New Immigrants Share Their Stories/ A Common Bond 8B
Authored by Lizzy Sullivan
English
KG - University
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses middle school reading comprehension skills focused on analyzing documentary films and informational texts about immigrant students' educational experiences. The questions target 7th to 8th grade level skills, requiring students to identify main ideas, analyze author's purpose, compare and contrast different media formats, and evaluate supporting evidence across multiple texts. Students need strong comprehension abilities to distinguish between documentary elements like voice-overs, interviews, and video diaries, while also demonstrating understanding of informational text structures and organizational patterns. The core concepts include analyzing author's motive, identifying central messages, understanding genre characteristics, and synthesizing information from both visual and written sources. Students must apply critical thinking skills to evaluate evidence types, determine main ideas versus supporting details, and understand how different media formats serve similar purposes in conveying information about immigrant experiences in American schools. Created by Lizzy Sullivan, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades K through University. This comprehensive assessment effectively supports instruction by combining multimedia literacy with reading comprehension in a culturally relevant context that builds empathy and understanding. The quiz works exceptionally well as a summative assessment following a unit on immigration experiences, or as formative assessment to gauge student understanding of documentary analysis and informational text comprehension. Teachers can utilize this for homework assignments, review sessions, or as a benchmark assessment to measure students' ability to analyze multiple text types and media formats. The quiz aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2 for determining themes and analyzing their development, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.6 for analyzing different points of view, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.7 for evaluating advantages and disadvantages of different media formats, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.8 for evaluating arguments and claims in texts. This assessment provides valuable practice in media literacy skills while addressing important social studies connections about immigration and cultural diversity in American education.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The documentary "New Immigrants Share Their Stories" shows...
the advantages that immigrants experience.
the reasons why St. Luke's is better than Newcomers High School.
the steps to follow to make a video diary.
St. Luke's students visiting students at Newcomers High School
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.6
CCSS.RI.1.7
CCSS.RI.K.7
CCSS.RL.1.7
CCSS.RL.K.7
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of the students at Newcomers High School...
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main way that viewers learn about the students at Newcomers?
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.6
CCSS.RI.1.7
CCSS.RI.K.7
CCSS.RL.1.7
CCSS.RL.K.7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What makes the students from St. Luke's different from those at Newcomers?
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.K.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the film, a voice-over narrator...
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CCSS.RI.1.6
CCSS.RI.1.7
CCSS.RI.K.7
CCSS.RL.1.7
CCSS.RL.K.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do you learn from students' video diaries?
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CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.4.9
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is one way in which the interviews are like the video diaries?
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.9
CCSS.RI.2.9
CCSS.RI.K.9
CCSS.RL. 6.7
CCSS.RL.K.6
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