Open Up - Grade 6 - ELA - Module 3 - Mid Unit 1 Assessment

Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the other girls she encountered on her first day? (RI.6.6)

• They were friendly and playful.
• They were dressed inappropriately
• They were dressed very similar to her.
• They were judgmental and afraid.

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RL.6.6

Which piece of evidence from the text best helps to convey the point of view from Part A? (RI.6.1, RI.6.6)

• “These were Indian girls . . . ”
• “ . . . I felt like sinking into the floor . . . ”
• “I looked hard at the Indian girls . . . ”
• “ . . . who seemed not to care . . . ”

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RL.6.6

RL.6.1

Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the adults at the school? (RI.6.6)

• They were controlling and often cruel toward the children.
• They were warm and cared about the children.
• They were friendly and playful toward the children.
• They were firm and emotionally attached to the children.

Describe Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward what she experienced in the first paragraph. (RI.6.6)

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RL.6.6

Which ten words used by Zitkala-Sa in paragraph 1 have connotations that best convey that point of view? Underline them in the paragraph or write them below. (RI.6.1, RI.6.4, L.6.5c)

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RL.6.4

RL.6.1

L.6.5.c

“I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids.” (paragraph 9)How do the connotations of the bolded phrases in the sentence above help to convey Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward losing her hair? (RI.6.4, RI.6.6, L.6.5c)

• They imply that the adults at the school chewed off her braids.
• They imply that the room in the school was frigid and uncomfortable.
• They imply that the cutting of her hair was violent and savage.
• They imply that the adults gave her a new hairstyle to help her fit in.

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RL.6.4

RL.6.6

L.6.5.c

“Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder” (paragraph 9).What type of figurative language is used by Zitkala-Sa in the bolded excerpt above? (RI.6.4, L.6.5a)

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RL.6.4

L.6.5.a

How does the bolded figurative language above help to convey ZitkalaSa’s point of view toward the reality of her life at school? (RI.6.4, RI.6.6, L.6.5a)

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RL.6.4

RL.6.6

L.6.5.a

What are two other pieces of evidence from the text that also help to convey this point of view? (RI.6.1)

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RL.6.1

Which best describes a central idea of this text? (RI.6.2)

• Zitkala-Sa had a friend who helped her through a hard first day at school.
• Zitkala-Sa lost more than her long hair on her first day at the school.
• Zitkala-Sa tried to resist the teachers when they cut her hair.
• Zitkala-Sa was sad to be away from home and her mother.