From Scratch & Amphibians questions

Which message is expressed by both the story and the poem?

• Entering a new environment requires people to adapt

• Making friends at a new school is a challenge

• There is no shared message between the two texts

• People should not travel to different countries

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How are the Priya and the speaker in the poem alike?

• Priya and the speaker both hated American supermarkets

• Priya and the speaker adjusted very easily to their new environments

• Priya and the speaker experienced moving to the United States from a different country

• Priya and the speaker both ended up moving back home

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the main difference between the story and the poem?  

• Theme and subject matter.
• Structure and format

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What statement best describes a major theme in the story, 'From Scratch'

• Baking food is a fun hobby friends can do together

• Shy people have more trouble making friends than social people

• Taking pride in one's culture can help one overcome changes and loneliness

• Replacing one's customs with new ones is the easiest way to adjust in a new country

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

How does learning that Lindsay grew up in Iran affect Priya?

• Priya decides to learn to speak Persian as a surprise for Lindsay

• Priya decides not to speak to Lindsay because of how rude she acted

• Priya realizes Lindsay also hates the American food being served in the cafeteria

• Priya realizes that she and Lindsay had more in common than she thought

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Which statement identifies the main THEME of the poem?

• Immigrants are forced to adapt to their surroundings when they move to a new country

• Amphibians are strong animals because of their ability to live on land and in water

• Immigrants struggle to be accepted in the new countries that they make their home

• Amphibians and immigrants are better off once they go through a transformation

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

How do lines 13-17 develop the speaker's ideas about immigrants in the poem?

• They highlight how easily immigrants can move from one home to another

• They reveal how out of place immigrants can feel in a new land

• They emphasize the process that immigrants have to go through to adjust to a new land

• They prove that some immigrants can't adapt to life in a new land

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

How is the point of view in the story (From Scratch) different from that of the poem (Amphibians)? 

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9