English 3 - Unit 1: Lesson 4-6 + Quiz 2

If the short-answer question was, Explain how Geronimo felt after the massacre, which would be the best answer (the first sentence) of your short-answer response?

Geronimo must have felt extreme shock after the massacre.

v - tyranny

cruel and oppressive power

v - exemplar

serving as an excellent example

According to the Declaration of Independence, who should make the laws?

the people under the laws

v - advocate

(noun) someone who takes up a cause for someone else; (verb) to support

v - discourse

(verb) to write or speak with authority; (noun) a debate

- driven or forced to do something - to support - absolute; unable to be given or taken away - cruel and oppressive power - provide with - wrongful seizure of power - indirect or hinted at - directly stated and very clear

- impelled - advocate - inalienable (unalienable) - tyranny - endowed - usurpation - implicit - explicit

The reader needs to understand the author's _____ and the situational or historical _____ to infer about the _____ meaning.

- purpose - context - implicit

Select the best summary for the paragraphs 8-10. - Apache Legend From Autobiography of Geronimo (1905)

A mother works tirelessly and desperately, building a cave to hide the only child she has left because she lost all her other children to the dragon.

If the American Revolution never took place, then who might most likely rule America?

Britain, France, Spain, or Native Americans may rule America.

Lesson 5

Compare Ideas Across Genres

Lesson 6

Determine Explicit and Implicit Meanings

Geronimo soon became so tired of book-making that he would have abandoned the task but for the fact that he had agreed to tell the complete story of his life.

Even though Geronimo was weary of telling his story, he was going to keep his promise to tell his whole story.

- For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: Your troops are not being held responsible for their crimes.

Explicit

- He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; We do not have authority to make our own necessary laws.

Explicit

- Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; It is wise to have good reasons for changing governments.

Explicit

- The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. Our present King is evil and making us suffer on purpose.

Explicit

The Life of Geronimo by Geronimo Which is the best summary of the entire passage?

Geronimo and his tribe lose their families when Mexicans raid the Apache camp near Casa Grande. The tribe travels back to Arizona, fearing for their lives.

If the short-answer question was, Explain why Geronimo burned his wife's and children's trinkets, which would be the best answer?

Geronimo burned his family's trinkets because he wanted to get rid of the painful memories.

When he (Geronimo) once gives his word, nothing will turn him from fulfilling his promise.

Geronimo's word is like a contract that is important to keep.

Why did Hariot write A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia?

Hariot wrote A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia to describe to the Queen of England what the land of the new colony of Virginia was like and to tell about the natives there.

What would be an implicit meaning of Sentence 17?

I had nothing to live for now.

If this had not changed, then ...

If this had not changed, then America would not be able to make decisions to grow and prosper in an organized way.

- But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. We are going to get out from under this tyranny with our own bloodshed.

Implicit

- For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world. For imposing taxes on us without our consent For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury. Our present King is evil and making us suffer on purpose.

Implicit

Choose the best paraphrase of lines 1 and 2.

Not realizing a threat, we went to trade in Mexico, but left our camp guarded, anyway.

Lesson 4

Paraphrase and Summarize

Quiz 2

Quiz 2

Which sentence would be the best evidence for how Geronimo felt after the massacre?

Sentence 11

Which would be the best evidence from the selection to support the claim that the Apaches were running in fear?

Sentence 12

What was the American Revolutionary War about, and which side won it?

The American Revolutionary War was a war between the colonists in America and Britain for American independence from Britain. The colonists won and became an independent nation from Britain.

Why were the Native Americans conquered by the colonial settlers?

The Native Americans could not conquer the settlers because they could not unite. The different tribes were less advanced, had different languages, and no writing skills.

Who helped the American colonists in the American Revolutionary War?

The Natives, the French, and the Spanish helped the colonists win the war.

Select the best paraphrase of the underlined sentence in paragraph 2. - Mankind could not prosper under such conditions, for the beasts and serpents destroyed all human offspring.

The animals killed all the people.

Select the best paraphrase of the underlined sentence in paragraph 5. - These tribes often held councils, and the birds wanted light admitted. This the beasts repeatedly refused to do.

The animals were evil and liked to hunt men in the dark.

Select the best summary for the paragraphs 11-27. - Apache Legend From Autobiography of Geronimo (1905)

The boy challenges the dragon with a bow and arrow contest and uses his supernatural powers to evade the arrow. Then, he continues to shoot his arrows at the dragon until they reach to his heart and the dragon dies.

Select the best commentary about the effects of the British rule. Relate one effect to possible circumstances in your world today. Look at reasons for separating from Britain, the ones Jefferson cited in the Declaration of Independence. Note: If you were to write your own commentary, you would write every word on your own. The colonists wanted to separate from Britain because ...

The colonists wanted to separate from Britain because they felt that they should be able to govern themselves.

Select the best paraphrase of the underlined sentence in paragraph 7. - The eagle was chief in this good fight; therefore, his feathers were worn by man as emblems of wisdom, justice, and power.

The eagle was the most admirable bird.

Why should the natives fear the colonists?

The natives should fear the colonists because the colonists did not know much about their new home and were destroying the environment.

Select the best paraphrase of the underlined sentence in paragraph 1. - There was no sun, no day. The perpetual night had no moon or stars.

The sky was empty.

This was causing the problem of ...

This was causing the problem of not having laws that concerned their daily affairs because the rulers lived across the ocean.

v - inalienable (unalienable)

absolute; unable to be given or taken away

Hariot _____ for peace with the Native Americans and said they were intelligent.

advocated

In paragraph 8, the natives believed that ______.

all of their gods were eternal and not created

As to their beliefs in the origin of mankind, the natives believed that ______.

all people originated from the first created human, a woman

v - primary source

an original source created at the time of the period of study

with his college professor concerning the upcoming Arts of the World Contest. He wanted to display his African masks and paintings that he had been commissioned by his former patron to design. However, his professor wanted him to create something new and fresh. He thought about creating a graphic print for cloth. He would later market the design for profit. However, he needed a(n)

analytical

Our class had a very insightful and __________ discussion about Native-American legends. We also held a __________ debating about whether the Native Americans should have been __________ to live on reservations, or if they also had __________ rights. It was __________ the way many of them were treated. A student supported or __________ for the natives' rights saying that it was __________ in the Constitution that all people had rights.

analytical discourse impelled tyranny advocated explicit inalienable

In paragraph 6, the natives' war strategies among themselves _____.

are ways to attack first and evade the incoming arrows

v - commission

authorize the production of any project

British settler Thomas Hariot was _____ to write a report about the new Virginia colony.

commissioned

Which is the main idea of sentences 3-5?

devastation

v - explicit

directly stated and very clear

mind. He could look at a piece of art, examine the form and structure, and design a completely unique concept. One day, Adisa had a

discourse

v - impel

driven or forced to do something

Implicitly, the colonists felt _______ and would fight for freedom.

enslaved

The colonists said all men are created ________ and should not have a king or queen to rule over them.

equal

Good essay writing always provides ________ and makes new ________.

evidence; conclusions

Adisa was a very talented art student. He had such a(n)

exemplar

What was the basis for the "unalienable rights" to "life, liberty and happiness" as expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

given by the Creator

Explicitly, the colonists wanted to ______ themselves.

govern

In paragraph 4, the houses are _____.

grouped together as 10-12 of them, though sometimes there are 20 or more

v - implicit

indirect or hinted at

A reader has to _________ what the writer is saying to understand the _________ meaning of a text.

infer; implicit

In paragraph 7, the author describes the natives as ______.

lacking in skills at their own devices

In paragraph 5, people in different towns _____.

may have one or several chiefs

To write a summary, a person should look at the main idea of each _____.

paragraph

In the explicit column, the ideas are rewritten to mean the same thing, which is called _______.

paraphrasing

According to the Declaration of Independence, the ________ being governed should make the laws.

people

of beautiful ancient work, so he researched some

primary sources.

v - endow

provide with

When you write an author's words, you should always use ________ marks and tell the name of the _________.

quotation; author

Who assisted the colonists in the American Revolutionary War?

the French the Spanish the Native Americans

The basis for the colonists "_______" to happiness as expressed in the Declaration of Independence are the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God."

unalienable rights

v - analytical

using logical reasoning to examine the parts of a whole

If the colonists had not conquered the Native Americans, then ...

we would be a country ruled by native tribes or speak another language.

v - usurpation

wrongful seizure of power