Mrs. Chomko’s Language Arts “Eleven” Test Review Game Mrs. Chomko’s Language Arts

Plot Elements in “Eleven” Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Rachel wakes up on her 11th birthday and has to go to school.

Plot Elements in “Eleven” Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Rachel goes home to have cake and presents but her birthday is still ruined and she wishes she was 102.

Plot Elements in “Eleven” Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Mrs. Price forces Rachel to wear the gross and smelly sweater and Rachel starts hysterically crying.

Plot Elements in “Eleven” Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Mrs. Price is looking for the owner of a red sweater and (that stupid) Sylvia Saldivar says it is Rachel’s. Mrs. Price makes Rachel take it and Rachel keeps pushing it away with her pencil.

Plot Elements in “Eleven” Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Phyllis Lopez realizes that the ugly sweater is hers and Mrs. Price acts like everything is okay.

Vocabulary in “Eleven” Plot Element: Tree Rings Alley Nesting Dolls Except Raggedy Invisible Not able to be seen

Vocabulary in “Eleven” Plot Element: Tree Rings Alley Nesting Dolls Except Raggedy Invisible But; however

Vocabulary in “Eleven” Plot Element: Tree Rings Alley Nesting Dolls Except Raggedy Invisible Rings inside of a tree trunk that are counted to determine how old a tree is.

Vocabulary in “Eleven” Plot Element: Tree Rings Alley Nesting Dolls Except Raggedy Invisible A narrow street behind or between buildings

Vocabulary in “Eleven” Plot Element: Tree Rings Alley Nesting Dolls Except Raggedy Invisible A set of wooden dolls which usually contains between 3 and 10 dolls of varying sizes. Each hollow doll splits open at the middle to reveal the next smallest doll.

Vocabulary in “Eleven” Plot Element: Tree Rings Alley Nesting Dolls Except Raggedy Invisible Tattered or worn out

How does Rachel describe birthdays (hint: 10, 9, 8…)? Rachel says that when you become a new age, you are still all the ages that came before your current age, like a set of nesting dolls.

Describe the setting of ‘Eleven’ -Mrs. Price’s Classroom -Rachel’s 11th Birthday

Rachel compares growing older to what three things? 1. Nesting Dolls 2. Tree Rings 3. An onion

Describe the sweater that Mrs. Price found and where she found it: 1. Found in the closet 2. Smells like cottage cheese, stretched out sleeves, ugly, large buttons, collar, red, itchy, and filled with germs.

What point of view is ‘Eleven’ written in? First person point of view

Name one character in the story and describe them. Rachel- main character, turning 11 Mrs. Price- Rachel’s teacher Sylvia Saldivar- claims the sweater is Rachel’s Phyllis Lopez- remembers the sweater is hers

Why does Rachel wish she was 102-years-old? 1. Because then she would know what to say to Mrs. Price about the sweater. 2. Because then her 11th birthday would be very far away.

Who eventually claims the sweater? Phyllis Lopez (even dumber than Sylvia Saldivar).

Study, study, study!