"Catch the Moon" by Judith Ortiz Cofer Quiz and Answer Key (Printable)
Inquiring Mind of the English Teacher Kind
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Grade Levels
6th - 12th, Homeschool
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Standards
CCSSRL.9-10.1
CCSSRL.9-10.2
CCSSRL.9-10.3
CCSSRL.9-10.10
CCSSRL.11-12.1
Formats Included
- Zip
- Easel Assessment
Pages
8 pages
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Description
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning duties with this plot-based, multiple choice quiz covering the short story "Catch the Moon" by Judith Ortiz Cofer. Additionally, a short answer option is provided for re-assessment purposes. These resources may double as guided reading handouts to foster active reading habits among students. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.)
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following aspects of plot:
- Luis's criminal behavior and its consequences
- The reason for disruptive behavior
- Luis's defining characteristics
- How Luis made his gang "legal"
- The general characterization of Luis's dad
- The reason Naomi comes to the junkyard
- Naomi's positive influence on Luis
- Borrowing his father's car
- The reason Luis cries for his mother
- The significance of the "treasure hunt"
- An evolving relationship with Luis's father
- Finding textual support for Luis's status as a dynamic character
- Internal vs. external conflict and seeking textual evidence
Additional materials are available for teaching young adult fiction:
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - Google and printable
- Feed by M.T. Anderson - Google and printable
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer - Google and printable
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Google and printable
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - Google and printable
- "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing - Google and printable
Total Pages
8 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.3
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
CCSSRL.9-10.10
By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSSRL.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
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