Fiction Review S2

What is the setting of the story, "Miracles"?

• An urban city in the 2000's

• A rural farm.

• A rural farm in the past.

• An urban city in the 1800's

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How can you identify a black widow spider, according to the story?

• The size and shape of it.

• The placement of it's legs

• The white dot on it's body

• A red bow on it's belly

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the quote, "Do you remember if you were nervouse with all those poison spiders radiating from the jar?"

What does the word radiating mean?

• To shine

• To crawl

• To spill out

• To show extreme emotion

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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

What do we know about the mother in this family?

• She is the backbone of this family.

• She is not present in this family.

• She is afraid of spiders.

• She is dead.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When the story says, ""Why did we have hairspray? Was it hers?"

Who is hers referring to?

• The mother

• The sister

• The grandmother

• The previous owner of the farm

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the tone of this story?

• Dark

• Exciting

• Humorous

• Foolish

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why did the family move to the farm?

• To raise crops

• To escape an apocalypse

• To escape a toxic mother

• To be closer to other family

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which quote shows the children were curious?

• "We gathered around the jar and put our noses to it in turn..."

• "He was always showing us stuff around the barn."

• "We watched, but some of our attention wandered."

• "Why did we have hairspray?"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How would you create an in-text citation for this story?

• (Corin).

• (Miracles).

• (Miracles, Corin).

• (Lucy Corin).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a theme of the story?

• A family moves to a farm and encounters the birth of baby black widow spiders.

• Hope

• Life is created and taken away by forces larger than you.

• Working hard is important to overcoming obstacles.

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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