Assessment instructions

part one:
first, demonstrate your understanding of the prologue and themes of romeo and juliet by completing a quiz.

part two:
second, research and report how our language has evolved within the last 30 years or longer.

1. select an adult who is 30 years or older to interview. this person can be a parent, grandparent, neighbor, teacher, etc.

2. ask your interviewee to identify three words or phrases used when he or she was your age and tell what those words or phrases meant.

3. based on the meanings of the three examples you collected, identify current words or phrases used today that have the same meaning as those from 30+ years ago.

4. write a brief explanation, detailing what you learned from this interview on our evolving language and what factors you feel might influence language to continually change.

Excerpt from the rainbow, chapter x (excerpt) d. h. lawrence then there was an outcry. mrs. brangwen would not have it; no, she would not. all her innate dignity and standoffishness rose up. then there was the vicar lecturing the school. "it was a sad thing that the boys of cossethay could not behave more like gentlemen to the girls of cossethay. indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and tear her pinafore? that boy deserved severe castigation, and the name of coward, for no boy who was not a coward—etc., etc." from the textual evidence provided in this paragraph, what conclusions can the reader draw regarding the vicar? a) he favors boys over girls. b) he has no strong feelings. c) he supports mrs. brangwen's perspective entirely. d) he tends to be indulgent towards children's misbehavior.