Unit 5: After the Hurricane/Ninth Ward

Read the following:

"She couldn't sleep the night before her vacation because excitement kept shaking her awake."

This is an example of:

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Read the following:

"That morning the fog rolled in, thick as pea soup."

This is an example of:

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which excerpt suggests that Lenesha wants to be rescued?

• “No land. Only sky and dirty water.” (p.1)

• “But it’s almost dawn and I think when there’s light, someone will surely find us.” (p.3)

• “I start trembling and look around my neighborhood.” (p.14)

• “TaShon says softly, ‘At least we made it out of the attic, didn’t we, Lanesha?” (p. 17)

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which theme do “After the Hurricane” and “Ninth Ward” share?

• Natural disasters happen all the time. 

• Music can help people through tough times.

• Young people cannot make decisions on their own.

• It takes determination and courage to survive a crisis.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which word goes with sunset?

• fortitude

• endure

• horizon

• angular

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word goes with concentrate?

• endure

• horizon

• angular

• focus

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which vocabulary word goes with lasting?

• horizon

• focus

• endure

• angular

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Some of the rooftops were flat and others were __?

• fortitude

• endure

• focus

• angular

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

We have to have strength to endure. We had to show __ to survive the flooding.

• fortitude

• horizon

• angular

• focus

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Who is the author of the Ninth Ward?

• Rita Williams-Garcia

• Jewell Parker Rhodes

• Violet Jessup

• Salva Dut

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6