Multiple Stories in We’ve Got a Job

Multiple Stories in We’ve Got a Job

I can examine multiple experiences of the same events

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to state the central ideas and events of a text in your own words

• Point of view

• Quotation

• Summarize

• Generalize

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a statement or paragraph that has been copied exactly and used in another source

• Point of view

• Quotation

• Summarize

• Generalize

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to apply to a wider group of ideas or experiences

• Point of view

• Quotation

• Summarize

• Generalize

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who is telling the story and how it is told

• Point of view

• Quotation

• Summarize

• Generalize

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Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.

Audrey and James didn’t go to the mass meeting either. They were in jail.

Audrey was taken to a large dayroom. She didn’t know anyone, and everyone was older. Dinner was unappetizing. "They gave us grits . . .” she said. "They were horrible—all soupy, no salt.” That night, she slept on a bunk bed "on one mattress, with one sheet,” and no covers.

The first-person quotations in this excerpt help explain

• Audrey’s experience in jail.

• what happened to Audrey’s parents.

• why James and Audrey were jailed.

• how long Audrey was in jail.

Multiple Choice

Read the two excerpts from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.

Arnetta didn’t go to the mass meeting that night. She was disappointed she hadn’t been arrested. Somehow, she had gotten separated from the rest of the Peace Ponies, many of whom did get arrested and jailed. Instead, she went home and talked with her parents about the excitement of marching. They repeated their advice: "You’ve done your part. You need to leave this alone.”

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Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—as Arnetta discovered the next day.

How did Arnetta’s and Wash’s opinions about being arrested differ?

• Arnetta thought everyone should have been arrested, while Wash believed no one should have been arrested.

• Arnetta wanted to be arrested, while Wash did not understand why people would allow themselves to be arrested.

• Arnetta thought one should be proud of being arrested, while Wash believed that being arrested was shameful.

• Arnetta was scared of being arrested, while Wash knew there is nothing scary about it.

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Read the two excerpts from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.

Audrey talked quietly with her mother and father. As far as she could tell, she was the youngest child there, and she didn’t know anyone else. "My girlfriend . . . was to demonstrate, too, that day,” she said. "I had expected to see her. But she wasn’t there.” Nevertheless, Audrey said, "I didn’t have any fear.”

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Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—

Which statement best represents how the march affected Audrey and Wash?

• Although Audrey was young, she was not afraid, and Wash thought a person must be crazy to not have a fear of the police.

• Although Wash believed in the Movement, he knew his mind and body could not handle jail, while Audrey knew that she would find her girlfriend there.

• Neither Audrey nor Wash felt that the Movement was important for the people in the community.

• Both Wash and Audrey knew that by the end of the day they would be resting in a jail cell with many others.

Multiple Choice

Read the summary of a book.

Theo Rodrigo’s book Dust onto Dust is a historical narrative about the 1930s Dust Bowl. The author describes how a combination of poor farming techniques and a lack of rain created a disaster for farmers in the Great Plains region of the United States. Farmers who lived during that period share their hardships and how they changed their farming techniques in response to this environmental disaster. Rodrigo also includes many pictures and maps to help readers understand his ideas.

Which sentence should be removed from the summary?

• Theo Rodrigo’s book Dust onto Dust is a historical narrative about the 1930s Dust Bowl.

• The author describes how a combination of poor farming techniques and a lack of rain created a disaster for farmers in the Great Plains region of the United States.

• Farmers who lived during that period share their hardships and how they changed their farming techniques in response to this environmental disaster.

• Rodrigo also includes many pictures and maps to help readers understand his ideas.

Open Ended

How did young people make a difference in the fight for civil rights?