Your name and class:
Grade 6 Unit 3. Courageous Characters
Pre-Assessment
Instructions: Answer the questions below to the best of your ability. Don’t worry if you don’t
have the answer, you can simply write ‘I am not sure’ or ‘I don’t know’.
1. The name of our next unit is Courageous Characters. What do you think the unit will be
about?
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2. Do you know any other words for courage?
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3. Name a character you know (book or movie) who is courageous in your opinion. Why is he
or she courageous?
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4. Do you know who Mark Twain is?
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5. What is literature?
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6. What do you know about slavery? What is a slave?
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7. Where is the Mississippi River?
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