Vocabulary
What does the word segregation mean?
A) Bringing people together
B) Keeping people or groups apart
C) Traveling on a trail
D) Writing a story about yourself
What is keeping people or groups apart?
The Oregon Trail mainly used for
A) Vacation trips
B) Westward migration
C) Trading with Europe
D) Fishing trips
What is Westward Migration?
Multiple Choice
The year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
A) 1955
B) 2002
C) 1888
D) 1996
What is 1955?
This phrase is an example of a _________________. “The classroom was a zoo.”
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
What is a Metaphor?
A personal narrative is told from the __________ point of view.
A) Third Person
B) First Person
C) Nouns
What is first person ?
The word that best matches this definition: the feeling of being very brave in a difficult situation?
A) Courage
B) Narrative
C) Metaphor
D) Segregation
What is courage?
Fill in the Blank
Families traveled in covered __________ to carry supplies.
What are wagons?
Fill in the Blank
Rosa Parks’ brave act led to the __________ Bus Boycott.
What is Montgomery?
Fill in the Blank
A comparison using the words “like” or “as” is called a ___________.
What is a simile?
Which of these is a good example of a personal narrative topic?
A) A story about flying dragons by Joe
B) My first day of 5th grade by Kaiden
C) A history of the Oregon Trail by John Lewis
D) A report on Rosa Parks by Mr. Chasen
What is "My First Day of 5th Grade" by Kaiden?
Means “very big”?
A) Tiny
B) Enormous
C) Silent
D) Brave
What is enormous?
Name one challenge pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail.
What are disease, hunger, bad weather, broken wagons, river crossings?
Write A Short Answer
Why was Rosa Parks’ decision important in history?
What is it helped spark the Civil Rights Movement and fight against segregation?
Give your own example of personification.
Example answer: What is “The wind whispered through the trees.” ?
Write two things every personal narrative should include?
Capital letters and punctuation don't count!
What is a beginning, middle, and end; details; feelings; personal experiences (accept at least 2).
True or False? A synonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
What is false? (that's an antonym)
True or False
The Oregon Trail was more than 2,000 miles long.
What is true?
Fun Fact Question
True or False: Rosa Parks was the very first person to refuse to give up her seat.
What is false (others had done it before, but Rosa Parks’ action sparked a larger movement.)
True or False
“I’ve told you a million times!” is an example of hyperbole.
What is true?
Which sentence sounds MOST like the start of a personal narrative?
A) “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”
B) “One sunny afternoon, I raced my friend down the hill.”
C) “The Oregon Trail was very long.”
D) “Rosa Parks was a brave woman.”
What is B) “One sunny afternoon, I raced my friend down the hill.” ?
Challenge Question
Fun Word Match: Match the word to the correct meaning.
Narrative
Boycott
Migration
A) Refusing to use or buy something as a protest
B) Moving from one place to another
C) A story or account of events
What is
Boycott- refusing to use or buy something as a protest.
Migration - moving from one place to another
Narrative - a story or account of events?
Challenge Question
Riddle: I was the biggest river pioneers had to cross. Sometimes wagons floated, and sometimes they sank. What river am I?
What is Snake River?
The leader who worked alongside Rosa Parks and gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
A) Malcolm X
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Jackie Robinson
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
Challenge Question
Riddle: I am a figurative language device. I give human qualities to objects or animals. What am I?
What is personification?
Which of these is the BEST hook (beginning sentence) for a personal narrative?
A) “One day, I went to the store.”
B) “Have you ever been so nervous you thought your heart might burst?”
C) “The Oregon Trail was more than 2,000 miles long.”
D) “Rosa Parks lived in Montgomery, Alabama.”
What is B) “Have you ever been so nervous you thought your heart might burst?”