The Circuit - Understanding Migrant Workers and Literary Devices

Which word means 'with hesitation or uncertainty'?

• Jalopy

• Instinct

• Hesitantly

• Surplus

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

Which is NOT a strategy for making inferences?

• Look for details

• Think about what you already know

• Ignore the context

• Connect to experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

What is Ito's main job in 'The Circuit'?

• Teacher

• Strawberry sharecropper

• Doctor

• Engineer

What is the significance of the last day of August?

• Beginning of school

• End of strawberry season

• Start of winter

• New Year

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

What did Papa think about the car's original owner?

• He must have been an important man

• He was a mechanic

• He was a teacher

• He was a farmer.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

What did Papa and Roberto do to the holes?

• Painted them

• Covered them with newspapers

• Ignored them

• Filled them with cement

What did Mr. Lema ask the narrator to do?

• Write

• Read

• Draw

• Sing

What was the narrator's first instinct in the principal's office?

• To run away

• To answer in Spanish

• To cry

• To laugh

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What did Mr. Lema ask the narrator to do at lunch?

• Take a walk to the music room

• Play soccer

• Read a book

• Write an essay.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

What did the narrator see in their shack?

• A party

• Everything packed in cardboard boxes

• A new car

• A surprise gift

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A