ELA7 Midterm Review

What is a central idea?

• Support for the most important idea.
• The most important idea of an article.

What are details?

• Support for the most important idea.
• The most important idea of an article.

What does pre mean?

• Again
• Before

What does re mean?

• Again
• Before

What is a central idea for the article "Changes for Girls in India?"

• Most of the people in India live in small villages.

• In the cities of India, parents want their children to go to school.

• Some girls in India marry young and depend on their husbands.

• Girls in India's villages are starting to go to school and get jobs.

What does RETHINK mean? - "They try to get parents to rethink their plans for their daughts."

• to think again
• to stop thinking
• to think before
• to act without thinking

What does PREPLAN mean? - "The lives of many Indian girls are preplanned."

• ready to plan
• plan before
• without a plan
• plan again

What is the BEST summary of the following paragraphs?

• Most boys think school is important. Most girls don't like going to school.
• In the villages, girls marry young and do not go to school / learn skills.
• There are many small villages where new schools are being built.
• Women depend on their husbands. Some encourage their wives to go to school.

What is the BEST summary of what happend to Khushboo?

• Khushboo wanted to stay in school but she ended up keeping house instead.
• Khushboo wanted to stay in school but her mother died.
• Khushboo and her father disagreed about education so she was kicked out.
• Khushboo and her father disagreed about education so she went to college.

Which sentence gives a clue as to what CONDEMN means? - "Some people in the village condemn her behavior."

• She married at 17 and soon had a son.
• The fire station in their village needed firefighters.
• Then she went to work at the fire station.
• They think a wife and mother should stay home.