Standard RI1.1
What does the word "cite" mean?
To quote a passage
What does the word "refined" mean?
To be improved
What does the word "order" mean?
The arrangement or sequence of events
Underlinining, circling, highlighting
When is your EEA test?
Next class
What is the FORMULA of an inference?
Clue + You = Inference
What does the word "emerges" mean?
To become apparent or known
What does it mean to unfold an analysis?
To examine the key elements of a story.
What does EXPLICIT evidence mean?
Word for word quote from the text
Why was it important to do well on this quiz?
It is the same format as the official EEA quiz next class
If a text calls for explicit evidence, what kind of evidence do you need to provide?
Why is it important to know the central idea of a story?
It is the key unifying element of the story; if you dont know the central idea, you cant understand the setting, the characters, or the plot.
What does it mean to study how a central idea is developed?
To look at how tiny details cause the central idea to grow more obvious.
Why does the author of "The Good Soldiers" describe what happened to Izzy's daughter in a fast tone?
To build anticipation for the reader
What does it mean to "flip the question" in ACES?
Turn the question into a statement
Match the inference to the correct quote:
The close friendship between Izzy and Kauzlarich is ultimately what saved Izzy's daughter's life.
a. “But Izzy, his interpreter, was the one Kauzlarich had grown closest to and who had come to represent all the reasons Kauzlarich continued to find faith in the goodness of Iraqis…” (lines 5-7).
b. “There were time when the Iraqis would look at Izzy in obvious disgust, as if he were nothing more than a tool of the Americans.” (lines 15-17).
c. “The sounds were of a mother whose home was ruined kissing her daughters hand, and a father whose home was ruined kissing his daughter’s hand… and Cummings saying quietly in English, “Man, I haven’t felt this good since I got to this hellhole.” (lines 150-153).
a. “But Izzy, his interpreter, was the one Kauzlarich had grown closest to and who had come to represent all the reasons Kauzlarich continued to find faith in the goodness of Iraqis…” (lines 5-7).
What is the central idea of the passage?
a.The American forces created more harm than good by saving Izzy’s daughter.
b. Americans and Iraqi differences are set aside to show faith and goodness to Izzy’s daughter in a time war, carnage, and chaos.
c. The American and Iraqi people were divided beyond the ability to act with care and goodness for one another.
d. The American and Iraqi people should stay on their own side.
b. Americans and Iraqi differences are set aside to show faith and goodness to Izzy’s daughter in a time war, carnage, and chaos.
Which of the sentences in the excerpt below show that even in times of war, people come together to create peace?
And then he said nothing more, not until one of the doctors came in the lobby to tell him that this daughter was going to be alright.
“Thank you, sir,” he managed to say, and when he was unable to say anything else, he bowed is head, and then wiped his eyes. He followed the doctor into the treatment area, where he saw his Iraqi daughter surrounded by American doctors and medics.
What do the rules say?
At that moment, anyway, no one seemed concerned one way or another; not the doctors, not the family, and not the Cummings, who stood at the very same spot he stood at when he watched Crow die, watching once again.
And then he said nothing more, not until one of the doctors came in the lobby to tell him that this daughter was going to be alright.
“Thank you, sir,” he managed to say, and when he was unable to say anything else, he bowed is head, and then wiped his eyes. He followed the doctor into the treatment area, where he saw his Iraqi daughter surrounded by American doctors and medics.
What do the rules say?
At that moment, anyway, no one seemed concerned one way or another; not the doctors, not the family, and not the Cummings, who stood at the very same spot he stood at when he watched Crow die, watching once again.
What does it mean to "chunk" a text?
To look at small portions of a story and annotate them for key details.
How many sentences of explanation or extending should you have in an ACES paragraph?
4
Which quote supports the inference that Izzy's daughter was most likely not going to be helped?
a. “And that’s when things got complicated. Even this war had its rules, and one of them covered who could be treated at an American aid facility. Americans could of course, but Iraqis could not, unless they were injured by the American facility.” (lines 39-42).
b. “A call came from an officer in another battalion who said he’d heard that the 2-16 had lost some soldiers somewhere.” (lines 88-90).
c. “Cummings made a decision not to ask anymore questions, just to assume what the answer would be.” (line 65)
a. “And that’s when things got complicated. Even this war had its rules, and one of them covered who could be treated at an American aid facility. Americans could of course, but Iraqis could not, unless they were injured by the American facility.” (lines 39-42).
Which detail from the text supports the central idea that even in times of war, people can come together to create peace?
a. "Thank you, sir,” he managed to say, and when he was unable to say anything else, he bowed his head, and then wiped his eyes, and then followed the doctor into the treatment area, where he saw his Iraqi daughter surrounded by American doctors and medics.” (lines 130-134)
b.“If the daughter who had been injured had been born in New York City, did that make her eligible? (line 46-47)
c. There was nothing to do but wait. It wasn’t as if a convoy could go pick up Izzy. He would have to get there on his own” (lines 85-86)
d. “He wasn’t even sure which of the daughters had been injured, the one born in New York, or the eight year old who was born in Baghdad” (lines 53-54).
a. "Thank you, sir,” he managed to say, and when he was unable to say anything else, he bowed his head, and then wiped his eyes, and then followed the doctor into the treatment area, where he saw his Iraqi daughter surrounded by American doctors and medics.” (lines 130-134)
Which of the following quotes supports the infernece that many Iraqi people did not like Americans being there, and especially did not like the people who helped the Americans?
a. “But Izzy, his interpreter, was the one Kauzlarich had grown closest to and who had come to represent all the reasons Kauzlarich continued to find faith in the goodness of Iraqis…” (lines 5-7).
b. “There were time when the Iraqis would look at Izzy in obvious disgust, as if he were nothing more than a tool of the Americans.” (lines 15-17).
c. “The sounds were of a mother whose home was ruined kissing her daughters hand, and a father whose home was ruined kissing his daughter’s hand… and Cummings saying quietly in English, “Man, I haven’t felt this good since I got to this hellhole.” (lines 150-153).
b. “There were time when the Iraqis would look at Izzy in obvious disgust, as if he were nothing more than a tool of the Americans.” (lines 15-17).
Which of the following events happened SECOND in the story?
Major Brent Cummings called as many resources as he could to help Izzy.
Which of the following shows the question, "what is the theme of The Good Soldiers" flipped correctly?
a. The theme of "The Good Soldiers" is Izzy needed help.
b. The theme of "The Good Soldiers" is even in times of war, people come together to create peace.
c. People come together to create peace.
d. Peace
b. The theme of "The Good Soldiers" is even in times of war, people come together to create peace.