Vocabulary 1
We learn about slavery in Social Studies.
A. The protection of private property
B. The practice of owning another person
C. The selling of goods and services
D. The ways that laws are passed
B. The practice of owning another person
He is a religious man.
A. easily upset or angered
B. careless
C. innocent
D. having a belief in one or more gods
D. having a belief in one or more gods
Did you ever meet a truly famous person?
A. wicked
B. known far and wide
C. old
D. good-looking
B. known far and wide
What is the genre of Mahalia Jackson?
Expository Texts
Mahalia Jackson got her start singing where?
In Church
Police released a picture of the man they were looking for.
A. displayed
B. threw out
C. approved
D. made public
D. made public
Her cousin in a barber.
A. one who makes bread
B. one who invents things
C. one who cuts hair
D. one who works in a garden
C. one who cuts hair
It is going to be a glorious summer!
A. sizzling
B. wonderful
C. tragic
D. miserable
B. wonderful
What is the purpose of an expository text?
To explain how something came to be
What historical event did Mahalia Jackson get to perform at?
She was able to sing right before Martin Luther King Jr. spoke his famous I Have a Dream speech.
My sister is a teenager.
A. someone between thirteen and nineteen
B. mature person
C. someone between one and ten years old
D. special person
A. someone between thirteen and nineteen
I think you will enjoy this humorous story.
A. funny
B. scary
C. very long
D. true to life
A. funny
What does this story start off explaining?
How blues music got it start
Main Idea
He doesn't appreciate expensive clothes.
A. purchase
B. desire
C. value
D. mend
C. value
What do you think about the mysterious disappearance of the main character?
A. complicated
B. gradual
C. hard to explain
D. loud and violent
C. hard to explain
Where do people believe Blues music came from?
The slaves
When identifying the Main Idea, readers have to select these, which should help prove the Main Idea.
Details
My mother is in the choir.
A. gallery
B. group of singers
C. courtyard
D. group of players
B. group of singers
Keep an eye out for poisonous snakes!
A. deadly
B. harmless
C. inferior
D. quiet, shy
A. deadly
What did singing music do to the slaves as they were working long hours?
Mahalia Jackson was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously. What does this mean?
Posthumously means she won the award after her death, not an uncommon occurrence among artists, actors, and singers.