Read the excerpt from Pretty Little Liars What is the theme?

How scary it can be to face reality.

Facing a sudden identity crisis.

Dealing with the forces of good vs. bad.

The sadness in the destruction of beauty.

Excerpt from Twilight Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer I'd had more than my fair share of near-death experiences; it wasn't something you ever really got used to. It seemed oddly inevitable, though, facing death again. Like I really was marked for disaster. I'd escaped time and time again, but it kept coming back for me. Still, this time was so different from the others. You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers— the monsters, the enemies. When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? Part A: What can you conclude from the text?

The narrator struggles with giving her life for the one she loves.

The narrator is unsure about who she loves.

The narrator is unable to choose.

Excerpt from Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it?

I'd escaped time and time again, but it kept coming back for me.

All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers—the monsters, the enemies.

Still, this time was so different from the others.

Excerpt from Looking for Alaska By John Green “Why do you want to leave home, Miles?” Mom asked. “Because of me?” my dad asked. He had attended Culver Creek. I showed then the biography of Rabelais. “So this guy,” I said. “He was this poet and his last words were ‘I go to seek a Great Perhaps.’ That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.” Which of the following is true about Miles? Select two options.

He wants to learn more about the world.

He wants to go experience life.

He wants to learn more about Rabelais.

He seeks answers to his parents’ questions.

Read the excerpt from Looking for Alaska by John Green. We can infer that Miles’ parents -

question why he is leaving home.

are upset about his explanation.

Excerpt from Prince Caspian By C S Lewis “What do you wish?” asked the King. “I wish – I wish—I wish I could have lived in the Old Days,” said Caspian. “Eh? What’s that?” he said. “What old days do you mean?” “Oh, don’t you know, Uncle?” said Caspian? “When everything was quite different. When all the animals could talk, and there were nice people who lived in the streams and the trees. Naiads and Dryads they were called. And there were Dwarfs. And there were lovely little Fauns in all the woods. They had feet like goats. And…” “That’s all nonsense, for babies, do you hear? You’re getting too old for that sort of stuff. At your age you ought to be thinking of battles and adventures, not fairy tales. “Oh, but there were battles and adventures in those days,” said Caspian… “Who has been telling you this nonsense?” said the King in a voice of thunder… “Who has been telling you this pack of lies?” “Nurse,” faltered Caspian, and burst into tears. “Stop that noise,” said his uncle, taking Caspian by the shoulders and giving him a shake. “Stop it. And never let me catch you talking – or thinking either – about all those silly stories again. There never were those Kings and Queens… And there’s no such person as Aslan. And there are no such things as lions. And there never was a time when animals could talk. Do you hear?” “Yes, Uncle,” sobbed Caspian. “Then let’s have no more of it,” said the King… What is the best summary of the text?

Caspian talks to his Uncle about the magical old days but this angers his Uncle who says they are not real.

The King wishes Caspian would be a tougher boy who loves battles.

The King is very upset with Caspian and his nurse for telling nonsense stories.

Caspian tries to convince his Uncle of the existence of naiads, dwarfs, fauns, and more.

Read the Excerpt from Prince Caspian By C S Lewis What message is the King trying to get across?

There is no such thing as magic.

Read the excerpt from Anne Frank’s autobiography, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl . WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1942 ...At three o’clock ... the doorbell rang. I didn’t hear it, since I was out on the balcony, lazily reading in the sun. A little while later Margot appeared in the kitchen doorway looking very agitated."Father has received a call-up notice from the SS," she whispered. "Mother has gone to see Mr. van Daan." (Mr. van Daan is Father’s business partner and a good friend.) I was stunned. A call-up: everyone knows what that means. Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head. How could we let Father go to such a fate? "Of course he’s not going," declared Margot as we waited for Mother in the living room. "Mother’s gone to Mr. van Daan to ask whether we can move to our hiding place tomorrow. The van Daans are going with us. There will be seven of us altogether." …When she and I were sitting in our bedroom, Margot told me that the call-up was not for Father, but for her. At this second shock, I began to cry. Margot is sixteen - apparently they want to send girls her age away on their own. But thank goodness she won’t be going; Mother had said so herself, which must be what Father had meant when he talked to me about our going into hiding. ...Margot and I started packing our most important belongings into a schoolbag. The first thing I stuck in was this diary, and then curlers, handkerchiefs, schoolbooks, a comb and some old letters. Preoccupied by the thought of going into hiding, I stuck the craziest things in the bag, but I’m not sorry. Memories mean more to me than dresses. … Then read each quote from the passage below and choose the sentence that best states the author’s purpose or point of view. “I didn’t hear it, since I was out on the balcony, lazily reading in the sun.”

Anne writes in the first-person to narrate events in her own life.

Anne writes to tell an entertaining story about a lazy girl.

Read the excerpt from Anne Frank’s autobiography, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl . Then read each quote from the passage below and choose the sentence that best states the author’s purpose or point of view. “A call-up: everyone knows what that means.”

Anne’s family’s experiences were not uncommon.

Anne’s family should have predicted what was going to happen.

Read the excerpt from Anne Frank’s autobiography, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl . Then read each quote from the passage below and choose the sentence that best states the author’s purpose or point of view. “Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head.”

Anne has a powerful imagination.

Read the excerpt from Anne Frank’s autobiography, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl . Then read each quote from the passage below and choose the sentence that best states the author’s purpose or point of view. “Margot told me that the call-up was not for Father, but for her. At this second shock, I began to cry. Margot is sixteen - apparently they want to send girls her age away on their own. ”

Anne thinks the conditions are getting worse.

Anne has no hope for her family’s survival.

Read the excerpt from Anne Frank’s autobiography, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl . Then read each quote from the passage below and choose the sentence that best states the author’s purpose or point of view. “Preoccupied by the thought of going into hiding, I stuck the craziest things in the bag, but I’m not sorry. Memories mean more to me than dresses.”

Anne is grateful for her strong emotions.

Anne’s strong emotions cause problems.

Read the excerpt from the essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau. After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest. But a government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?—in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience. Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice. Then read the claim the author makes and choose the textual evidence that most strongly supports the claim. Morality should be the deciding factor in the choices that governments make.

“Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?”

“...because they are physically the strongest.”

Read the excerpt from the essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau. Then read the claim the author makes and choose the textual evidence that most strongly supports the claim. Businesses can behave ethically if they are led by moral people.

“...a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.”

“Law never made men a whit more just...”

Read the excerpt from the essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau. Then read the claim the author makes and choose the textual evidence that most strongly supports the claim. What the law says is less important than what morality says.

“It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.”

“...a majority are permitted, and for a long time continue, to rule...”

Read the excerpt from the essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau. Then read the claim the author makes and choose the textual evidence that most strongly supports the claim. For a country to survive, its citizens need to think for themselves.

“Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator?”

“...even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.”

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5 mins • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.

Dana Matherson was digging his fingernails into Roy’s scalp, trying to make him squeal, but Roy barely felt a thing. He was gripped with curiosity as the running boy dashed through one neat green yard after another, getting smaller in Roy’s vision as he put a wider distance between himself and the school bus.
Roy saw a big pointy-eared dog, probably a German shepherd, bound off somebody’s porch and go for the boy. Incredibly, the boy didn’t change his course. He vaulted over the dog, crashed through a cherry hedge, and then disappeared from view.
Roy gasped.
"Whassamatter, cowgirl? Had enough?"
This was Dana, hissing in Roy’s right ear. Being the new kid on the bus, Roy didn’t expect any help from the others. The "cowgirl" remark was so lame, it wasn’t worth getting mad about. Dana was a well-known idiot, on top of which he outweighed Roy by at least fifty pounds. Fighting back would have been a complete waste of energy.
"Had enough yet? We can’t hear you, Tex." Dana’s breath smelled like stale cigarettes. Smoking and beating up smaller kids were his two main hobbies.
"Yeah, okay," Roy said impatiently. "I’ve had enough."
As soon as he was freed, Roy lowered the window and stuck out his head. The strange boy was gone.
Who was he? What was he running from?
Roy wondered if any of the other kids on the bus had seen what he’d seen. For a moment he wondered if he’d really seen it himself.

Read each quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.

“Being the new kid on the bus, Roy didn’t expect any help from the others.”

Bad experiences often lead to low expectations of others.

Youth sometimes lack the courage to defend new students who are bullied.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.

Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.

“The ‘cowgirl’ remark was so lame, it wasn’t worth getting mad about.”

Girls and boys should be treated with equal respect.

It’s important to know when to pick your battles.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.

Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.

"Roy wondered if any of the other kids on the bus had seen what he’d seen. For a moment he wondered if he’d really seen it himself.”

It can be difficult to believe something out of the ordinary.

Children have incredible imaginations.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.

Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.

"’Had enough yet? We can’t hear you, Tex.’ Dana’s breath smelled like stale cigarettes. Smoking and beating up smaller kids were his two main hobbies.”

You can’t care about others if you don’t care about yourself.

Bullies often have many harmful habits.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants By Ann Brashares

Once there were four girls who shared a pair of pants. The girls were all different sizes and shapes, and yet the pants fit each of them. You may think this is a suburban myth. But I know it's true, because I am one of them — one of the sisters of the Traveling Pants. We discovered their magic last summer, purely by accident. The four of us were splitting up for the first time in our lives. Carmen had gotten them from a secondhand place without even bothering to try them on. She was going to throw them away, but by chance, Tibby spotted them. First Tibby tried them; then me, Lena; then Bridget; then Carmen. By the time Carmen pulled them on, we knew something extraordinary was happening. If the same pants fit — and I mean really fit — the four of us, they aren't ordinary. They don't belong completely to the world of things you can see and touch. My sister, Effie, claims I don't believe in magic, and maybe I didn't then. But after the first summer of the Traveling Pants, I do.

Part A: What is the theme?

Each person has their own uniqueness.

Friendship brings you closer together.

There is magic if you really believe.

Traveling pants are important.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants By Ann Brashares

Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

The girls were all different sizes and shapes.

The four of us were splitting up for the first time in our lives.

Carmen had gotten them from a secondhand place without even bothering to try them on.

By the time Carmen pulled them on, we knew something extraordinary was happening.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from Pretty Little Liars By Sara Shepard

Imagine it's a couple of years ago, the summer between seventh and eighth grade. You're tan from lying out next to your rock-lined pool, you've got on your new Juicy sweats (remember when everybody wore those?), and your mind's on your crush, the boy who goes to that other prep school whose name we won't mention and who folds jeans at Abercrombie in the mall. You're eating your Cocoa Krispies just how you like 'em --- doused in skim milk --- and you see this girl's face on the side of the milk carton. missing. She's cute --- probably cuter than you --- and has a feisty look in her eyes. You think, Hmm, maybe she likes soggy Cocoa Krispies too. And you bet she'd think Abercrombie boy was a hottie as well. You wonder how someone so . . . well, so much like you went missing. You thought only girls who entered beauty pageants ended up on the sides of milk cartons. Well, think again.

Which lines from the text makes the missing girl situation feel more real? Select two options.

the summer between seventh and eighth grade

probably cuter than you

maybe she likes soggy Cocoa Krispies too

you've got on your new Juicy sweats

how someone so . . . well, so much like you went missing.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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Quarter 1 Assessment

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.“The ‘cowgirl’ remark was so lame, it wasn’t worth getting mad about.”

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme."Roy wondered if any of the other kids on the bus had seen what he’d seen. For a moment he wondered if he’d really seen it himself.”

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme."’Had enough yet? We can’t hear you, Tex.’ Dana’s breath smelled like stale cigarettes. Smoking and beating up smaller kids were his two main hobbies.”

Read the excerpt from Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants By Ann BrasharesPart B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

Read the excerpt from Pretty Little LiarsWhat is the theme?

Excerpt from Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

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Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.

Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.

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Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.

Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.

"Roy wondered if any of the other kids on the bus had seen what he’d seen. For a moment he wondered if he’d really seen it himself.”

Read the excerpt from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.

Read the quotation below and choose the clue it reveals about theme.

"’Had enough yet? We can’t hear you, Tex.’ Dana’s breath smelled like stale cigarettes. Smoking and beating up smaller kids were his two main hobbies.”

Read the excerpt from Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants By Ann Brashares

Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A?

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What is the theme?

Excerpt from Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.

Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A?