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Academic Vocabulary
Life in the Dumps
Working in the Fields
Child Labor Around the World
Grammar and Mechanics
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Define benefit.
a good result
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Who was the child that you met in "Life in the Dumps", and what was her age?
Tariah, age 11
100
Where do James Flores and Rodrigo Perez work?
James works on a farm in Ohio. Rodrigo works on a farm in Massachusetts.
100
Around the world, how many children and teens work for a living?
over 250 million
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What is a verb?
an action word
200
Define require.
to need something
200
What is Tariah's job?
Everyday, she picks through piles of rotting trash.
200
What is especially unique and risky about Rodrigo's work?
He must travel over 2,200 miles in order to get to his job. He crosses the border illegally.
200
Describe the work and the dangers that exist for child laborers in Brazil.
Close to 150,000 children pick oranges. They work in extreme heat for up to 12 hours a day. Their fingertips are blistered from pesticides.
200
Is the verb, produce, present or past-tense?
present
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Define deprive.
to not give someone something they need
300
What is Tariah looking for at the dump?
Tariah is looking for tattered plastic bags and scrap metal; anything that can be recycled.
300
Why is important for all of the members of Jessica Roman's family to work.
Workers get paid by the amount that they pick. If every member of a family helps, it means more hands picking.
300
Describe some of the jobs that child laborers do in Pakistan, Indonesia, and Istanbul.
Child laborers stitch together soccer balls (Pakistan), lace up tennis shoes (Indonesia), sell tissues on a street corner (Indonesia), and pick tea leaves (Istanbul, Turkey).
300
Make the verb carry past-tense.
carried
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Define international.
relating to one or more countries
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Why is Tariah working at the dump?
Her family needs the little money that she makes at the dump to survive.
400
What are some of the problems that these child laborers experience?
They work nine or more hours a day, six days a week. They carry heavy loads of vegetables around all day. They are working rather than attending school and playing. They work in the sweltering heat. They travel from field to field in search of work. They sacrifice their time and freedom.
400
Describe what happened for child laborers in Kenya. Why did the country begin charging a fee for elementary school? What happened when they banned the fee for elementary school?
To pay the country's major debt, they decided to charge a fee to attend school. Children had no choice but to work picking coffee beans in order to help their families to survive. The government then banned the school fees, and a half-million kids enrolled in school the next day.
400
What would the verb, miss, be in present-tense?
misses
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Define economy.
the way products and services are created bought and sold
500
List four problems that children working at the dump have to deal with?
These kids work for 9-12 hours a day. They earn pennies a day; $16.00 a month. They miss out on school. They get sick. They don't have any fun. They have lost their childhoods.
500
What program exists to help young field workers?
The Migrant Education Program offers many resources, such as free tutoring and health services.
500
What is being done to address the issue of child labor?
The United Nations assists children who work by giving them food and medicine. In the U.S., many citizens protest products made by child labor.
500
When should you use commas in your work?
You should use commas when listing things in a series.