Commencement Address to the Santa Fe Indian School Vocabulary
Authored by Dana Swanson
English
8th Grade
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This 8th-grade English vocabulary quiz centers on comprehension and analysis of Michelle Obama's commencement address to the Santa Fe Indian School, focusing on both vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension skills. Students need to master six key vocabulary terms—entrepreneur, perseverance, integrity, deliberate, implement, and infuse—through multiple question formats including definitions, contextual usage, and fill-in-the-blank applications. The quiz progresses from basic vocabulary recall to higher-order thinking skills, requiring students to analyze textual evidence, identify author's purpose, determine central themes, and make inferences about the speaker's point of view. Students must demonstrate their ability to connect vocabulary meanings to real-world contexts through personal reflection questions and creative applications like drawing and sentence construction. Created by Dana Swanson, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool following a unit on speech analysis and vocabulary development, or as review material before a summative evaluation on rhetorical analysis. Teachers can implement this quiz as a warmup activity to activate prior knowledge, assign it as homework to reinforce classroom learning, or use individual sections for targeted practice on specific skills like context clues or inference-making. The varied question types—from matching exercises to open-ended responses—provide differentiated assessment opportunities that accommodate diverse learning styles while building foundational skills aligned with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.1 for textual evidence analysis, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2 for central idea identification, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.6 for author's purpose and point of view, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4 for vocabulary acquisition and usage.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do you call a person who organizes and manages a business?
entrepreneur
perseverance
integrity
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What trait would I give someone who shows the quality of being honest or having strong moral principles
perseverance
integrity
deliberate
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When I act deliberately I am....
continuing to do something even though it is difficult
introducing, adding, or filling something
doing it in a way that shows careful thought
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To begin or put a plan into action means to...
implement
infuse
perseverance
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To infuse means to...
done in a way that shows careful thought
to begin or put a plan into action
to introduce, add, or fill
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or Fales: Perseverance is the act of continuing to do something even though it is difficult
True
False
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
7.
DRAW QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Draw a picture of someone being deliberate while working on an assignment.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
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