Summative Assessment

 

 

1.     Provide three pieces of information that you already know about migration (the movement of people from one location to another).

 

2.     Note to teacher: due to copyright restriction, all articles must be located and inserted by the supervising teacher and can’t be included in this unit.  To create empathy for the character in the article, “A Life Revealed,” teachers may need to provide background information about the events that were occurring at the time of the article.  The character in the article was in a refugee camp during the Soviet occupation of 1985, and she was relocated during the US invasion of Afghanistan.

 

        Preview the article reference below.  List two examples of what the authors have done to help the reader gain information quickly.

 

“A Life Revealed” by Cathy Newman photographs by Steve McCurry

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/afghangirl/

               (link to National Geographic article)

 

3.     After previewing the article in question number 2, predict the main idea.  Provide three examples from the text that led you to these predictions.

 

 

               4.     How will you adjust your rate of reading to help you understand the information contained in these texts?

 

 

5.     Match each skill to the correct definition.  Place the letter of the definition on the black line after the number of the skill.

                Note to teacher: definitions come from the Glossary of Teams, Communication Arts Grade-Level Expectations

 

 

Skill

Definition

1. Question to clarify

A. Restate what is written, keeping the basic meaning, but putting it into one’s own words and sentence variation.

2. Reflect

B. Break something down into parts to examine its nature.

3. Analyze

C. Think about and speak or write one’s views in response to a text.

4. Draw conclusions

D. Recognize and eliminate confusing ideas when thinking about the text.

5. Summarize

E. Use facts and inferences to come to a judgment or decision.

6. Paraphrase

F. Make a brief statement or account of the main points.

 

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6.     Read the article “A Life Revealed.”  From question number five, select one of the post-reading skills.  Explain how you used that skill to better comprehend and interpret what you read.

 

7.     Define figurative language.

 

8.     Why would an author use figurative language in nonfiction text?

 

9.     Which of the following contains the best example of onomatopoeia?  Place the letter of the correct example on the line.  _____

A.      I’ve told you a million times we are not leaving this country!

B.       The mother shushed the child as they crossed the border into the U.S.

C.       The headline read, “Interesting immigrants identified!”

D.      Immigrants are jewels.

 

10.   Create an attention-getting phrase using alliteration to invite someone to your community.

 

11.     From the article “A Live Revealed,” identify and interpret the author’s purpose.  Include two or more examples to support your answer.

 

12.     Using the quotations provided below, complete the graphic organizer comparing the two points of view about immigration.  Your graphic organizer should contain two similarities and two differences.

 

       Quotes:

“Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.”

-John F. Kennedy

http://www.ailf.org/pubed/pe_quotes_index.asp

 

“The question taxpayers keep asking is ‘Why should we pay for services for those who have broken the law to get here?’” –Antonovich, Michael D. – L.A. County Supervisor, 5th Dist.

http://www.fairus.org/Research/ResearchList.cfm?c=11

 

 

Compare/Contrast Diagram

Similarities

Differences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.   Note to teacher: due to copyright restrictions, the article must be located and inserted by the supervising teacher.

       

       “In Search of a Better Life” by Holly Atkins

       http://www.sptimes.com/2002/01/14/NIE/In_search_of_a_better.shtml

 

        In this article, an immigrant family moves from China to the U.S.

A.      Explain why the family thought it was necessary to move.  Use two or more details from the story to support your answer.

        B.    List two possible solutions the family might have chosen other than moving.

        C.    Choose a solution and explain how that solution may improve the family’s economic condition.

 

14.   Think about the reasons people move within a country or to a new country.  Write a vignette (short story) about a family who moves.  What caused them to move?  What are the effects of that move?  Limit your story to no more than three well-written paragraphs.

 

 

15.   Compose a three-paragraph persuasive essay convincing your pen-pal to move into your community or neighborhood.  Support your point of view with positive reasons for moving into your community.

 

To compose your essay, follow these steps:

 

A.      Before beginning your essay, create a graphic organizer in the space below.

B.  Create a rough draft of your essay on a separate sheet of paper.

C.    Revise and edit your rough draft.

D.    Complete your final essay below.