1. by Christine King Farris illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
My Brother Martin
by Christine King Farris
illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
Compiled by:
Terry Sams PES
Melissa Guinn PES

2. Summary
Few people know about what Martin Luther King, Jr. was like as a child. His older sister, Christine, tells stories of their childhood, full of love and fun. She remembers when her little brother “M.L.” told their mother, “One day, I am going to turn this world upside down.”

3. Genre: Biography
A biography is the story of a real person’s life as told be someone else. In this biography, a sister shares childhood memories of her younger brother. Why do you think she chose to tell about these experiences?

4. Comprehension Review Skill- Fact or Opinion
A fact is a statement that can be proven either true or false.
An opinion is a statement based on someone’s judgment, belief, or way of thinking.

5. Fun Stuff and Practice Review Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect Introduction
Conjunctions
Fact and Opinion Introduction
Fact and Opinion Review
Fact and Opinion Game
Martin Luther King PowerPoint
Time Line
Good Sentence Review PowerPoint

6. Review Questions What is an opinion about Martin’s father?
What is the main idea of the selection?
Is it a fact or an opinion that the King children played with two white boys?
How were the King’s children and the two white boys alike?
What was the result of the King’s losing their friends?

7. Review Questions
6. Why did Martin Luther King, Jr. tell his mother that he would “one day (…) turn the world upside down?”
7. What did M.L. and his father have in common?
8. Why did the father refuse to buy shoes from a store owner?
9. What does the sentence, “These stories were as nourishing as the food that was set before us,” mean?

8. Review Questions 10. What was M.L. ‘s dream?
11. Why did the author write the story?
12. How does the picture on page 654 show the difference that M.L. made?

9. people from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents
ancestors
people from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents

10. kept away from; kept out of the way of
avoided
kept away from; kept out of the way of

11. generations
periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation

12. minister
member of the clergy; spiritual guide; pastor

13. numerous
very many

14. pulpit
platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches

15. protecting; defending
shielding
protecting; defending

16. confronted
faced boldly, opposed

17. lack of justice, fairness, lawfulness
injustice
lack of justice, fairness, lawfulness

18. keep well-fed and healthy; producing health and growth
nourishing
keep well-fed and healthy; producing health and growth

19. taking part in a parade or meeting to protest or to make demands
demonstrating
taking part in a parade or meeting to protest or to make demands

20. integrate
to make public places available to people or all races on an equal basis

21. agreement; approval; favor
sympathy
agreement; approval; favor