1. How can our determination affect our ability to succeed?
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How can our determination affect our ability to succeed?
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Who do you think is upraised by Marian’s singing?
What ideals is Marian aiming toward so far in the story? Do you strive to reach an ideal in your life?

2. Amazing Words Conviction – firm belief, determination, certainty
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Amazing Words
Conviction – firm belief, determination, certainty
What other synonyms can you think of for the word conviction?
What convictions do you have about your own talents and abilities?
Conquest – a victory
Jonas Salk’s vaccine was a conquest over polio.
Brainstorm lists of things that have been conquests.

3. Get Ready to Read
Comprehension Check
What features of a biography can you identify in When Marian Sang?
How can you tell if this generalization is valid or faulty: Everyone was overjoyed when Marian was chosen for the People’s Chorus?
After reading When Marian Sang, what questions do you have about the way audiences received young Marian’s performance?
Identify the base word and suffix in operatic. What does operatic mean? Use it in a sentence about Marian Anderson.
If you had read in the newspaper about an amazing ten-year-old contralto named Marian Anderson, would you have gone to hear her in concert?

4. Read pages 372-373. Think about:
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Think about:
What questions do you have about Marian’s audiences that can deepen your understanding of the text?
What are the base word and suffix in dramatic? What does the suffix –ic mean?
How do you think the author feels about the racial prejudice Marian faced?

5. What questions do you have about Marian’s work with Mr. Boghetti?
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Think about:
Is Mr. Boghetti’s generalization that Marian will be able to sing anywhere valid or faulty?
What questions do you have about Marian’s work with Mr. Boghetti?
What was it about Marian that made her church community offer her so much financial support?

6. Read pages 376-377. Think about:
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Think about:
Think of words that end in –ous. Use the suffix –ous to define dangerous.
Based on what you read on pages , make a generalization about white Americans in Explain why your generalization is valid or faulty.
In what way do the events described on pages help to convey the theme of When Marian Sang?

7. What is the main idea of page 378? What details support that idea?
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Think about:
What additional questions do you have about Marian Anderson’s life? How might you find the answers to these questions?
How do your dreams for your future compare with Marian’s dream of singing at the Metropolitan Opera? What obstacles might stand in your way?
What is the main idea of page 378? What details support that idea?
What are the main events in the development of Marian Anderson’s singing career?
Answer the critical thinking questions on page 380.

8. Read it out loud with me and use plenty of expression.
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Fluency Practice
Turn to page 378.
Read it out loud with me and use plenty of expression.

9. Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
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Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
Look at the worksheet as we go over it together.

10. Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs
Language Arts
Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs
The four principal parts of a verb are the present, present participle, past and past participle.
An irregular verb does not add –ed to form the past tense.
Have, has and had show perfect tenses.
Past forms of irregular verbs do not require a helping verb, but past participle verbs do.
Give the proper principal part of the following verbs:
Fall (past)
Write (present participle)
Begin (past)
Swing (past participle)
Find (present participle)
Buy (past)

11. Language Arts
Spelling practice
Sort your words into the following categories:
Prefix only
Suffix only
Prefix and suffix
No prefix or suffix

12. Language Arts
Look at page Read the biography there and decide what score it should get.
You’ll be revising and editing your biography. Think about the rubric and make sure your biography includes major events in the person’s life.
You also want to think about similes and metaphors as a way to add figurative language.