Vocabulary
What does surreptitiously mean?
Secretly or in a way intended to avoid notice.
What equipment helps establish what happened on the bus?
Cameras that record sound and video.
1. What is a fact?
2. What is the gist?
1. Information that can be checked against evidence.
2. A brief statement of the main point or what mainly happens, in your own words.
Which organizational pattern presents events in order?Which organizational pattern presents events in order?It shows a lack of concern for another person’s feelings or suffering.
Sequence.Sequence.
What is parallel structure?
Using the same grammatical pattern for related words, phrases, or clauses.
Which word means to redirect attention or change something’s course?
Divert.
What is Sasha doing when Richard and Lloyd stand near Jamal?
Sleeping.
1. What is an interpretation?
2. What is textual evidence?
1. An explanation of what details suggest.
2. A quotation or accurate paraphrase from the text that supports your thinking.
Which pattern explains why something happens and its results?
Cause and effect.
Which sentence is parallel?
A. We read, take notes, and discuss.
B. We read, taking notes, and discussion.
A. We read, take notes, and discuss. All three actions use the same verb form.
What is a vantage point?
A position from which someone views something.
What does Jamal point toward Sasha as if preparing to record?
His phone.
1. Is “Sasha was sleeping” a fact or an interpretation?
2. Why should you record paragraph numbers with your evidence?
1. Fact.
2. They help readers locate and check the supporting details.
Which pattern explains similarities and differences?
Comparison and contrast.
Complete the parallel list: “A student enjoys reading, writing, and _____.” Use a form of draw.
Drawing.
Which word means “to happen or take place”?
Transpire.
According to Richard’s later explanation, what did he expect to happen?
The fabric would smolder briefly, and Sasha would wake up and put it out.
1. Is “Richard wanted Jamal’s approval” a fact or an interpretation?
2. Give one detail suggesting Jamal influences Richard.
1. Interpretation—it draws a conclusion about Richard’s motivation.
2. Jamal repeatedly encourages Richard, or Richard looks toward Jamal before trying again.
Which pattern presents a difficulty and a response to it?
Problem and solution.
Revise this sentence to make it parallel: “To understand the section, students should read carefully, marking evidence, and explain their thinking.”
To understand the section, students should read carefully, mark evidence, and explain their thinking.
Why would laughing at someone’s suffering be described as callous?
It shows a lack of concern for another person’s feelings or suffering.
How do Richard’s and Lloyd’s actions differ at the end of paragraph 70?
Richard leaves the bus. Lloyd starts to follow but stops when he sees Sasha’s skirt catch fire.
1. Why doesn’t Richard’s explanation automatically prove his intention?
2. What limitation of the recording is identified in paragraph 51?
1. It tells us what he says he intended; readers must consider it alongside other evidence.
2. Some of Jamal’s speech cannot be heard, so the recording does not establish everything he said.
A paragraph focuses on a bus’s crowded seats, narrow aisle, colors, and sounds. Which pattern does it use?
Description.
Write an original sentence about today’s reading work using three parallel actions. Explain why it is parallel.
FINAL JEOPARDY BONUS: How can readers evaluate Richard’s explanation without claiming to know exactly what he was thinking? Use two details.
PARALLEL STRUCTURE: Example: “We identify facts, compare details, and support interpretations.” Identify, compare, and support use matching verb forms. Accept other accurate examples.
FINAL JEOPARDY SAMPLE: Compare his explanation with his repeated attempts and Jamal’s encouragement. These details suggest persistence and possible peer influence, but do not prove exactly what Richard intended.