BE a Language Artist 7th Grade

Bimester 4

Name Date

Listening BE

Q
You are going to listen to a story about a girl who has just graduated from college. You will only hear the story
twice. Before listening, read the questions below. Listen to the story and then circle the correct answers.

The Graduation
Part I

Alberta was finally graduating from college. She was older than many of the other graduates but she knew that she would
enjoy the graduation ceremony a lot more than they would. She had worked so hard to save the money to go to school.
She’d cleaned people’s homes—sweeping, dusting, polishing, and starching—six days a week to save money. She had
worked for years trying to save enough money to go to college. Still, she had earned too little money to achieve her dream
on her own. Luckily, she had heard about a new government program that offered to help working people like her go to
college. As soon as she heard about it, she hurried to apply for the help. She took the money that she had saved plus the
government aid and enrolled in school the next semester.

She faced the myriad challenges of the university by working just as hard as she had worked as a domestic worker. She
was always the first person in her classroom and always stayed after class to ask the professors questions. She took every
chance she could to learn from the scholars at the university and from her classmates.

Her long journey had finally brought her to graduation day. She sat through the fanfare of the ceremony with a feeling of
complete happiness and accomplishment. She listened to the applause of the friends and family members in the audience
as they congratulated her and the other graduates. She looked forward to her next challenge in life with confidence.

1 What special occasion (event) is the focus of the listening passage?

2 Alberta worked
a. as a nanny.
b. as a merchant.
c. as a domestic worker.
d. as a teacher.

3 Alberta used
a. the money she had inherited from her parents to go to school.
b. the money she had saved and the government help to study.
c. the money she won in the lottery to go to school.
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d. only government help to study.

4 Alberta was
a. a terrible student.
b. an unkind parent.
c. a bitter person.
d. a hard-working student.

5 Alberta knows that she

a. will have new challenges in her life.
b. will never have to work again.
c. will never return to school.
d. will encourage her children to go to work as domestics.

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

6 Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet who wrote in 12 In Salinas’ poem, reality
a. Senegal in the early 1500s. a. is bitter and difficult.
b. India in the 2000s. b. is pleasant and peaceful.
c. the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s. c. must be conquered and changed.
Part II

7 Metaphors primarily compare 13 The son in Salinas’ poem believes

a. two dissimilar things. a. that his father is great.
b. people to animals. b. that his father is complicated.
c. two sounds. c. that his father is unkind.

8 The mask in Dunbar’s poem 14 Most of the action in the poem “Domestic Work,
a. showed the true sad feelings of the people 1937” takes place
wearing the mask. a. at a church.
b. showed false angry feelings and hid true b. at the woman’s job.
gentleness. c. in the woman’s house.
c. showed false happiness and hid true sadness.
15 When the woman cleans her house,
9 The world around the people wearing the mask a. her work is like music.
a. dreamed that masks were artistic and beautiful. b. she does a terrible job.
b. imagined that the mask showed real feelings. c. she teaches her child to help her.
c. thought that the mask would eventually
disappear. 16 On Sunday mornings, the woman
a. goes to a party.
10 Luis Omar Salinas’ poem focuses on the b. must take care of her employer’s children.
relationship between c. has time for herself.
a. a young man and his childhood friend.
b. two family members. 17 In “Domestic Work, 1937,” the poet Natasha
c. two people who work together on a tree farm. Trethewey
a. uses dialogue between the three characters to
11 In “My Father is a Simple Man,” the father reveal their feelings.
a. is afraid of death. b. uses imagery to appeal to the reader’s senses.
b. thinks that death will never come. c. uses a long monologue to express the woman’s
c. is willing to die but will not rush death. thoughts about her work.

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

18 Why do the people ‘wear the mask’ in the poem “We Wear the Mask”?

Part III
19 In “My Father is a Simple Man,” why does the son respect his father so much?

20 How does the woman in “Domestic Work, 1937” feel about the paid work she does?

21 In “Domestic Work, 1937,” what is the atmosphere in the woman’s house like when she cleans it?
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 Vocabulary
Q
Match each vocabulary word with its definition or synonym.

22 grins a) many, numerous, countless

23 guile b) confront, meet

Part IV

24 myriad c) forever, continuous, eternal, unending

25 sighs d) dirt

26 nay e) crafty behavior, deception, trickery

27 journey f) smiles

28 face g) trip, voyage

29 fanfare h) sounds of exhaling that may show sadness or annoyance

30 bitter i) difficult, unpleasant, harsh

31 perpetual j) no

32 polished k) a large singing group

33 two-stepping l) shiny, glossy, smooth

34 choir m) a fruit with red seeds

35 dust n) dancing

36 broom o) a tool for cleaning the floor, a brush for sweeping

37 pomegranates p) big display, celebration

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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 Choose one of the poems from this unit: “We Wear the Mask,” “My Father is a Simple
Man,” or “Domestic Work, 1937.” What did that poem teach you about the relationship
between people’s life experiences and the social, economic, or political context those

Part V
people live in? Express your own ideas and use specific examples and evidence from the
poem to support your answer.
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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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