Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 9

In Nasreen's Secret School, they said "Art and music and learning once flourished here. Then the soldiers came and changed everything."

What does flourish mean?

• to grow or thrive

• to die

• to cook

• to learn

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does "dark clouds hang over the city" mean?

• Weather in Herat is usually cloudy.

• Weather in Herat is usually sunny.

• The mood in Herat is unhappy.

• The mood in Herat is happy.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Using clues in the text, what do you think forbidden means?

• waiting

• don't want to

• forced

• not allowed

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

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CCSS.RL.4.4

The moral of Nasreen's Secret School is Sometimes you have to take risks when something is important to you.

Which detail supports the moral of the story?

• When Nasreen talked to Mina about everything.

• When Nareen told her Grandma about what she learned.

• When Nareen and her Grandma went to the secret school even though it was forbidden for girls.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

If explain means to describe clearly in detail, what do you think an "explanation" is?

• short story

• a clear description with details

• a note with no details

• a special song

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CCSS.RI.2.4

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Open to pages 6 & 7.

Using context clues in the text, what do you think frantic means?

• very calm

• shouting loudly

• very upset

• whispering

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

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Open to pages 8 & 9.

What does she mean by "the full moon passed our window many times?"

• a lot of time passed

• not very much time passed

• the moon went around the earth multiple times in one night.

• Nasreen liked to look at the sky.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Open to page 10 & 11.

Why does her grandmother want Nasreen to attend the secret school?

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

• because it was behind a green gate

• to learn about the world, as she had

• to speak again

• because it was in a nearby lane

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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Why are they lucky no soldiers saw them?

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

• because the solders took her father

• because women and girls aren't allowed out alone

• because her mama went to look for her father

• because girls are forbidden to go to school

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the GIST of a story?

• What it is mostly about

• The lesson

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2