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A. Vocabulary

1. ____ memorial

2. ____ experience

3. ____ portray

4. ____ memory

5. ____ kingdom

6. ____ launch

7. ____ cavity

8. ____ concentrate

9. ____ motive

10. ____village

11. ____ receive

12. ____inspired

13. ____ represents

14. ____ attention

15. ____ monument

16. ____ tribute

17. ____ legacy

18. ____ inventive

19. ____ routine

20. ____ granary

B. Reading and Literary Analysis

Directions: Read the poem. Then read each item carefully. Choose the best answer. Mark your answer.

from Human Family by Maya Angelou

1 I note the obvious differences

in the human family.

Some of us are serious,

some thrive on comedy.

2 The variety of our skin tones

can confuse, bemuse, delight,

brown and pink and beige and purple,

tan and blue and white.

3 I've sailed upon the seven seas

and stopped in every land,

I've seen the wonders of the world

not yet one common man.

1. Which of these gives the best summary

of stanza 1 of “Human Family?”

a. People are all the same.

b. All people are funny.

c. All people are serious.

d. People are different.

2. Which of these gives the best summary

of stanzas 3 and 4 of “Human Family?”

a. Traveling is fun.

b. No matter where you go, you’re alone.

c. No two people are alike

d. Men and women are everywhere.

3. Which of these gives the best summary of the

last stanzas of “Human Family?”

a. It’s obvious people are different.

b. People are more alike than different.

c. All people are the same.

d. We should all be friends.

C. Reading and Literary Analysis

Directions: Read the passage. Then read each item carefully. Choose the best answer. Mark your answer.

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1. Where does the story take place?

a. the mountains

b. outside in a storm

c. in a house

d. in the enemy and rebel camps

2. What is Lupe’s problem?

a. She has to fix her tire.

b. She has to save Tran.

c. She has to get back home.

d. She feels lonely.

D. Reading and Literary Analysis

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E. Reading and Literary Analysis

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F. Reading and Literary Analysis

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G. Writing

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4 I know ten thousand women

called Jane and Mary Jane,

but I've not seen any two

who really were the same.

5 I note the obvious differences

between each sort and type,

but we are more alike, my friends,

than we are unalike.

6 We are more alike, my friends,

than we are unalike.

7 We are more alike, my friends,

than we are unalike.

3. How did Luna succeed?

e. She took the enemy by surprise.

f. She paid a ransom.

g. She dressed up as the enemy.

h. Tran helped her plan.

4. Why was the mission so important?

a. Tran is in charge of the rebels.

b. The troops were feeling low.

c. The speeder needed a new tire.

d. Everyone liked Luna.

5. Which sentence tells the main idea of the passage?

a. “You saved my life Lupe.”

b. “You are truly a brave solider.”

c. “Here, put this enemy uniform on.”

d. They were free!

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17.

HPC PB pg. 27

A. filled with ideas

B. give an example

C. think about one thing

D. reason

E. doing things the same way

F. helps remember someone

G. expresses thanks

H. something a person lives through

I. creative

J. where grain is stored

K. honors a person or event

L. where a king or queen lives

M. hole in a tooth

N. make a picture

O. a thought about the past

P. send into space

Q. care

R. smaller than a town

S. handed down from the past

T. get

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6. plot ___

7. character ___

8. problem ___

9. conclusion ___

10. setting ___

11. dialogue ___

A. where the story takes place

B. at the end, how the problem is resolved

C. when characters speak in a story

D. what happens in the story

E. a made up person in a story

F. in the beginning why the story happens

Label:

climax

complication

resolution

problem

1st ___

2nd ___

3rd ___

4th ___

5th ___

A. Write your draft.

B. Create an FATP chart.

C. Edit and add dialogue.

D. Collect ideas on a web graphic organizer.

E. Complete a story chart and plan events in plot.

HPB PB pg. 12 (top)

HPB PB pg. 18

Additional Resources: HPB PB2, HPC PB31

HPC PB pg. 85 (bottom)

HPC PB pg. 31

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