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8th
grade
MyPerspectives 8 ELA Unit 1 Red Roses (Lila and Derek)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What did Lila want most in middle school?
to fit in
to stand out
to avoid everyone else
to be avoided by others
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why do students avoid Derek?
he is too smart
he stood out
he is from another country
he is desperate for a girlfriend
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why did other students tease Lila that she has a boyfriend, implying she is with Derek?
he gave her little gifts
she held hands with him
she talked to him
he tried to kiss her
- 4. Multiple Choice
When Derek gave Lila a dozen red, long-stemmed roses, how did she say she should have reacted?
she said she should have been flattered
she said she should have yelled at him
she said she should have thrown the roses
she said she should have kissed him
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did Lila initially react to Derek's red roses?
she accepted them with thanks
she became angry and growled at him
she threw them on the ground
she gave them to someone else
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did Lila change her mind and decide to carry the roses around all day?
she realized he would be a good boyfriend
she decided she likes him a lot
she felt bad that she had screamed at him
she did not want her friends to call Derek a crybaby
- 7. Multiple Choice
Were Lila and Derek good friends after the red roses?
yes, they talked a lot after
no, they nodded politely, but she didn't pretend to like him and he stopped giving presents
yes, they kept in touch even after his family moved away
no, they became enemies
- 8. Multiple Choice
What did Lila learn?
how to be grateful
how to make fun of someone without getting in trouble
how to protect someone else's feelings from getting hurt
how to make more friends
- 9. Multiple Choice
"I guess you could say this was the first time I did something I didn't want to do just to protect someone else's feelings from getting hurt. Maybe you could call this growth or maturity, I honestly don't know." What does MATURITY mean in this context?
social and emotional growth
becoming less sophisticated
acting childish
being hurtful to someone else
- 10. Multiple Choice
Lila was standoffish and "did not acknowledge" Derek's gifts, but "immediately tossed them into the back of [her] closet . . . ." What does ACKNOWLEDGE mean in this context?
say hello or another greeting
collect
note that something existed
say thank you for something
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