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I can analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone.
Reading Informational RI.9-10.4
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Assessment #1 Excerpt from Yellow Woman and a Beauty
of the Spirit
Assessments & Reading Passages
RI.9-10.4
Standard RI.9-10.4
I can analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone.
Excerpt from Yellow Woman and
a Beauty of the Spirit By Leslie Marmon Silko Lexile Level: 900 | 466 Words
Context: The author writes about her cultural identity and how she was perceived by others within her community. She also discusses her relationship with her great-grandmother, whom she called Grandma A’Mooh. Her great-grandfather was a white settler from Ohio who moved to New Mexico, so she looked different from the other children on the Laguna Pueblo reservation where she grew up.
1 From the time I was a small child, I was aware that I was different. I looked
different from my playmates. My two sisters looked different too. We didn't look
quite like the other Laguna Pueblo children, but we didn't look quite white either...
I called her Grandma A'mooh because that's what I heard her say whenever she
saw me. "A'mooh" means "granddaughter" in the Laguna language. I remember
this word because her love and her acceptance of me as a small child were so
important. I had sensed immediately that something about my appearance was
not acceptable to some people, white and Indian. But I did not see any signs of
that strain or anxiety in the face of my beloved Grandma A'mooh.
2 Younger people, people my parents' age, seemed to look at the world in a
more "modern" way. The "modern" way included racism. My physical appearance
The author recalls the time she spent in her great-grandmother’s yard.
Assessment #1: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
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seemed not to matter to the old-time people. They looked at the world very
differently; a person's appearance and possessions did not matter nearly as
much as a person's behavior. For them, a person's value lies in how that person
interacts with other people, how that person behaves toward the animals and the
Earth.
3 I spent a great deal of time with my great-grandmother. Her house was next
to our house, and I used to wake up at dawn, hours before my parents or
younger sisters, and I'd go wait on the porch swing or on the back steps by her
kitchen door. I always loved the early mornings when the air was so cool with a
hint of rain smell in the breeze. In the dry New Mexico air, the least hint of
dampness smells sweet.
4 My great-grandmother's yard was planted with lilac bushes and iris; there
were four o'clocks, cosmos, morning glories and hollyhocks and old-fashioned
rose bushes that I helped her water. If the garden hose got stuck on one of the
big rocks that lined the path in the yard, I ran and pulled it free. That's what I
came to do early every morning: to help Grandma water the plants before the
heat of the day arrived.
5 Grandma A'mooh would tell about the old days, family stories about relatives
who had been killed by Apache raiders who stole the sheep our relatives had
been herding near Swahnee. Sometimes she read Bible stories that we kids liked
because of the illustrations of Jonah in the mouth of a whale and Daniel
surrounded by lions. Grandma A'mooh would send me home when she took her
nap, but when the sun got low and the afternoon began to cool off, I would be
back on the porch swing, waiting for her to come out to water the plants and to
haul in firewood for the evening.
Assessment #1: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: __________________
Standard RI.9-10.4
I can analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone.
DOK 1
1 Read the passage from Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit.
Reread the following excerpt from the text.
From the time I was a small child, I was aware that I was
different. I looked different from my playmates. My two sisters
looked different too. We didn't look quite like the other Laguna
Pueblo children, but we didn't look quite white either…
Why does the author repeat the word “different” in this excerpt?
a. To celebrate her individuality
b. To explain her culture
c. To introduce her struggle to fit in
d. To prove her dislike of New Mexico
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2
DOK 1
Reread the following excerpt from the text.
My great-grandmother's yard was planted with lilac bushes and
iris; there were four o'clocks, cosmos, morning glories and
hollyhocks and old-fashioned rose bushes…
What is the effect of the author’s list of specific flower names?
a. It emphasizes the significance of these vivid memories for the
author.
b. It establishes the narrator’s relationship with her great-
grandmother.
c. It helps readers to picture the overwhelming size of the garden.
d. It illustrates that the author feels more at home among flowers
than people.
DOK 2
3 Part 1
Which of the following best describes the author’s tone when describing
the setting of the text?
a. Wistful
b. Optimistic
c. Disconnected
d. Perplexed
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DOK 2
4 Part 1
What meaning does the author attach to the term “A-mooh”?
a. The term “A-mooh” symbolizes how the author was immediately
judged by her physical appearance.
b. The term “A-mooh” represents the love and acceptance that the
author’s great-grandmother had for her.
c. The term “A-mooh” symbolizes the natural beauty and peace that
the author found in New Mexico.
d. The term “A-mooh” represents the author’s connection to people
of the older generation.
Part 2
How does the term “A-mooh” impact the meaning of the text? It
develops—
a. the author’s gratitude for the time with her great-grandmother.
b. the author’s criticism of the racism she experienced.
c. the author’s love for creating new words and playing with
language.
d. the author’s appreciation for her culture.
Assessment #1: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit 6
Part 2
List one piece of textual evidence that best supports your claim in Part
1.
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Reread the following excerpt from the text.
Younger people, people my parents’ age, seemed to look at the
world in a more “modern” way.
What is the implied meaning of the word “modern” as it is used in this
excerpt? How does the author’s use of this word impact the overall
meaning and tone of the passage? Explain your answer in one paragraph
and choose at least two pieces of textual evidence to support your
analysis.
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DOK 3
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The author describes how she spent considerable time with her great-
grandmother completing daily chores and listening to her great-
grandmother’s stories. As a child, with whom did you spend a lot of
time? How has that person and your time together influenced who you
are today?
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Scoring Rubric RI.9-10.4 Assessment #1:
Excerpt from Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
Question/Level
Key / Rubric Points
#1
DOK 1
c. To introduce her struggle to fit in
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#2
DOK 1
a. It emphasizes the significance of these vivid memories for the author.
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DOK 2
Part 1
a. Wistful
Part 2
Possible answers may include:
“In the dry New Mexico air, the least hint of dampness smells sweet.”
“I always loved the early mornings when the air was so cool with a hint of rain smell in the breeze.”
SCORING Students must answer Part 1 correctly to receive credit for Part 2. +1 point: Chooses correct answer for Part 1
+1 point: Cites relevant evidence in Part 2
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Student Name: ____________________________ Date of Administration: _____________
Teacher Name: ____________________________________________________________________
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#4
DOK 2
Part 1
b. The term “A-mooh” represents the love and acceptance that the author’s great-grandmother had for her.
Part 2
a. the author’s gratitude for the time with her great-grandmother.
SCORING Students must answer Part 1 correctly to receive credit for Part 2. +1 point: Chooses correct answer in Part 1
+1 point: Chooses correct answer in Part 2
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DOK 3
Model Student Response In this passage, the implied meaning of the word “modern” is negative and critical. The author implies that the younger people who claim to be more modern are actually less advanced and less open minded. They are more racist. The author contrasts these “modern” people to people of the older generation like her A’mooh who “looked at the world differently” where “a person’s appearance and possessions did not matter.” This develops the author’s attachment to her A’mooh and to her vivid memories in her New Mexico yard. The word “modern” contrasts with A’mooh’s stories about “the old days” and emphasizes the author’s disconnect from the world around her. The author only feels connected to the natural setting of New Mexico and her A’mooh who represents the past--the opposite of modern.
SCORING +1 point: Explains the implied meaning of the given term +1 point: Explains how the term impacts the meaning and tone of the article
+1 point: Cites textual evidence to support analysis (up to 2 points total)
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TOTAL ___ / 10
Assessment #1: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of Spirit 10
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Assessment #2 Excerpt from Educated
Assessments & Reading Passages
RI.9-10.4
Standard RI.9-10.4
I can analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone.
Excerpt from Educated By Tara Westover
Lexile Level: 1000 | 308 Words
Context: Tara Westover was seventeen years old before she first sat inside a classroom. Her parents were survivalists who prepared for the end of the world. They did not trust the government and refused to take their children to see a doctor. Tara describes her isolation from the rest of the world as well as her connection to the natural world in the mountains of Idaho where she lived.
1 The hill is paved with wild wheat. If the conifers and sagebrush are soloists,
the wheat field is a corps de ballet, each stem following all the rest in bursts of
movement, a million ballerinas bending, one after the other, as great gales dent
their golden heads. The shape of that dent lasts only a moment, and is as close
as anyone gets to seeing wind.
2 Turning toward our house on the hillside, I see movements of a different
kind, tall shadows stiffly pushing through the currents. My brothers are awake,
testing the weather. I imagine my mother at the stove, hovering over bran
pancakes. I picture my father hunched by the back door, lacing his steel-toed
boots and threading his callused hands into welding gloves. On the highway
below, the school bus rolls past without stopping.
The author grew up in rural Idaho.
Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________
Assessment #2: Educated 2
3 I am only seven, but I understand that it is this fact, more than any other,
that makes my family different: we don’t go to school.
4 Dad worries that the Government will force us to go but it can’t, because it
doesn’t know about us. Four of my parents’ seven children don’t have birth
certificates. We have no medical records because we were born at home and
have never seen a doctor or nurse. We have no school records because we’ve
never set foot in a classroom. When I am nine, I will be issued a Delayed
Certificate of Birth, but at this moment, according to the state of Idaho and the
federal government, I do not exist.
5 Of course I did exist. I had grown up preparing for the Days of
Abomination, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with
blood. I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies.
When the World of Men failed, my family would continue on, unaffected.
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Corps de ballet: members of a ballet company who dance together as a group Days of Abomination: religious term often used to describe days of grief and destruction that are predicted to happen in the future for those who have turned away from God
Assessment #2: Educated 3
Name: ______________________________________ Date: __________________
Standard RI.9-10.4
I can analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone.
DOK 1
1 Read the passage from Educated.
Reread the following excerpt from Paragraph 1.
...each stem following all the rest in bursts of movement, a million
ballerinas bending, one after the other, as great gales dent their
golden heads. The shape of that dent lasts only a moment, and is
as close as anyone gets to seeing wind.
What is the meaning of the word gales as it is used in this text? Define
the word in one sentence.
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DOK 1
Reread the following excerpt from the text.
When the World of Men failed, my family would continue on,
unaffected.
What is the effect of the author’s use of the word unaffected?
a. It justifies the hard work that the author and her family regularly
endure.
b. It emphasizes how separate and distant her family is from the rest
of the world.
c. It shows that the author does not care what happens in the outside
world.
d. It explains how the family will overcome obstacles that others
cannot.
Assessment #2: Educated 4
DOK 2
3 Part 1
Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in Paragraph 4?
a. Resentful
b. Distressed
c. Peaceful
d. Detached
Part 2
Which piece of textual evidence from the rest of the text best supports
your claim in Part 1?
a. “...each stem following all the rest in bursts of movement…”
b. “I imagine my mother at the stove…”
c. “I am only seven, but I understand that it is this fact, more than any
other, that makes my family different…”
d. “…watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with
blood.”
Assessment #2: Educated 5
DOK 2
4 Part 1
Reread the following excerpt from the text.
Turning toward our house on the hillside, I see movements of a
different kind, tall shadows stiffly pushing through the currents.
My brothers are awake, testing the weather. I imagine my
mother at the stove, hovering over bran pancakes. I picture my
father hunched by the back door, lacing his steel-toed boots and
threading his callused hands into welding gloves.
How does the author use specific word choices in this excerpt to convey
meaning?
a. The author illustrates how her family is in tune with the natural
setting where they live.
b. The author describes the peace of nature in contrast to her family
preparing to work.
c. The author does not feel ready to leave the hillside to start a hard
day of work.
d. The author describes how everyone has a task to do early in the
morning in her family.
Assessment #2: Educated 6
Reread paragraph 1.
How does the author’s use of figurative language in Paragraph 1 impact
the overall meaning and tone of the passage? Explain your answer in one
paragraph and choose at least two pieces of textual evidence to support
your analysis.
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DOK 3
Assessment #2: Educated 7
Part 2
Select the two phrases from the choices below that support your answer
in Part 1.
a. “turning toward our house”
b. “testing the weather”
c. “hunched by the back door”
d. “imagine my mother”
e. “shadows stiffly pushing”
Education looks different for people all over the world. Currently, many
students receive a formal education that takes place in a classroom
environment. However, not all types of learning happen in school. What
other important types of education are there? Think about and then
describe how you have learned from the people around you, maybe
through friends, family members, or experiences. Describe at least one
example of a way that you were educated outside of school.
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Assessment #2: Educated 8
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Scoring Rubric RI.9-10.4 Assessment #2:
Excerpt from Educated
Question/Level
Key / Rubric Points
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DOK 1
Model Student Response
Gales are strong bursts of wind or air.
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DOK 1
b. It emphasizes how separate and distant her family is from the rest of the world.
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DOK 2
Part 1
d. detached
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c. “I am only seven, but I understand that it is this fact, more than any other, that makes my family different…”
SCORING Students must answer Part 1 correctly to receive credit for Part 2. +1 point: Answers Part 1 correctly
+1 point: Answers Part 2 correctly
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Assessment #2: Educated 9
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DOK 2
Part 1
b. The author describes the peace of nature in contrast to her family preparing to work.
Part 2 c. “hunched by the back door” e. “shadows stiffly pushing” SCORING Students must answer Part 1 correctly to receive credit for Part 2. +1 point: Chooses correct answer in Part 1
+½ point: Chooses correct answer in Part 2 (up to 1 point total)
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DOK 3
Model Student Response The author describes the setting of her home in the first paragraph by highlighting the natural beauty and movements of the wheat. This strongly contrasts the family’s unique lifestyle as they prepare for the end of the world. The author uses the metaphor of dancers in a ballet to describe the gentle and beautiful dancing of the whole wheat field. When the author turns “toward our house on the hillside,” the tone of the passage quickly changes as she describes all of her family independently working: “testing”, “hovering”, “hunched” and “threading”. The rest of the passage has a factual tone as she describes her childhood without school or doctors which contrasts to the more peaceful tone at the beginning of the passage.
SCORING +1 point: Explains the author’s use of specific sentences in the paragraph +1 point: Explains how the sentences impact the meaning and tone +1 point: Cites textual evidence to support analysis (up to 2 points total)
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TOTAL ___ / 10
Assessment #2: Educated 10
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
I can analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone.
RI.9-10.4
Reflect and relate:
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