A Police Stop Changed This Teenager's Life
Authored by Eva Cardenas
English
7th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and vocabulary development using a contemporary nonfiction news story about a positive police-community interaction. Designed for 7th grade students, the assessment evaluates multiple essential English Language Arts skills including literal and inferential comprehension, vocabulary acquisition through context clues, text structure analysis, and author's purpose identification. Students must demonstrate their ability to locate specific details within the text, understand chronological organization, determine word meanings from surrounding context, and analyze cause-and-effect relationships. The quiz requires students to synthesize information across multiple paragraphs, distinguish between main ideas and supporting details, and make logical inferences based on textual evidence. The vocabulary component strengthens academic language development through both explicit definition matching and contextual application exercises. Created by Eva Cardenas, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 7. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding after reading, a structured review activity to reinforce key concepts, or a homework assignment that encourages close reading practices. Teachers can utilize this quiz during guided reading sessions to facilitate class discussions about text structure and author's craft, or deploy it as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before exploring similar nonfiction texts. The assessment design supports differentiated instruction by incorporating various question types that accommodate different learning styles and reading proficiency levels. This quiz aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4 for determining word meanings, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.5 for analyzing text structure and its contribution to meaning.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the setting of paragraph 1 in A Police Stop Changed This Teenager's Life" ?
Jourdan Duncan's home
The police station
Industrial Way in the City of Benicia
Jourdan's high school
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
In paragraph 3, Jourdan Duncan has just gotten of his job and is nervous about being stopped because-
he knows there is a curfew in Benicia for teenagers
his parents told him not to walk home from work
he isn't sure what the policeman wants
his friends didn't pick him up on time
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.6.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What does sequence or chronological mean?
events that take place in order
comparing two events
one event causes another
a solution to a problem
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
How does the author's organization of the news story contribute to the author's purpose?
It entertains the readers with details of events.
it informs the readers of sequence of events (order).
It persuades readers that Duncan needs a bike.
It allows readers to draw conclusions about the events.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Read the sentence from paragraph 10. “Then, he explained their encounter the night before.”
What is the meaning of the word encounter as it is used in paragraph 10?
Serves as an expression or a sign of something else
A short meeting that is unplanned or unexpected.
To give, or contribute something to a person, cause or fund.
Create a situation that is difficult or stressful for him or her.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What word is a synonym or means the same as the word donate?
Keep
Contribute
Receive
Communicate
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is a positive effect that resulted from Jourdan’s timing belt and engine valve being broken?
No longer had a way to get to work
Had to walk 5 hours to and from work
Was able to go on a ride along with Office Keffer
Jourdan had to lie to his parents
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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