The People Could Fly

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English

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5th - 7th Grade

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Easy

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CCSS

RI.7.4, RL.5.4, RL.1.10

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11 Slides • 18 Questions

The People Could Fly

Adapted By: Virginia Hamilton

Multiple Choice

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.

tall tale

folk tales

myth

legend

Multiple Choice

My task for the night is to ______________.

complete my homework.

uneasy

matter of fact

Multiple Choice

Define perceive.

an assignment

to become aware of something directly through any of the senses

typical

misunderstood

Multiple Choice

A feature of a map is _______________.

Air

bears

a compass rose

patterns

Multiple Choice

Define abnormal.

not typical, or regular

typical

normal

unsure of something

Multiple Choice

Identify the simile

I like apples.

Apples taste sweet.

You're the apple of my eye.

This apple is as sweet as candy.

Multiple Choice

Identify the metaphor

My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.

My heart is a muscle.

My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.

My heart is like a muscle.

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym of snag?

groan

bother

catch

Multiple Choice

To croon is to

sigh loudly

argue politely

sing softly

weep openly

Multiple Choice

Which sentence would you need to include in a summary of the folk tale?

The people were kept as slaves.

The Master was a hard lump of clay.

Sarah wore a dress of sackcloth.

The flyers looked like black crows.

Multiple Choice

To the slaves in the folk tale, flying meant

returning to Africa

being pains for their work

moving to another plantation

escaping from slavery

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows how people might talk?

"They say the people could fly."

"Too crowded, don't you know."

"The folks were full of misery, then."

"They must wait for a chance to run."

Multiple Choice

The Driver's job is to

make the slaves move faster

take care of the horses

drive the Overseer around

run the farm machinery

Multiple Choice

How does Toby help the slaves who fall from the heat?

by lifting them over his head

by bringing them water

by doing their work for them

by giving them the power to fly

Multiple Choice

Singers know how to _________ out a song.

snag

glinty

croon

shuffle

Multiple Choice

I tried not to __________ in my new sweater.

croon

glinty

shuffle

snag

Multiple Choice

Where is "The People Could Fly" set?

at Valley Fair

in a shopping mall

a Northern town in 1775

on a Southern cotton plantation

Multiple Choice

Some elder people _____________ when they walk.

snag

shuffle

glinty

croon

The People Could Fly

Adapted By: Virginia Hamilton

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