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

Read the following:

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

This is an example of:

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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)

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.

Which word goes with sunset?

• fortitude

• endure

• horizon

• angular

Which word goes with concentrate?

• endure

• horizon

• angular

• focus

Which vocabulary word goes with lasting?

• horizon

• focus

• endure

• angular

Some of the rooftops were flat and others were __?

• fortitude

• endure

• focus

• angular

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

• fortitude

• horizon

• angular

• focus

Who is the author of the Ninth Ward?

• Rita Williams-Garcia

• Jewell Parker Rhodes

• Violet Jessup

• Salva Dut