No Dream Too High
Authored by Laura Myrick
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7th Grade
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and literary analysis skills using an informational text about Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. Designed for 7th grade students, the assessment evaluates critical thinking abilities including making inferences from textual evidence, analyzing author perspective, understanding chronological sequencing, and demonstrating vocabulary knowledge through synonym identification. Students must demonstrate sophisticated comprehension skills by drawing logical conclusions from specific passages, identifying supporting evidence for their inferences, and synthesizing information across multiple paragraphs. The core concepts required include distinguishing between explicit information and implied meaning, evaluating how textual evidence supports specific claims, understanding cause-and-effect relationships in narrative structure, and recognizing how authors use details to develop character and theme. Students need strong analytical reasoning skills to connect evidence with conclusions and must demonstrate mastery of academic vocabulary in context. Created by Laura Myrick, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 7. This assessment serves as an excellent tool for formative evaluation of students' close reading abilities and can be effectively implemented as a post-reading comprehension check, homework assignment, or review activity following a unit on biographical texts or Olympic athletes. The quiz structure makes it particularly valuable for identifying students who need additional support with inference skills and textual analysis before moving to more complex literary works. Teachers can use this assessment for differentiated instruction by reviewing specific question types where students struggle, whether in evidence-based reasoning or vocabulary development. The combination of multiple-choice inference questions with synonym matching provides comprehensive evaluation of both comprehension and language skills. This quiz aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1 for citing textual evidence to support inferences, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.3 for analyzing interactions between story elements, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5 for demonstrating understanding of word relationships and nuances in meaning.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1.Which of these inferences about Simone Biles is best revealed by the passage below (paragraph 1)?
Biles smiled from ear to ear, revealing her braces.
Biles is is proud to have a gymnastics move named after her.
Simone Biles is upbeat and easy to like.
Braces are one of the many struggles that Simone Biles had to overcome.
Biles is young for the amount of experience and success she's had.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The following passage (paragraph 4) adds to the understanding of Biles’s development mainly by .
She also didn’t know how to control her immense power, often bounding up and back several feet after landing tumbling passes.
suggesting how Biles took a weakness and turned it into one of her greatest assets
explaining why Biles would have to build a career without being able to perfect the balance beam
showing how unnecessarily harsh critics were toward Biles early on in her career
establishing what would be her signature tumbling technique throughout her Olympic run
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CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 7)? (See next slide for inferences.)
Part of Biles’s natural talent also stems from her height or lack thereof. In some sports, height is an advantage, but gymnasts benefit from being shorter. From 2000-2012, the four all-around gold medal winners at the Olympics were between 5-foot and 5-foot-3. While that might seem short for most athletes, Biles stands at just 4 feet 8 inches. Her height bothered her as a child. As she told Women’s Health, “it was kind of a struggle being small since everyone would make fun of you,” but she’s glad she can show others that they can be “short or tall” and become the best.
The all-around competition was previously better suited for the elegant Eastern Europeans.
Biles possessed a distinct physical advantage over even the highest-achieving gymnasts before her.
Biles was expected to struggle in the all-around competition due to being under 5-feet.
Most fans do not realize just how short Gabby Douglas is.
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CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
With which of the following statements would the author of this text most likely agree?
Biles attributes a good deal of her success to her close bond with Gabby Douglas.
Biles does not pick routines that have a high degree of difficulty, but she executes them with near perfection.
Biles is such an exceptional gymnast that it became almost impossible to for any other gymnasts to compete at her level.
Biles was almost kept out of Olympic competition due to her height.
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CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to the previous question?
"Her height bothered her as a child. As she told Women’s Health, ‘it was kind of a struggle being small since everyone would make fun of you,’ but she’s glad she can show others that they can be ‘short or tall’ and become the best.”
“Part of Biles’s natural talent also stems from her height or lack thereof.”
“Yet, her commitment to honing that athleticism in the gym and her willingness to make tough choices are what truly set her apart.”
“As Olympics teammate Aly Raisman told the New Yorker, ‘Simone’s just in her own league. Whoever gets second place, that’s the winner."
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CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these inferences is best supported by the text?
Many leaders of USA Gymnastics are quietly hoping that Biles does not compete in 2020 so that other gymnasts can have a chance.
Most of the other nations that Biles competes against have deeply-rooted racist beliefs.
Changes to the gymnastics score system have helped Biles to flourish even more greatly.
Biles does not see a college degree as something that is necessary for her future success.
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CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to the previous question?
“The difficulty score aided Biles because the routines she performs are more challenging than what other gymnasts attempt.”
“To accept the scholarship and attend college with her peers, Biles would have to give up the opportunity for endorsement deals.”
“In response, she tweeted, ‘everyone forgets that I have feelings.’”
“Now, she can often be seen laughing during events, while teammates and opponents are understandably more nervous.”
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
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