Page 50 - Point 5 Literature Program Option 1 Teachers Guide (2) (1)

Summative Assessment

answer all the questions.
Total: 100 points

AS I GREW OLDER

langston Hughes

1. what do the words ‘it’ and ‘then’ refer to when the poet says:
But it was there then? (10 points)

2. what is the race of the speaker in the poem? How do you know? (10 points)

3. Find the simile in the poem and explain the comparison. (20 points)

4. Choose one of the following HoTs to answer this question:
Distinguishing different perspectives
Explaining patterns
Identifying parts and whole
Inferring
Making connections
Problem solving
Generating possibilities

a. The thinking skill I chose: __________________________

b. explain how the wall connects to the poet’s dream. (25 points)

c. explain why you chose this thinking skill to answer the question. (5 points)

5. read the following information and then answer the questions.

In his famous speech known as I have a dream, american civil rights activist,
dr. Martin luther King, Jr. said, “I have a dream that my four little children
will one day live in a nation where they will be judged not by the color of their
skin, but by the content of their character …”

a. How does As I Grew Older reflect these ideas? Include quotes from
the text to support your point of view.
b. How do the ideas expressed in the speech help you understand
the poem better? (30 points)

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