictures on the bulletin board in a gold frame.

• She invites the best students to sit next to her at lunch.

• She places gold stars next to their names on a class list.

Having the effect of restoring confidence

• contraption

• reassuring

• formidable

• epidemic

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

Outbreak of a contagious disease

• flushed

• evidently

• epidemic

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CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.RI.7.4

Evidently

• a narrator who tells the story

• a person who talks a lot

• obviously, clearly

• impressive

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The author of Barrio Boy

• Ernest Hemway

• JK Rowling

• Ernesto Galarza

• Ernest Hemingway

The author was born in

• Spain

• Mexico

• Europe

• China