Ender's Game Chapters 11 through 13 Quiz and Close Reading Activity Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills with this bundle of assessments covering chapters 11 through 13 of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Included are the following: a plot-based quiz, a close reading analysis worksheet, and answer keys. These activities eliminate the need for take-home assessment planning without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Examine nuances in words with similar meanings
• Discern the greater significance of given details
• Make logical inferences about the author’s thinking in context
• Consider historical context when answering questions about plot
• Discern the intended effects of given details
• Determine the function of a given character or chapter
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including euphemism, pun, ambiguity, foreshadowing, rhetorical question, dramatic irony, and verbal irony,
• Explore themes in context
• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision