Characters
This is the main character of the book.
Jerome
Jerome was holding this when the police officer shot him.
A toy gun
Jerome was shot by a white police officer.
A word that means dangerous, and starts with a P. Jerome's walk to school was ____.
perilous
This strategy requires me to think about what will happen using context clues and prior knowledge.
Predicting
This is the sister of Jerome.
Lisa
This is the city Jerome lives in.
Chicago.
Before he was killed, this was the biggest conflict Jerome had at school.
Prejudice
This strategy uses words like WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and HOW.
Questioning
This is the new kid who Jerome befriends.
Carlos
This is what Jerome was doing at the park when he got shot.
Playing a game with his sister.
This word describes one of the issues Jerome's family faces, making it hard to make ends meet. It begins with a P and has to do with money.
Poverty / Income inequality
These people shouted, "No justice; no peace" outside the courthouse.
Protesters
This strategy helps you tell the main ideas in your own words, keeping events in order.
Summarizing.
This is the daughter of the police officer who shot Jerome.
Sarah
This is a theme of the story: "It is important to fight against racism because..."
...it is harmful to people / it can result in innocent people dying / ...etc.
This is one way Jerome and Sarah are different.
Race, socio-economic status, gender, etc.
This means to say the same thing in a different way; the prefix is RE
Rephrase
This strategy helps you clear up confusing words or phrases.
Clarification
This is the leader of the Ghost Boys.
Emmett
This is one way Sarah has privilege (compared to Jerome).
money, race, family status, etc.
This is one way Emmett and Jerome's killings were similar.
They were killed because of racism.
These are basic human rights.
Civil Rights
This strategy allows students to "be the teacher" and take on different roles to discuss a text.
Reciprocal Teaching