Vocabulary
What does exhausted mean?
A. confused
B. wealthy
C. extremely tired
D. excited
Extremely Tired
What should EVERY good summary include?
Central or main ideas
What is paraphrasing?
A. copying exactly
B. summarizing every chapter
C. restating information in your own words
D. skipping difficult text
C. restating information in your own words
Cause:
Factory conditions were dangerous.
What was one effect?
Possible answers:
Which sentence creates the strongest mental image?
A. The boys worked hard.
B. Coal dust covered the boys’ faces and clothes.
C. The strike continued.
D. The workers were upset.
B. Coal dust covered the boys’ faces and clothes.
What does wealthy mean?
A. poor
B. having a lot of money
C. exhausted
D. weak
B. Having a lot of money
Which detail is MOST important for a summary?
A. The weather was hot.
B. The march was difficult for the workers.
C. Someone rode a train.
D. One child wore a hat.
B. The march was difficult for the workers.
What reading strategy helps readers figure out unfamiliar vocabulary?
Context Clues
Cause:
Newspapers refused to publish stories about child labor.
Effect:
What did Mother Jones do?
ANSWER:
She organized the march to New York.
What does visualizing help readers do?
A. skip difficult sections
B. picture the text mentally
C. avoid reading
D. memorize every detail
B. picture the text mentally
What does refused mean?
A. agreed happily
B. showed unwillingness
C. became confused
D. became wealthy
b. Showed unwillingness
TRUE or FALSE:
A summary should include EVERY detail from the text.
FALSE
What reading strategy creates mental pictures?
Visualizing
Cause:
Workers were treated unfairly.
Name TWO possible effects.
Possible answers:
Name ONE detail from Kids on Strike! that created a strong mental image.
Answers may vary from the text.
Use fortunate in a sentence about Kids on Strike!
Answers will vary.
Why is summarizing helpful for readers?
Possible answers:
What reading strategy focuses on the BIG idea and key details?
Summarizing
Why did some marchers quit during the journey?
Possible answers:
Why were the coal breaker scenes easy to visualize?
Possible answers:
Which antonym pair helped readers understand vocabulary?
A. wealthy/poor
B. strike/protest
C. child/worker
D. march/walk
Answer: A. Wealthy/Poor
Summarize this in ONE sentence: Mother Jones organized a march from Philadelphia to New York to bring attention to child labor.
Answers will vary.
Choose ONE: summarizing, paraphrasing, visualizing, context clues, or cause & effect.
Explain:
Explain:
How did Mother Jones’s march help bring attention to child labor?
Possible answers may vary
Describe a mental image you pictured during the march to New York.
(Answers may vary.)