Page 85 - Point 5 Literature Program Option 1 Teachers Guide (2) (1)

Summative Assessment

answer all the questions.
total: 100 points

THE WAVE

Morton Rhue

1. who started the wave? (10 points)

2. explain what the wave was. (10 points)

3. which incident do you consider to be the climax of the story? explain why. (20 points)

4. Choose ONe of the following hOtS to answer this question.
Uncovering motives
Comparing and contrasting
Explaining cause and effect
Generating possibilities
Identifying parts and whole
Problem solving

a. the thinking skill I chose: __________________________

b. Choose any character and describe him or her before and after
the wave. (25 points)
c. explain why you chose this thinking skill to answer the question. (5 points)

5. In his article: Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany, (Cambridge University
Press, 2001) Frank McDonough describes groups of youngsters (usually boys) between
the ages of 12 –18 who called themselves the edelweiss Pirates. Groups of them sprang
up in different German towns during the 1930s. they did not want to become part
of the hitler Youth and chose to dress differently and make fun of Nazism. they were
extremely brave as they continued to do this even during the war, when they knew
they could be sent to prison or even killed.

a. which character or characters in The Wave would probably have joined the
edelweiss Pirates if they had been alive in Germany at that time?

b. how does this information help you understand the resistance
to the wave? (30 points)

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