My Brother Martin by: Christine King Farris 4th Grade O’Neal Elementary

Vocabulary unfair: not fair or just unsuspecting: trusting ancestors: people in the past from whom one comes injustice: unfairness avoided: stayed away from segregation: the practice of setting one racial group apart from another numerous: forming a large number; many Vocabulary Activity Round One Vocabulary Activity Round Two Coretta Scott King Susan B. Anthony

Vocabulary Words in Context Rosa Parks You can learn from your _____. Your grandfather or grandmother may remember a time in America when African Americans weren’t allowed to sit in the same parts of a bus as white people. It was a time of _____, when laws weren’t always fair. It wasn’t that way in every place in America. In many areas, children of all races played together, unaware of _____. Not everyone agreed with the way things were done.

Vocabulary Story Words Elizabeth Cady Stanton waning: becoming smaller or fewer in number streetcar: a vehicle that holds many passengers and runs on rails through city streets indignity: something that insults a person’s self-respect bigotry: hatred or intolerance toward an entire group of people; prejudice

Vocabulary/Word Work Prefixes Marshall Thurgood A prefix is added to the beginning of a base word or root. Prefixes change the meaning of the words to which they are attached. un means “not” What do you think unfair means? Not every word that begins with un- is a base with a prefix, for example , union and universe. Race to Ramses!

Phonics Decode Words with Silent Letters Harriet Tubman Some words have silent consonants, or letters that are not pronounced. knife write If you say the word knife. You hear the beginning sound is /n/. The letter k is silent. In write, the beginning sound is /r/. The w is silent. The Amazing Silent Letters

Fluency Repeated Reading: Punctuation “Why do white people treat colored people so mean?” M.L. asked Mother Dear afterward. And with me and M.L. and A.D. standing in front of her trying our best to understand. Mother Dear gave the reason behind it all. Her words explained the streetcars our family avoided and the WHITES ONLY sign that kept us off the elevator at City Hall. Her words told why there were parks and museums that black people could not visit and why some restaurants refused to serve us and why hotels wouldn’t give us rooms and why theaters would only allow us to watch their picture shows from the balcony. But her words also gave us hope.

Comprehension Make Inferences Make Inferences to understand things the author does not directly state in the story. To make inferences, readers can use information from the text, illustrations, and things they already know to help them make connections. Inferences about Plot Practice Inferences

Comprehension Letters Letters are written messages that people send to each other. Letters can be hand written or typed. Letters may appear in different forms, such as a friendly letter or a business letter.

Comprehension Salutation and Body A salutation is the line in the letter in which the writer greets the person to whom she or he is writing. A salutation usually uses the word Dear to greet the person. The body of a letter is the main part of the letter containing the message. The body is divided into one or more paragraphs. Practice: Friendly Letters

Review Reading Strategies In what ways did evaluating the author’s purpose help you to understand the biography? Do you understand the strategy of visualizing events as you read? When might you use this strategy again? What strategies did you use when you came to difficult words?

1.6 My Brother Martin Define unsuspecting as used on page 312 using context clues. Explain how the clues helped you figure out the meaning. Why does the author choose to tell so much about Martin’s childhood?

1.6 My Brother Martin Explain what the simile used in the text on page 312 means, and explain which clues from the passage helped you figure out the meaning.

1.7 My Brother Martin Analyze the author’s perspective on Civil Rights? Do you think the author is biased in her views? Explain why or why not using information from the passage to support your answer.

1.8 My Brother Martin Complete the chart below to show the author’s three main points and a supporting detail for each main point.

2.1 Letter Writing Write a letter to a friend telling him or her what Civil Rights is all about.

2.4 Dear Mrs. Parks What is the author’s purpose for writing this passage? Explain your answer using information from the passage as support.

2.4 My Brother Martin Is My Brother Martin an appropriate title for this passage? Explain why or why not using details and/or examples from the passage as support.

3.5 It Took Courage Summarize the main ideas in the passage.