Fun Facts
This historical figure walked over 500 miles to attend school in Virginia.
What is Booker T. Washington?
This is the conversation between characters in a play.
What is dialogue?
This recent illness not only affected the United States but the world at large.
What is Covid-19 (Corona Virus)?
To persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE).
What is author's purpose?
The president's face that is on the American penny.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This historical African American figure is honored the first month of the year on the 3rd Monday.
Who is Martin Luther King?
This part of a play is like a chapter in a book.
What is an act?
Veteran's day is celebrated in this month.
What is November?
To understand a passage better, it is useful to add notes to the text such as lol, idk, and paragraph numbering.
What is annotation?
This event occurs May 26th this year.
What is the last day of school?
Booker T. Washington later became president at this great HBCU.
What is Tuskegee Institute?
In "Blood is Thicker" these are the names of Hakeem's twin sisters.
Who are Charmaine and Charlene?
Austin, Texas.
What/Where is the capital of Texas?
In the novel, "Blood is Thicker", this character regretted having participated in some of the criminal activities with friends and later wanted "out".
Who is Anika?
One of Booker T. Washington's first writings.
What is "Up From Slavery"?
This text feature is used in scripts to indicate the stage directions in a play.
What is italics?
Every year on Thanksgiving Day, this parade in New York City captures television and in-person viewers from around the world.
What is the Macy's (Thanksgiving Day) Parade?
To use background knowledge and/or clues from the text.
What is inferencing?
This is another name for the season of fall.
What is autumn?
Booker T. Washington worked here to earn money for school.
What is the salt mines?
This part of the stage is farthest from the audience.
What is upstage?
These two states were added last to the United States.
What is Hawaii and Alaska?
In a drama or novel, the characters and setting make up this part of the story.
What is the exposition?