Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

unable to be seen

• alley

• germ

• invisible

• nonsense

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

silly behavior

• raggedy

• germ

• alley

• nonsense

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

in shabby condition

• germ

• alley

• raggedy

• invisible

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

a very small living thing that causes sickness

• alley

• germ

• nonsense

• raggedy

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a narrow street or area located behind buildings

• alley

• germ

• invisible

• nonsense

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following statements about the narrator is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 3)?

Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one. That’s how being eleven years old is.

• She feels young even though it is her eleventh birthday.

• She believes people are a product of all their past ages.

• She knows that each year she becomes more mature.

• She thinks people exhibit characteristics of familiar objects.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which of the following sentences best summarizes this short story?

• An encounter with an unkind teacher makes one schoolgirl realize she does not like red sweaters.

• A classroom of students refuse to listen to their teacher’s request to identify the owner of a certain sweater.

• An experience at school causes a girl to feel unsure of herself, leading her to consider what it means to be one year older.

• A teacher embarrasses a student on her birthday in front of other students, which causes three of the girls to argue.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the following passage mainly reveal about the narrator (paragraph 12)?

“I don’t know why but all of a sudden I’m feeling sick inside, like the part of me that’s three wants to come out of my eyes, only I squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard and try to remember today I am eleven, eleven.”

• She exaggerates her feelings sometimes.

• She wants to hide her birthday from her teacher.

• She feels unwell and worries she’s coming down with a cold.

• She wants to cry but reminds herself she should be old enough not to.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which of the following words most closely describes what the narrator is feeling in paragraph 22?

I’m eleven today. I’m eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tiny o in the sky, so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it.

• maturity

• guilt

• shame

• confusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following best explains the narrator’s feelings about the red sweater?

• She is looking forward to giving the sweater to her father when she gets home from school.

• She does not want the other students to know the sweater belongs to her.

• She enjoys wearing the new sweater but discovers that the sweater is too large.

• She is embarrassed that Mrs. Price and the other students think the sweater is hers.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6