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. Study Skills Genre: Biography Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect
Comprehension Strategy:
Answer Questions
Comprehension Review Skill: Fact and Opinion
Vocabulary:
Word Structure—Endings

3. 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.”

4. 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?

5. Comprehension Skill Cause and Effect
The effect is what happens.
The cause is why it happens.
Clue words such as because, so, therefore, and as a result can signal causes and effects.
Sometimes one effect becomes the cause of another effect, which causes another, and so on. This is called a chain of events.

6. Practice Cause and Effect PB 253
Jack’s textbooks are old and damaged.
Effect  Cause
Jack’s mother complains to the principal, who cannot help.
She visits a lawyer, and he files a lawsuit for her.

7. Practice Cause and Effect PB 253
A judge decides in Jack’s favor.
When do you think this fictional story takes place? Use the information from the text and your prior knowledge to answer the question.
The story probably takes place in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement.

8. Comprehension Strategy Answer Questions
Good readers can answer questions about what they read.
Sometimes the answer to a question will be in one place in the text and sometimes it will be in several places.
Sometimes you must combine what you read with what you already know.

9. 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.

10. Vocabulary Skill: Word Structure—Endings
Sometimes the ending –ed or
–ing is added to a verb or the ending –s is added to a noun.
If a word with one of these endings seems hard for you, try the following:

11. Vocabulary Skill: Word Structure—Endings
Cover the ending and identify the base form of the verb or noun.
Do you know this word? If you do, think about its meaning. Picture the action the verb describes.
If you do not, check the words around the word. Try to find clues that can help you figure out the meaning.
Check to see if the meaning makes sense in the sentence.

12. Grammar Skill – Conjunctions TE 659e
Conjunctions are connecting words such as and, but and or. They can be used to join words, phrases, or sentences.
Use and to add information, or to join related ideas:
They played soccer and tag.

13. Grammar Skill – Conjunctions TE 659e
Use but to join different ideas:
Some people were kind, but others were mean.
Use or to suggest a choice:
We can fight, or we can get along.

14. Research Skill Note Taking TE 659L
As you read, take notes to help you understand and remember the text.
Notes should be brief and focus on the most important information. Use keywords, phrases, or short sentences.
Paraphrase, or restate, someone’s idea using your own words.

15. Research Skill Note Taking TE 659L
Synthesize, or combine, information from different parts of the text or from tow or more texts. Look for ideas that go together. Add your own thoughts.
Record findings in an organized way, such as a graphic organizer, a summary, or an outline. Include information about sources you read.

16. Research Skill Note Taking WB 259-260
How is this article organized?
chronologically
Paraphrase the first sentence in the article.
Both Cesar Chavez and Dr. King understood the value of equal rights.
Why is it important to take note of the fact that Chavez was a migrant worker?
It led him to do the work he did as an a adult fighting for civil rights.
Is the detail about Chavez joining the U.S. Navy important enough to include in your notes? Why or why not?
No, because the article doesn’t focus on what he did in the navy.

17. Research Skill Note Taking WB 259-260
What did Chavez do with the Community Service Organization?
He spoke out against discrimination and encouraged voting.
What methods of peaceful protest did Chavez use?
strikes, fasts, urging people to stop buying certain products
Why is it important to write down only the most important ideas when note-taking?
If I wrote down every idea and every detail, I wouldn’t be able to focus on the author’s main ideas.

18. Research Skill Note Taking WB 259-260
When taking notes for a report, it is important to write down the title and author of the book or article you are reading. Why do you need to do this?
I might need to go back to what I was reading to check for more information.
Describe a graphic organizer you might use to organize your notes.
I would draw a web. I would put Cesar Chavez in a center circle and write important details about his life in surrounding circles.
Copy a section of your notes from the article in the lines below.
born in 1927, Arizona; worked as migrant farmer; fought for rights of Latinos

19. Weekly Fluency Check - Phrasing TE 659a
Read aloud “A Class of One”. Explain that you will group words that make sense together.
Partners read aloud p. 651, paragraph 1, three times. Group words into meaningful phrases. Give each other feedback.

20. 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

21. Question of the Week TE 638m
How can words change people’s lives?

22. Day 2 - Question of the Day
What new or surprising information about Martin Luther King, Jr. does this biography give?

23. Day 3 - Question of the Day
How do Martin Luther King, Jr. s’ experiences show the power or words to change the world?

24. Day 4 - Question of the Day - Review
Why do you think poems by young people were paired with the biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

25. 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?

26. 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?

27. 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?

28. Vocabulary - Say It minister ancestors avoided generations numerous
pulpit
shielding

29. More Words to Know confronted injustice nourishing demonstrating
integrate
sympathy

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

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

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

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

34. numerous
very many

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

36. protecting; defending
shielding
protecting; defending

37. confronted
faced boldly, opposed

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

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

40. 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

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

42. agreement; approval; favor
sympathy
agreement; approval; favor

43. Ministers often preach from behind a pulpit.

44. Ministers often preach from behind a pulpit.

45. Martin Luther King, Jr. made numerous speeches about equality.

46. Martin Luther King, Jr. made numerous speeches about equality.

47. Slaves lived without freedom for many generations.

48. Slaves lived without freedom for many generations.

49. In the 1960s, schools were forced to integrate public schools.

50. In the 1960s, schools were forced to integrate public schools.
Norman Rockwell’s
“The Problem We All Live With”

51. Many white students stood outside integrated schools demonstrating their anger of having to go to school with colored people.

52. Many white students stood outside integrated schools demonstrating their anger of having to go to school with colored people.

53. Very few white people had sympathy for colored families.

54. Very few white people had sympathy for colored families.

55. The Underground Railroad was one way of shielding runaway slaves.

56. The Underground Railroad was one way of shielding runaway slaves.
Link

57. Slaves who had run away avoided places where they could be recognized by anyone.

58. Slaves who had run away avoided places where they could be recognized by anyone.

59. Writing Assignment
Write and announcement promoting some fictional event using as many of the spelling words as possible.
The event may be a play, a contest or a sporting event.

60. science stomach remember memory forget Canada suppose element iron
Spelling Words Schwa
science
remember
forget
suppose
iron
stomach
memory
Canada
element
mystery

61. gravel normal difficult notify fortune privilege giant cement
Spelling Words Schwa
gravel
difficult
fortune
giant
architect
normal
notify
privilege
cement
yesterday
Different dictionaries may show different vowels for the schwa sound.

62. ridiculous syllable magnificent asparagus cinnamon
CHALLENGE
ridiculous
syllable
magnificent
asparagus
cinnamon

63. Academic Vocabulary-Reading
Outline – a brief summary or plan often in
numbered divisions
Proofread – to read over and fix mistakes
Thesaurus – book of words and their synonyms
Title page – page of a book bearing the title
Sentence fragment – occurs when subject, verb, or main clause is missing

64. This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week:

65. Let’s review our Spelling words
Let’s review our Spelling words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We can clap as we spell the word, or we might just practice reading the words.

66. stomach

67. memory

68. Canada

69. mystery

70. remember

71. forget

72. giant

73. architect

74. normal

75. notify

76. privilege

77. cement

78. yesterday

79. ridiculous

80. syllable

81. asparagus

82. syllable

83. magnificent

84. cinnamon

85. reaction

86. suppose

87. iron

88. gravel

89. difficult

90. science

91. Daily Fix-It Day 1
Why is it important to rimember the lessons of history.
If we do'nt remember history we may make the same mistakes.

92. Daily Fix-It Day 1
Why is it important to remember the lessons of history?
If we don’t remember history, we may make the same mistakes.

93. Daily Fix-It Day 2
Violence is dramatic, and nonviolence is often effectiver.
Its diffecult not to fight back when others are fighting you.

94. Daily Fix-It Day 2
Violence is dramatic, but nonviolence is often more effective.
It's difficult not to fight back when others are fighting you.

95. Daily Fix-It Day 3
Men, woman, but children fought for rights of black Americans.
They marched threw the streets, in protest.

96. Daily Fix-It Day 3
Men, women, and children fought for rights of black Americans.
They marched through the streets in protest.

97. Daily Fix-It Day 4
7. Rev. King dream that the world would be a more good place.
8. Parts of his dream comed true, there is still work to be done.

98. Daily Fix-It Day 4
7. Rev. King dreamed that the world would be a better place.
8. Parts of his dream came true. There is still work to be done.

99. Daily Fix-It Day 5
King was a great american, and a day is named in her honor.
At our school we always reads one of Kings speeches.

100. Daily Fix-It Day 5
King was a great American, and a day is named in his honor.
At our school we always read one of King's speeches.