test term from the mayflower to the border fence corrige

8/13/2019 Test Term From the Mayflower to the Border Fence Corrige

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ENGLISH TEST DATE: NAME:

FORM:

MARK : / 20

COMMENTS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPIYmjzbK7c

READING COMPREHENSION

DOC N1 : American Land by Bruce Springsteen,

in Wrecing Ba!! A!bum, "#1"

Focus on STANZA 1 ( from line 1 to line 7 )

a-W$% or &$atdo the following pronouns refer to ?

- There(l. 1) :America

- We(l.!) : The narrator and his wife

"-W$%is spea#ing ? What do we learn a"out the

narrat%r? $uote from the te%t to &ustif' 'our

answer .

- Age: still 'oung (l.)

- 'ami!y status:in a relationship m' darling (l.)

m' lo*el' (l.+)

- (!ans )%r t$e )uture: we,ll ma#e our home in

the American and (l.!-7)

Focus on STANZA 2 ( from line to line 1/ )

c- W$% does 'our ( l. 10) refer to ? t refers to the

people who li*e in America.


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d- Which line refers to &ea!t$("eing rich) 2

abundanceand !u*ury ? 3ill in the grid "elow with

the information 'ou ha*e collected .

Wea!t$ Abundance Lu*ury

4old comes

rushing out the

ri*ers straight into

'our hands (l.1-

10)

And children dear2

the sweets2 hear2

are growing on the

trees. (l.15-11)

6*er there all the

women wear sil# and

satin to their #nees.

(l.-)

Focus on the CHORUS ( from line 1! to line 1)

e- A"out the c%untry: classif' the information gi*en in

the following grid. +usti)y"' 8uoting from the te%t.

A ne& !d%rad% -paradise. A !and %) %pp%rtunity

diamonds in the sidewal#.(l.1!)

"eer flows through the faucets

all night long. (l.1-

1)

There,s treasure for the ta#ing2 for

an' hard wor#ing man. (l.5)

f- What /ua!ity is re8uired tosucceed? 9ou need to

"e hard-wor#ing (l.5)

Focus on STANZA 3 ( from line to line /)

g-W$% do the following pronouns refer to ?

- 1 (l. ) : an immigrant

- he (l.0) : his darling

- We (l.+) : all the immigrants


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h- 1 doc#ed at ,!!is is!andin a cityof light and

spires (l.)

- W$at does ,!!is 0s!and refer to ? t refers

to the immigration station2 the island located ne%t

to i"ert' sland. This is where all immigrants

coming from ;urope were processed for legal and

medical inspection.

- W$at does a city refer to ? t refers to

ustif' 'our choice(s) ? The narrator is

fascinated "' what he disco*ers when he lands at

;llis sland2 he gets a glimpse of


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A Nati%n %) 0mmigrants (%4erty Determinati%n

The @cews. (l.01)

=ome across Bhome

(l.0)

with nothing in their

"ellies (l.00)

the fire down "elow.

(l.00)

Focus on STANZA 5 ( from line 0+ to line 07)

#- W$% does the following pronoun refer to ?

the' (l. 0+) : the immigrants

l- W$% "uilt America ? ic# out #e' words .

S%cia! c!ass c%n%mic sect%rs C%nse/uence

Wor#ing class : wor#ed

to "ones and s#in

(l.0+)

"uilding the railroads

(l.0+)

fields and factories

(l.0/)

the' died (l.0+ D

l.0!)

m- The' ( the immigrants) died to get here(E

America)a hundred 'ears ago2 the',re still d'in,

now (l.0!)

n- Fephrase what 'ou ha*e understood


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America has alwa's "een a magnet for immigrants

who hope to ma#e a li*ing there2 to ha*e "etter

prospects. This American Gream still e%ists now.

o-What n%ti%n is the song related to ? The song

"est illustrates the notion of dea of rogress or

paces and ;%changes.

DOC N1 : American Land by Bruce Springsteen,

in Wrecing Ba!! A!bum, "#1"


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DOC N" : 5S B%rder 'ence Signed int% La&

BBC Ne&s Artic!e , "##6

dentif' the natureof the document : The document

under stud' ( the document we are dealing with ) is

a CC=


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- J1."n : t refers to the mone' spent on the

"uilding of the wall.

- 1 million: t refers to the num"er of illegal

immigrants li*ing in the HA.

- 1. million : t refers to the num"er of illegalimmigrants "eing arrested in 55/ while tr'ing to

cross o*er the H "order.

What do supp%rtersorcriticssa' ? 3ill in the chart

.

Supp%rters Critics

- A great too l to fight

illegal immigration

- @a' force illegal immigrants

to cross somewhere else.

- The fence will "adl' affect

relations with the H.

- The @e%ican resident has

called the fence shameful I

compared it to the Cerlin

Wall

Fecap what 'ou ha*e understood . Hse &%rdsfrom

the te%t.

n 55! 2 the Hnited -tates ha*e decided to "uild

a fence along the "order with @e%ico in order to fight

illegalimmigration . =ritics sa' it,s inefficient and

shameful .


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WRITING TASK

BEHIND THE LYRICS :

DOC N1 : American !and by Bruce Springsteen, inWrecing Ba!! A!bum, "#1"

TASK N 1 : ( 150 Words)

9ou ha*e &ust listened to Bruce SpringsteenKs song

and li#ed it L 9ou now write a"out it on 'our

'aceb%% Wa!!. @a#e sure 'our message will

answer the following 8uestions W$% does Bruce

Springsteenpa' tri"ute to in his song? What in the

song refers to the 5SAas a Nati%n %) 0mmigrants2

8$e pr%mised Land and t$e Land %) Opp%rtunity ?

According to the song2&$at attracted immigrants to

the HA?

TASK N 2 : ( 150 Words)

DOC N9 : yt$ %r rea!ity 3 A Cart%%n : (!ym%ut$

;%c 'ence ,

magine the (i!grims, s unfriendl' meeting with the

Wampan%ag ndians upon arri*al America.

Write t$eir c%n4ersati%n


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@a#e sure 'ou #now what the nouns or pronouns refer to :

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