Quizzes overall & Quiz #2 specifically ENSL 0081-105, 2017 Summer Session

Directions As usual for any quiz or test, consider the directions closely. Directions: Each of the questions here relates to “The Grandfather.” Based on your reading of the story, write an answer to each question. Make sure that your answers are all grammatically complete sentences and use your own words to compose your answers. If you need extra space for an answer, use the back of the page and include the number of the item.

Quiz #2: Items What could you learn from this story that relates to your daily life? Explain. (View) How would you like one of your grandchildren to remember you? Why would you like someone to remember you that way? (View) If the narrator’s grandfather could read the story, how do you think he would react to it? Explain. (View) Consider the last sentence of the story. What does it mean exactly? (View) What other title could the author give this story? Explain why that would be a good title. (View) The story is about one of the author’s relatives. If you wrote a story about one of your relatives, who would that relative be and what would you say about that person? (View)

Back to the list of items. One moment please. What is a grammatically complete sentence exactly? Definition: A grammatically complete sentence is a collection of clauses, and that collection includes at least one independent clause. Does each sentence you write meet this definition? Back to the list of items.

Back to the list of items. One more moment please. Tip #1 In general, on any quiz or test in any course, whenever possible use the structure of the question in your response. How might this benefit you? What is most important to notice about the structure of an item? Back to the list of items.

Back to the list of items. Quiz #2, Item #1 Consider the first item closely. What could you learn from this story that relates to your daily life? Explain. What do you notice about this item? What does what you notice tell you about your response? Back to the list of items.

Item #1: Example responses What could you learn from this story that relates to your daily life? Explain. In paragraph 4, the author write that: “A tree was money.” This is really relates to my daily life in the US. I could learn from this story that relates to my daily life is that… I learned that life is very short, if I do not plant a “avocado tree” right now, what kind “tree” my family and friend will have when I die. Back to the list of items.

Back to the list of items. Quiz #2, Item #2 Consider the second item closely. How would you like one of your grandchildren to remember you? Why would you like someone to remember you that way? What do you notice about this item? What does what you notice tell you about your response? Back to the list of items.

Item #2: Example responses How would you like one of your grandchildren to remember you? Why would you like someone to remember you that way? I will be happy when my grandchildren remember me for my good work. I want to remembered a grandfather who understand children’s mind. I would like one of my grand children to remember me as loving, funny, and always there for them no matter what. Back to the list of items.

Back to the list of items. Quiz #2, Item #3 Consider the third item closely. If the narrator’s grandfather could read the story, how do you think he would react to it? Explain. What do you notice about this item? What does what you notice tell you about your response? Back to the list of items.

Item #3: Example responses If the narrator’s grandfather could read the story, how do you think he would react to it? Explain. He will be very proud of the way he kept the love. Grandfather would be happy, nothing bad was said about him. The author spoke about how much the grandpa love the avocado. The narrator’s grandfather would be very proud of what he left in the grand children mind. Back to the list of items.

Back to the list of items. Quiz #2, Item #4 Consider the fourth item closely. Consider the last sentence of the story. What does it mean exactly? To address this item, first read the last sentence of the story again. The wind could move the branches, but the trunk, thicker than any waist, hugged the ground. So what does this sentence mean exactly? Back to the list of items.

Item #4: Example responses Consider the last sentence of the story. What does it mean exactly? In my personal thinking, the last sentence means grandfather’s hope and the promise of more years for avocado tree are coming true. In my opinion, the last sentence mean that the tree has become stronger over the time. The tree also represent for human, human also be stronger over the time. I think the son’s are missing their father. Back to the list of items.

Back to the list of items. Quiz #2, Item #5 Consider the fifth item closely. What other title could the author give this story? Explain why that would be a good title. What do you notice about this item? What does what you notice tell you about your response? Back to the list of items.

Item #5: Example responses What other title could the author give this story? Explain why that would be a good title. I would name this story “the avocado tree.” Because the tree is mentioned about the tree with the narrator’s childhood with grand father. The Life of My Grandfather. This would be a good title because one of his grandchildren wrote about his life. My grandfather’s memories. Back to the list of items.

Back to the list of items. Quiz #2, Item #6 Consider the sixth item closely. The story is about one of the author’s relatives. If you wrote a story about one of your relatives, who would that relative be and what would you say about that person? What do you notice about this item? What does what you notice tell you about your response? Back to the list of items.

Item #6: Example responses The story is about one of the author’s relatives. If you wrote a story about one of your relatives, who would that relative be and what would you say about that person? after entering middle school, my grandmother too sick to meet and play with me. If I wrote a story about of of my relative, I would write about my brother because he’s a person helped me learn a lot of thing in the social life. It will be my grandfather, because he raised me as my father. Back to the list of items.