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    This document provides guiding questions about the folk tale "The People Could Fly" by Virginia Hamilton for a 7th grade literature class. Students are asked to read the story and then answer 6 questions about key details and themes, citing evidence from the text. The questions focus on supernatural abilities in the story, the characters who could no longer smell Africa, the conflict between two paragraphs, the importance of old Toby and people who could fly, and values revealed in the story's telling.

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    This document provides guiding questions about the folk tale "The People Could Fly" by Virginia Hamilton for a 7th grade literature class. Students are asked to read the story and then answer 6 questions about key details and themes, citing evidence from the text. The questions focus on supernatural abilities in the story, the characters who could no longer smell Africa, the conflict between two paragraphs, the importance of old Toby and people who could fly, and values revealed in the story's telling.

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    The People Could Fly - Guided Questions - 7th Grade - Collection 2

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    NAME:__________________________PERIOD:__________________DATE:_________

    Collections Grade 7 Guiding Questions


    Collection 2

    The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton

    DIRECTIONS: Read the folk tale The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton. Then,
    reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing
    text evidence.

    1. Lines 19: What supernatural abilities seem likely to be important in the


    story?_______________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    2. Lines 1018: What seems most important to remember about the characters who
    could no longer breathe the sweet scent of
    Africa?_____________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________
    3. Lines 3340: Sum up the conflict shown in these two
    paragraphs.__________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    4. Lines 98109: Summarize what is most important to recall about old Toby and the
    people who could fly.
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    5. Lines110115: Suggest a final sentence of this story
    summary.____________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    6. Lines 118123: What details reveal values that are important to those who told this
    story?
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________

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