A police stop changed this teenagers life
Authored by Angelique Sifora
English, World Languages, Arts
6th - 7th Grade
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension skills for a non-fiction narrative text titled "A Police Stop Changed This Teenager's Life." The assessment targets 6th to 7th grade English Language Arts students and evaluates multiple layers of text analysis including literal comprehension, inferential reasoning, vocabulary development, and author's purpose. Students must demonstrate their ability to identify setting, analyze character motivations and emotions, understand cause-and-effect relationships, and interpret vocabulary in context. The questions require students to extract specific textual evidence, make inferences about character feelings and motivations, determine word meanings through context clues, and evaluate how specific narrative elements support the author's overall purpose. This type of comprehensive reading assessment builds critical thinking skills by requiring students to move beyond surface-level understanding to analyze the deeper meanings and authorial choices within the text. Created by Angelique Sifora, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 6 and 7. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment following a guided reading session or independent reading assignment. Teachers can use this assessment to gauge student understanding of both literal and inferential comprehension skills while simultaneously evaluating vocabulary development and analytical thinking. The quiz works effectively as a post-reading discussion starter, homework assignment, or review activity before more complex writing tasks about the text. It directly supports Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.3 for analyzing character development, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.4 for determining word meanings through context. The varied question types allow teachers to differentiate instruction and identify specific areas where students may need additional support in their reading comprehension journey.
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
which 2 answer choices sentence is in the story A police stop changed this teenagers life
A lot of my family
members, they’re in law enforcement,” Duncan said. “It’s like, what they do and, due to a lot of people thinking that
there are bad cops out there, I want to prove that all cops aren’t bad—which is true, due to what just happened to
me.”
when he died no one visited him
“We have something for you,” he said
they told him, pulling the bicycle out from behind a car. “‘This is your bike’ . . . I was like, wait, what? Is this some
kind of trick?”
not all cops are bad you think they are
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 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.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 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.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is a negative effect that resulted from Jourdan’s timing belt and engine valve being broken?
He met a large number of people.
Was able to go on a ride along with Officer Keffer
No longer had a way to get to work
Was able to receive a bicycle
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.3
CCSS.RI.5.3
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What word is a synonym or means the same as the word donate?
Keep
Contribute
Receive
Communicate
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the definition of the word token as it is used in paragraph 12? “The bike was a token of their gratitude, the officers said.”
Serves as an expression or a sign of something else
Is a short meeting that is unplanned or unexpected
Something that is without qualifications or exceptions
A person’s travel to and from work or school
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
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