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Grade 10 Reading Worksheet: By Any Other Name

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  • 2 pages total

  • 3 practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

  • 2 pages total

  • 3 practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

“Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.”
— William Zinsser

Additional Info:

  1. Text: By Any Other Name by Santha Rama Rau (Memoir)

  2. Difficulty Level: Medium to Difficult (CEFR B2 / CCSS Grade 10)

  3. Skill Focus: Analyzing theme, author’s purpose, tone, and personal narrative in memoir

  4. Standards / Strands:

  • CCSS: RL.9-10.1 – Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis; RL.9-10.2 – Determine a theme or central idea and analyze its development; RL.9-10.6 – Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature

  • CEFR: B2 – Understand extended texts, identify implicit meaning, attitude, and viewpoint

  • Cambridge English: Reading for detailed meaning, understanding writer’s attitude, and interpreting themes in personal and cultural texts

This Grade 10 reading worksheet is based on the memoir By Any Other Name by Santha Rama Rau and focuses on high-level literary analysis of identity and cultural discrimination.

Content Overview

  • Activity 1: Comprehension: Identifying key ideas, including the narrator’s identity, forced name changes, and unfair treatment.

  • Activity 2: Theme & Author’s Purpose: Analyzing themes of identity, discrimination, and the meaning of the title.

  • Activity 3: Tone & Inference: Examining tone, point of view, and implied emotions.

A complete answer key is included with sample analytical and inference-based responses.