BE a Language Artist 7th Grade

Bimester 4 Unit 7

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Listening
Q
You are going to listen to a story about two new classmates who are refugees from a neighboring country. You
will only hear the story twice. Before listening, read the questions below. Listen to the story and then circle the
correct answers.
Part I

New Classmates

Joshua watched his new classmates with unabashed curiosity. They were a brother and a sister, refugees from
a neighboring country. Refugees had been coming to Joshua’s country over the previous six months. However,
Joshua lived far in the interior of his country and Jonathan and Jenna, the brother and sister, were the first
refugees to come to his school.

The two seemed to still be getting used to their first week at Joshua’s school. Though Joshua and most of his
classmates did not feel cold, Jonathan and Jenna were bundled up in coats and scarves. They weren’t accustomed
to the cool weather because they were from a warm, coastal region. Also, they seemed to have a little trouble
understanding everything the teacher and other students said. Jonathan and Jenna were bilingual but the primary
language of their country was different than the language most people spoke in Joshua’s country. Joshua was sure
they were not dunces but he wondered how hard it would be for them to catch up on all the work the class had
been doing during the semester. As Joshua thought about his new classmates, he decided that he would offer to
help them in any way possible. They were in a new country and at a school simply because their country was having
political difficulties. He thought about how he would feel if he and his family had to leave home for political reasons.

1 Why is Joshua concerned about Jonathan and Jenna?

2 Jonathan and Jenna

a. are exchange students.
b. do not understand anything the principal says.
c. are the first refugees at Joshua’s school.
d. are cousins.

3 The new students seem

a. to be completely comfortable on their first day of school.
b. extremely sad.
c. unfriendly.
d. to need help understanding what is happening during their first week of school.

4 Jenna and Jonathan are beginning school

a. on the first day of school.
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b. after the semester has begun.

c. late in the afternoon.
d. before the first test.

5 Joshua believes that

a. he should offer to help the new students.
b. the new students are dishonest people.
c. he will have to soon leave home.
d. the new students are not smart people.

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 Multiple Choice
Q
The following questions are based on the theater play in your unit. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D
according to the texts.

6 In Scene 1 of the play, why does Mr. Frank decide 12 Anne

not to burn his papers after he returns to his a. suffers from nightmares because of the constant
family’s former hiding place? fear of living in secret.
a. He finds evidence that Mr. Kraler told the b. hates the Van Daans’ cat and constantly fights
Part II

government about his family. with Peter, the Van Daans’ son.
b. He believes the papers should be kept in a c. is selfish during the entire play.
museum. d. always gets along better with her mother than
c. He finds Anne’s diary. with her father.
d. He wants to remember everything that happened
to his family during the war. 13 For Hanukkah, Anne
a. reads her diary to everyone in the attic.
7 The Frank family moves from Germany to Holland b. chooses special gifts for each person in the attic.
a. to work in a factory. c. tells everyone that she thinks her sister Margot is
b. to escape German persecution. a wonderful person.
c. to join the British army. d. gives each person a pair of gloves to keep warm.
d. because there is no food in Germany.
14 What does Mr. Van Daan do with Mrs. Van Daan’s
8 In Germany, the government used _________ to fur coat?
identify Jewish people. a. He sends it to be sold.
a. passports b. He cuts it into pieces to keep the families warm.
b. newspapers c. He gives it to a person who needs it.
c. yellow stars of David d. He uses it to bribe an official to protect the
d. books families in hiding.

9 In a play, the area of the stage closest to the 15 The people in hiding realize that they are in even
audience is more danger when
a. stage left. a. a thief threatens to reveal their identities to the
b. upstage. police.
c. center stage. b. a man who works at the warehouse finds out
d. downstage. about them.
c. the Green Police begin to investigate Miep.
10 The Frank family d. the Germans leave Holland.
a. is in hiding with four other families.
b. is in hiding with the Kraler family. 16 When Miep tells the Franks, Van Daans, and Mr.
c. is alone in hiding. Dussel about D-Day, at first they feel
d. is in hiding with the Van Daan family. a. despair.
b. fear.
11 The small space c. hope.
a. allows the people hiding in the attic to stay warm. d. concern.
b. encourages people in the attic to be especially
kind to each other. 17 A monologue is
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c. causes conflict between the people hiding in the
attic.
d. causes everyone to admire Anne’s positivity.
a. a conversation among three people about their
relationship to each other.
b. an unspoken thought that a character later
reveals to other characters in the play.
c. an argument between two people about their
history and personalities.
d. a speech by one character that reveals the
character’s thoughts and feelings.

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 Reading Comprehension
Q
Answer the following questions with complete sentences. Use proper grammar and spelling.

18 How does Anne change over the course of the play?

Part III
19 How does Anne’s relationship with Peter change over the course of the play?

20 Pick at least two characters that criticize Anne and explain their reasons for criticizing her.

21 What does Mr. Frank mean when he says: “We don’t need the Nazis to destroy us. We’re destroying ourselves”?
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 Vocabulary
Q
Match each vocabulary word with its definition or synonym.

22 threadbare a) unhappy, discontented, displeased

23 quarrel b) unreleased, unexpressed, built-up

Part IV

24 Hanukkah c) gasping, panting, struggling to breathe

25 standstill d) argue, fight, disagreement

26 hurl e) ignite, light up, blaze

27 unabashed f) Jewish holiday

28 wheezing g) waveringly, with hesitation or uncertainty

29 falteringly h) state of stopping or keeping still

30 disgruntled i) unashamed, bold

31 loathe j) hate, despise

32 onslaught k) feeling that something bad will happen

33 poise l) Nazi secret police

34 pent-up m) worn out, thin from too much use

35 flare up n) throw, fling with great force or strength

36 foreboding o) calm, confidence

37 Gestapo p) beginning of a violent attack

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 Essay
Q
Answer the following essay question. Make sure you reflect on the stories as well as your
personal project journals to support your essay. The essay rubric will be used to grade your
essay, carefully look over it before starting your essay.

38 Consider the relationship between what was happening outside the attic and what was
happening inside the attic. Which was the greater conflict for the characters in the play?
Support your answers with evidence from the play.

Part V
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 Category 4 - Above Standards 3 - Meets Standards 2 - Approaching 1 - Below Standards
Standards

The position The position A position statement There is no position

statement provides statement provides a is present, but does statement.
a clear, strong clear statement of the not make the author's
Position Statement statement of the author's position on position clear.
author's position on the topic.
the topic.

All of the examples Most of the examples At least one of Examples are NOT
are specific, relevant are specific, relevant the examples is relevant AND/OR are
and explanations and explanations relevant and has not explained.
Evidence and
are given that show are given that show an explanation that
Examples
how each piece of how each piece of shows how that piece
evidence supports the evidence supports the of evidence supports
author's position. author's position. the author's position.

A variety of thoughtful Transitions show how Some transitions The transitions

transitions are used. ideas are connected, work well, but some between ideas
They clearly show how but there is little connections between are unclear OR
Transitions ideas are connected. variety. ideas are fuzzy. nonexistent.

No errors in grammar 1-2 errors in grammar 3-4 errors in grammar More than 4 errors
or spelling that or spelling that or spelling that in grammar or
distract the reader distract the reader distract the reader spelling that distract
Grammar & Spelling from the content. from the content. from the content. the reader from the
content.

No errors in 1-2 errors in 3-4 errors in More than 4 errors

capitalization or capitalization or capitalization and/ in capitalization and/
punctuation, so the punctuation, but the or punctuation that or punctuation that
Capitalization &
essay is exceptionally essay is still easy to catch the reader's catch the reader's
Punctuation
easy to read. read. attention and interrupt attention and interrupt
the flow. the flow.

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