MyPerspectives 8 ELA Unit 1 Red Roses (Lila and Derek)

What did Lila want most in middle school?

• to fit in

• to stand out

• to avoid everyone else

• to be avoided by others

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why do students avoid Derek?

• he is too smart

• he stood out

• he is from another country

• he is desperate for a girlfriend

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why did other students tease Lila that she has a boyfriend, implying she is with Derek?

• he gave her little gifts

• she held hands with him

• she talked to him

• he tried to kiss her

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

When Derek gave Lila a dozen red, long-stemmed roses, how did she say she should have reacted?

• she said she should have been flattered

• she said she should have yelled at him

• she said she should have thrown the roses

• she said she should have kissed him

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How did Lila initially react to Derek's red roses?

• she accepted them with thanks

• she became angry and growled at him

• she threw them on the ground

• she gave them to someone else

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why did Lila change her mind and decide to carry the roses around all day?

• she realized he would be a good boyfriend

• she decided she likes him a lot

• she felt bad that she had screamed at him

• she did not want her friends to call Derek a crybaby

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Were Lila and Derek good friends after the red roses?

• yes, they talked a lot after

• no, they nodded politely, but she didn't pretend to like him and he stopped giving presents

• yes, they kept in touch even after his family moved away

• no, they became enemies

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did Lila learn?

• how to be grateful

• how to make fun of someone without getting in trouble

• how to protect someone else's feelings from getting hurt

• how to make more friends

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"I guess you could say this was the first time I did something I didn't want to do just to protect someone else's feelings from getting hurt. Maybe you could call this growth or maturity, I honestly don't know." What does MATURITY mean in this context?

• social and emotional growth

• becoming less sophisticated

• acting childish

• being hurtful to someone else

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Lila was standoffish and "did not acknowledge" Derek's gifts, but "immediately tossed them into the back of [her] closet . . . ." What does ACKNOWLEDGE mean in this context?

• say hello or another greeting

• collect

• note that something existed

• say thank you for something

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4