1. Justice for All by Lynn Rymarz

2. 22 What is the meaning of the word verdict in paragraph 13?
A. Settlement
B. Decision
C. Goal
D. Jury
LC04: Interpret vocabulary critical to the
meaning of the text (Reading GLE 1.3.2)

3. 23 In your own words, write a summary of the selection “Justice for All.” Include three main events from the selection in your summary.
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LC02: Summarize with evidence from the reading (Reading GLE 2.1.7) * This stem has been updated. “In your own words” has been removed.

4. 2
A 2-point response accurately summarizes the selection “Justice For All” by including three main events from the selection.
Example: Ida had to raise her brothers and sisters. Later, when she was older, Ida refused to give up her first class seat on the train because she thought it was wrong for them to try to force her to sit in a different car. Ida inspired others by being a delegate to the National Equal Rights League. OR
The student summarizes the selection by providing a summarizing statement and two main events.
Example: Ida Wells was an inspiration to others because of her work to gain equal rights for African Americans. She refused to give up her first class seat on a train. She also was a delegate to the National Equal Rights League which asked President Wilson to end segregation. 1
A 1-point response partially summarizes the selection by including one or two main events from the selection
Provides a summarizing statement and one main event from selection
Provides a summarizing statement
Example: “Justice for All” is about the struggles of African-Americans to be treated the
same as white people.

5. Summarizing statements may include, but are not limited to:
The selection is about Ida getting equal rights for all.
It’s about African-Americans struggling for equal rights.
Ida fought racism/segregation.
Ida stood up for her rights.
Text-based events may include, but are not limited to:
Ida Lewis was born a slave.
Ida’s parents and infant brother died of yellow fever.
Ida raised her six siblings.
Ida moved to her aunt’s home in Tennessee.
Ida became a teacher.
Ida refused to give up her first class seat on the train.
The railroad men physically forced Ida from her seat on the train.
Ida got off the train rather than ride in the smoking car / got off the train.
Ida sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Ida was awarded five hundred dollars in damage / Ida won the lawsuit.
The railroad took the case to the Tennessee Supreme Court / Ida had to give back the five hundred dollars / Ida lost.
Ida wrote an article about the railroad’s lawsuit.
Ida began a career as a journalist.
Ida was a delegate to the National Equal Rights League / she appealed to President Wilson to stop segregation.
Ida did not live to see the end of segregation.
Rosa Parks said Ida is an inspiration to everyone.
Ida helped create the NAACP.

6. 23 In your own words, write a summary of the selection “Justice for All.” Include three main events from the selection in your summary. 2
Ida was (G) draged out of her first class seat. (I) She sued the train company for what had
happened. (K) But she lost the case. (L) She wrote what had happened and published it in
several newspapers. (P) Rosa Parks said “Ida B. Wells is an inspiration to everyone who knows about her.”

7. 23 In your own words, write a summary of the selection “Justice for All.” Include three main events from the selection in your summary. 2
(B) In 1878 when her mother, father and baby brother died of yellow fever (K) having Ida give back $500 she won before the appeal (Q) set her on track to help found the NAACP.

8. 23 In your own words, write a summary of the selection “Justice for All.” Include three main events from the selection in your summary. 1
(F) Ida refused to move to the black part of the train. (I) She went to court.

9. The student response earns zero points.
23 In your own words, write a summary of the selection “Justice for All.” Include three main events from the selection in your summary.
The student response earns zero points.
The response includes no text-based events.

10. D. Parks was motivated by Wells’s strength to fight for justice.
24 In the selection “Justice for All,” which sentence best describes Rosa Parks’s response to Ida Wells?
A. Out of respect for Wells, Parks founded an organization to fight injustice.
B. Because Wells inspired Parks, Parks started a demonstration in 1884.
C. Parks felt Wells should have fought harder to keep her railroad seat.
D. Parks was motivated by Wells’s strength to fight for justice.
LA07: Make connections (cause and effect)
within a text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)

11. The Courage That My Mother Had by Edna St. Vincent Millay

12. poem “The Courage That My Mother Had”?
25 Which phrase best states the author’s most likely purpose for writing the
poem “The Courage That My Mother Had”?
A. To show her mother’s love of jewelry
B. To describe the brooch her mother left her
C. To tell the reader about her mother’s death
D. To express her desire to inherit her mother’s courage
LT08: Analyze author’s purpose and evaluate
effectiveness for different audiences (includes
fact/opinion, author’s point of view, tone, and
use of persuasive devices)
(Reading GLEs 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4)

13. Appreciative Reflective Admiring
26 Any of these words could be used to describe the speaker in the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had.” Choose the word you think best describes the speaker in the poem.
Appreciative Reflective Admiring
Provide two details from the poem to support your choice.
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LA05: Demonstrate understanding of literary
elements (genres; story elements such as plot,
character, setting; stylistic devices) and
graphic elements/illustrations
(Reading GLEs 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.3)

14. 2
A 2-point response states or implies which word best describes the speaker in the poem, “The Courage My Mother Had” and provides two text-based details to support the choice.
Example: I think the speaker is appreciative because she says that she treasures nothing more than the gold brooch her mom gave her. She also appreciates her mom’s courage because she says that she wishes her mom had left her courage instead. OR
I would choose the word reflective because she wishes her mother would have left her the courage that was taken to the grave, and she talks about the golden brooch that she treasures because her mother gave it to her.
The writer of this poem is admiring her mother. She admires the golden brooch her mother wore and also the courage her mother took to the grave. 1
A 1-point response states or implies which word best describes the speaker in the poem, “The Courage That My Mother Had” and provides one text-based detail to support the choice.

15. Text-based details may include, but are not limited to:
Appreciative or Reflective or Admiring
The courage my mother had went with her / is still with her
The courage is rock from New England quarried / now granite in a granite hill
The golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear
I have no thing I treasure more / treasures the brooch
That courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and I have / wants mother’s courage that she took to the grave / the courage is like a rock

16. Appreciative Reflective Admiring
26 Any of these words could be used to describe the speaker in the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had.” Choose the word you think best describes the speaker in the poem.
Appreciative Reflective Admiring
Provide two details from the poem to support your choice. 2
(E) she wrote about her mother having courage that she wanted (D) she treasures it more than anything.

17. Appreciative Reflective Admiring
26 Any of these words could be used to describe the speaker in the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had.” Choose the word you think best describes the speaker in the poem.
Appreciative Reflective Admiring
Provide two details from the poem to support your choice. 1
(E) if she would of left her courage

18. Appreciative Reflective Admiring
26 Any of these words could be used to describe the speaker in the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had.” Choose the word you think best describes the speaker in the poem.
Appreciative Reflective Admiring
Provide two details from the poem to support your choice. 1
(D) “I have no thing I treasure more”

19. Appreciative Reflective Admiring
26 Any of these words could be used to describe the speaker in the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had.” Choose the word you think best describes the speaker in the poem.
Appreciative Reflective Admiring
Provide two details from the poem to support your choice.
The student response earns zero points.
The response contains no text-based details.

20. All” and the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had”?
27 Which sentence best states a main theme of both the selection “Justice for
All” and the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had”?
A. Dedication to improving society is commendable.
B. Happiness comes from material possessions.
C. Bravery is a valuable human characteristic.
D. Living a respectful life leads to success.
LC01: Demonstrate understanding of theme
or message and supporting details
(Reading GLE 2.1.3)

21. LT10: Extend information beyond text (make
28 One conclusion that can be drawn from both the selection “Justice for All” and the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had” is that courage is a desirable trait. Provide two examples from the selection and two examples from the poem that support this conclusion.
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LT10: Extend information beyond text (make
generalizations beyond the text to a broader
idea or concept, draw conclusions, or apply
information to other texts or situations)
(Reading GLEs 2.4.1, 2.4.5)

22. A 3-point response provides 3 of the above elements 4
A 4-point response provides two text-based examples from the selection and two text based examples from the poem that would support the conclusion that courage is a desirable trait.
Example: Ida Wells had courage when she refused to give up her seat on the train,
and she had courage when she raised her five brothers and sisters after her parents died. The poem talks about how much the speaker desires the courage her mother had and took to the grave, and states courage is more desirable than a golden brooch. 3
A 3-point response provides 3 of the above elements 2
A 2-point response provides 2 of the above elements 1
A 1-point response provides 1 of the above elements

23. Text-based examples may include, but are not limited to:
Selection
A. Ida raised her siblings at age 16.
B. Ida moved to Tennessee.
C. Ida refused to move when the train conductor asked her to move / “I propose to stay.”
D. Ida got off the train rather than ride in the smoking car / refused the smoking car.
E. Ida sued the railroad / went to court.
F. Ida wrote an article about the railroad’s suit against her.
G. Ida appealed to President Wilson to end segregation / discrimination.
H. Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up on the bus.
I. Ida helped create the NAACP.
Poem
AA. The courage my mother had went with her / is still with her / courage went to mother’s grave
BB. The courage is rock from New England quarried / now granite in a granite hill
CC. That courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and I have / wants mother’s courage that she took to the grave / wants mother’s courage
DD. The courage is like a rock / the mother’s courage is like a rock.

24. 28 One conclusion that can be drawn from both the selection “Justice for All” and the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had” is that courage is a desirable trait. Provide two examples from the selection and two examples from the poem that support this conclusion. 4
(C) Ida wouldn’t give up her seat (G) telling the president about segregation. (DD) Courage is
hard like a rock (CC) wants courage from her mother.

25. 28 One conclusion that can be drawn from both the selection “Justice for All” and the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had” is that courage is a desirable trait. Provide two examples from the selection and two examples from the poem that support this conclusion. 3
(C) Ida fought to stay in first class on the train (E) Ida took the segregation to court. (DD) the
mother with rock hard courage

26. 28 One conclusion that can be drawn from both the selection “Justice for All” and the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had” is that courage is a desirable trait. Provide two examples from the selection and two examples from the poem that support this conclusion. 2
(CC) wants her mother’s courage, (AA) her mother took that courage to her grave.

27. The student response earns zero points.
28 One conclusion that can be drawn from both the selection “Justice for All” and the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had” is that courage is a desirable trait. Provide two examples from the selection and two examples from the poem that support this conclusion.
The student response earns zero points.
The response includes no text-based examples.

28. poem “The Courage That My Mother Had”?
29 Who can benefit most from reading the selection “Justice for All” and the
poem “The Courage That My Mother Had”?
A. Someone who wants a career in journalism
B. Someone who wants to be more generous
C. Someone who wants to be more brave
D. Someone who wants social change
LT10: Extend information beyond text (make
generalizations beyond the text to a broader
idea or concept, draw conclusions, or apply
information to other texts or situations)
(Reading GLEs 2.4.1, 2.4.5)