Mon. Sept. 26, 2016: Process of Elimination for Multiple Choice Exams

Today, I showed a Powerpoint describing how to approach a multiple choice exam. If you were not here, a copy of the Powerpoint is in your portfolio. Students handed in their active readings for "Coal Days," which I marked and returned. If you did not hand this in, I can provide you with an alternative.
I then gave the students four multiple choice questions that tie in with "Coal Days." They are to eliminate the two wrong choices and then, out of the two left, choose and circle the correct one. They are then to explain why they got rid of the other choices. I have pasted it below for those who are absent. Get this completed for tomorrow's class.

I.                   Using the “steps to reading poetry” that we have studied in class, read the

           poem “Coal days” in your Readings Booklet and then answer questions 31 to

            34.

31.  The meaning of the word “Scrounging” as it is used in line 8 is similar to the

        meaning of the word

1. robbing
2. raiding
3. sneaking
4. scavenging

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32. The poet’s reference to the “alley’s dark relief” in line 15 suggests that Ed finds the

       alley to be

1. supportive
2. comforting
3. terrifying
4. threatening

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33. The MOST important idea suggested by the poem is that

1. unclaimed objects can be kept by the finder
2. imagination, especially a child’s is misleading
3. guilt, even if unjustified, is difficult to ignore
4. adult reasoning is not necessarily shared by children

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34. The details of this poem suggest that

1. the men accidentally drop the coal because they are careless
2. the police patrol the area of the coal sheds near the tracks
3. the boy feels the shame and embarrassment of the family’s poverty
4. the mother takes her son along because the coal is too heavy for her to carry

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