Understanding Reading Challenges and Support

Do you enjoy bell warmers with videos?

• Yes

• No

Question 1

Pre-viewing, someone might think only children from a prestigious (well-respected, well-off) school get help learning.
Which moment in To The Letter proves that idea wrong?

• A. The tutor only works with children from expensive schools.

• B. The main character, though unhoused, gets help and learns to read.

• C. The film shows only kids in big houses writing letters.

An inspector-like figure isn’t literally in the story, but think of someone or something that checks or judges.
Who or what plays that role in To The Letter?

• A. The tutor who helps her read and listens to her efforts.

• B. A big building she walks by every day.

• C. A fancy school she passes.

Given the challenges, what can we infer about what it takes to read and learn when your life is difficult?

A. That only children from prestigious backgrounds succeed in reading.
B. That even if you’re impoverished, having someone believe in you matters a lot.
C. That the inspector always rejects letters from poor students.
D. That words never escape if you try hard enough immediately.

• A

• B

• C

• D

At the start of the film, the girl feels frustrated because the letters and words are hard for her to catch.

• True

• False

• TRUE

• FALSE

By the end of the film, the girl writes a letter and feels proud of her progress.

• True

• False

“The girl worked hard to write her first letter.”

What type of sentence is this?

A. Declarative
B. Interrogative
C. Exclamatory
D. Imperative

• A

• B

• C

• D

“How did the tutor help the girl learn to read?”

What type of sentence is this?

A. Declarative
B. Interrogative
C. Exclamatory
D. Imperative

• A

• B

• C

• D