"A Common Bond" and _New Immigrants Share_
Authored by Stephanie Hammond
English
8th Grade
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This quiz focuses on comparative media analysis and reading comprehension skills centered on immigration and the experiences of English language learners in American schools. Designed for 8th grade students, the assessment evaluates multiple critical literacy competencies including vocabulary in context, text structure analysis, author's purpose, and cross-media comparison between an article titled "A Common Bond" and a related video about immigrant student experiences. Students must demonstrate their ability to use dictionary definitions to determine word meanings in specific contexts, identify organizational patterns like compare-contrast structure, analyze footnote purposes, and synthesize information across different media formats. The quiz also incorporates essential grammar and punctuation skills through sentence revision tasks, requiring students to properly punctuate complex sentences with relative clauses and coordinate structures. These questions demand higher-order thinking skills as students must analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information rather than simply recall facts. Created by Stephanie Hammond, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding of complex text analysis skills, or as a summative evaluation following a unit on immigration literature and media literacy. Teachers can deploy this quiz as homework to reinforce lessons on comparative analysis, use it as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before deeper discussions, or implement it as review material before standardized testing. The assessment directly supports Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2 for determining central ideas and analyzing their development, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.4 for determining word meanings including figurative and technical meanings, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.5 for analyzing text structure, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.6 for determining author's purpose, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.7 for evaluating advantages and disadvantages of different media, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2 for demonstrating command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. This quiz provides teachers with valuable data on student readiness for analyzing complex, socially relevant texts while building cultural awareness and empathy.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The purpose of the footnote in Part 2 of the article is to —.
include an additional statistic
give the citation for a quotation
explain the meaning of a phrase
provide the translation of a foreign term
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CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the dictionary entry.
eligible adj 1. available 2. able to take part 3. satisfying all conditions 4. desirable as a partner in marriage
Which definition best matches the meaning of eligible as it is used in paragraph 3 of the article?
definition 1
definition 2
definition 3
definition 4
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CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the dictionary entry.
assimilate v 1. to absorb information 2. to embody the same values 3. to equate something 4. to compare with
Which definition best matches the meaning of assimilate as it is used in paragraph 8 of the article?
definition 1
definition 2
definition 3
definition 4
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CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main message of the video?
Coming to America as a young immigrant may seem difficult but is often less challenging than it is for older immigrants.
Young immigrants must first learn English before they can begin to gain an education in most American high schools.
High school students who are English language learners face challenges but can overcome them if educators understand the issues they face.
Young immigrants who are just learning to speak English have little in common with their American counterparts in most high schools.
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CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What structure does the video primarily use?
It shows the causes related to immigrating for many adults and the resulting effects.
It compares and contrasts the experiences of immigrant students taking part in a program.
It shows the problems many immigrant families face in America and some possible solutions.
It explains the steps in the process of immigrating to America and becoming a high school student.
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CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from a student’s summary of the video.
The students in the program share their experiences which are often difficult with American students.
What is the most effective way to revise this sentence?
The students in the program share their experiences, which are often difficult, with American students.
The students in the program share their experiences that are often difficult with American students.
The students in the program share their experiences, that are often difficult, with American students.
The students in the program share their experiences, which are often difficult with American students.
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CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What ae the three most likely reasons the film was produced?
To describe the work of human rights activists around the world
To raise awareness about the experiences of young immigrants
To tell some of the reasons why young immigrants come to America
To show what American students have in common with immigrant students
To explain the statistics related to young people and immigration to America
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
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