I Go Along

Who is the first person narrator in "I Go Along?"

• a poet

• a male student

• an English Teacher

• somebody outside the story

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A reader can tell that a story has a first person narrator by

• whether the story has dialogue

• how many characters are in the story

• the place where the narrator of the story is born

• the pronouns the narrator uses to tell about himself or herself

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CCSS.W.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.3B

Which of these is true about the story

• The narrator tells his own thoughts

• The characters tell their own thoughts

• The character tells the narrators thoughts

• The narrator knows everyone's thoughts

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of these sentences from the story shows Gene's thoughts?

• I don't look at Mrs. Tibbets, and she doesn't say anything.

• I've got my knee jammed up on the back of the seat ahead of me.

• We're rolling on through the night, and I can't believe I'm hearing this.

• The poet just gives us a wave and walks over to site down on the bottom bleacher.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Sharon and Gene talk on the bus. What can you tell from their conversation?

• Sharon thinks Gene is more talented than the poet.

• Sharon does not think Gene can understand poetry.

• Sharon want Gene to help her write a poem for class.

• Sharon sees Gene in a different way than he sees himself.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why does Gene tell Sharon that the poem "High School" isn't a poem?

• It is not included in the English Textbook

• The feelings is expresses are very personal.

• The experience it describes are very ordinary.

• It is shorter that the other poems that were read.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The person who tells a story is a narrator. The person who reads their poem is a

• speaker.

• teacher.

• runner.

• writer.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Advanced means

• second try.

• higher level.

• big adventure.

• new experience.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Category means

• gate

• glory

• game

• group

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A poet is

• a collection of poems

• a person who writes poems

• a way to understand a poem

• an event described in a poem