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Excerpt from Notes from a Native Son

Authored by Daniel Weiss

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Excerpt from Notes from a Native Son
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What statement best expresses a central idea in the text?

Being Black in America often means you do not know what you have until

it's gone.

Being Black in America should cause you to love and honor your parents

even more.

Being Black in America makes you a better person than those who are full

of racial hatred.

Being Black in America can mean being treated in a way that turns you

into a bitter person.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statement best describes an understanding the narrator came to after his

father's death?

His father's attitude was a result of his place in the world.

His father was a kind and giving man.

His father loved his mother and his family very much.

His father was very proud of him.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which phrase best matches the meaning of "weight" as it is used in paragraph 6 of

the text?

to measure how heavy people are

to attach importance or value to

to place a heavy object on top something

to consider the consequences of something

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement best describes why the narrator believes his father was a bitter

man?

His father knew that being Black meant being a parent would be hard.

His father knew that he hated the way his family responded to him.

His father knew that being Black meant his life would be limited.

His father knew that he worked too hard for very little money.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 10 pts

Please choose one of the following prompts and write a well-developed paragraph that has the following elements: Introduction,Topic sentence, Example, Commentary and a Concluding Idea.

1) - What lessons have you learned from your parents about the world? How did you feel after learning what you learned?

2) - This father and son shared a complicated relationship. What does it mean to have a

complicated relationship with someone? What makes a relationship complicated?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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