Bronx Masquerade

After viewing Raul's self-portrait, how did Diondra change her opinion of sharing her artistic side?

• She realized she could do a better portrait

• She wanted the positive attention that Raul was getting

• She decided she was tired of hiding who she really was

• She no longer felt pressure to play basketball

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Through each narrator's experience, the author explores the theme of-

• feeling pressure to fit in

• working hard to succeed

• embracing who you are

• expressing yourself

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which two reasons tell why this story benefits from having the point of view of multiple narrators?

• The reader knows what multiple characters are thinking

• The reader is able to know one character well

• The reader can see the same event through multiple characters

• The reader develops an emotional connection to the minor characters

• The reader is restricted about what he or she knows about characters

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the general theme of Bronx Masquerade?

• parent pressure on children

• basketball teaches life skills

• poetry should be taught in school

• being comfortable in who you are

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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

Context clues are

• Looking up the definition of a word

• using the words around to figure out a definition

• guessing what the word means

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

True or False: Raul isn't confident in his artwork

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False: Diondra is confident in her art/poems

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Devon feel like he has to sneak to the library?

• He has a lot of homework to do

• He doesn't want anyone to know he likes to read

• His coach is making him

• He has to get his grades up

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

perspective

• the way in which characters think about their world, its setting, the events that happen in it, and the characters involved.

• the way a writer creates and develops characters.

• a long work of fiction that has a plot, a setting, characters, and a theme.

• the speaker of a piece of writing

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

dialogue

• conversation between characters

• the way a writer creates and develops characters.

• incidents in a story

• the speaker of a piece of writing

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3