VIII. English Language Arts‚ Grade 10 A. Composition B. Reading Comprehension Grade 10 English Language Arts Test Test Structure The grade 10 English Language Arts test was presented in the following two parts: ■ the ELA Composition test‚ which used a writing prompt to assess learning standards from the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework’s Composition strand ■ the ELA Reading Comprehension test‚ which used multiple-choice and open-response questions (items) to assess
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In this chapter the writer would like to present the background of the study‚ the statement of problems‚ the objective of the study‚ scope and limitation‚ the purpose of the study‚ and also the definition of key terms. It is important to discuss‚ to make clear what actually the writer’s background conducting this research. 1.1 Background of Study Human beings expend great amounts of time and resources on creating and experiencing art and entertainment. Since people live
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personal ego and casts out every single “real” story. The essay seems very angery but as she sees herself as a professional‚ educated person‚ we only see a glance of this anger. The essay of Cofer simply puts “stereotypical conclusions people make about Latin people” on table. From the beginning till the end‚ we see Cofer troubling to choose a side between being a Latina like her culture tells her to be or an educated‚ professional American woman. As we read the essay‚ we come across things like “…being
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around him as if he were a mere bystander rather than a participant in the activities. He describes the crowd of people that surrounds him as curious to him as if he were not a part of his surroundings‚ yet he has an interest in them (Berke‚ Bleil‚ Cofer and Davis‚ 2015). By the second section‚ Whitman becomes a part of the crowd who are on a journey while pondering that all the individuals are also a part of something larger than just passengers on a ferry ride. Whitman takes the reader on the journey
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What is the selection’s thesis? Who are the women who participate in the storytelling sessions? Why is Cofer allowed to join them? Why aren’t men or boys part of the group? What lessons about men and women does Mama intend the story of Maria La Loca to teach? What information does Cofer provide about her aunts and mother? What similarities and or / differences are there between each of their lives and the story of Maria La Loca? I believe the thesis of
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portrayed by the media. In The Myth of the Latin Woman‚ Cofer goes on about how there is a stereotype about Latin women in America and writes about her personal experiences. She talks about how she is a Puerto Rican woman in America and how she hates her stereotype and just wants to belong or fit in. The Major difference between the Latin and American cultures is the clothing choices. Americans dress dull as Latin’s dress more vibrant and flashy. Cofer also talks about how some Movies tend to cause the
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Wrong Thanks to Fairies The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smoothly This Midsummer’s day there was a lot conflict in the fairy world‚ Queen Titania and King Oberon fighting over a changeling child and many other lovers disrupted in this fuss. Not long ago Titania‚ Queen of Fairyland‚ adopted a changeling child‚ she loved him and didn’t want to give him up‚ so when Oberon‚ King of Fairyland‚ decided he wanted the child Titania refused to agree and it started a fight between the two. Oberon
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"An Hour with Abuelo" by J.O. Cofer shows some of the many hardships of life. In the beginning Arturo says "my mother wants me to to spend some time with him‚ since the doctors say that he doesn’t have too long to go now" (Cofer 592) (they are talking about his grandfather)‚ this shows that his grandfather is going to die very soon and he wants to spend his last moments with family. In the middle of the story Arturo says "his children‚ including my mother‚ came to New York and New Jersey (where I
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Instead of replacing her Puerto Rican bright colored dress code and accepting the American “tailored skirts and silk blouses” (592)‚ Cofer complains that she should not change the way she is and she is doing something about being stereotyped in America by reading her composed stories‚ poems‚ and her dreams around the U.S and her goal is to get the
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Midsummer night’s dream The Couples of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream": Romantic Love Satirized On the surface "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" appears to be a celebration of romantic love. Romantic love should be understood as an attraction between two people that creates a committed‚ mutually beneficial relationship‚ not dependant on sexual attraction and where both participants are of equal status. The play begins with a upcoming marriage between Theseus and Hippolyta; the initial conflict that begins
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