Hi-Lo: Not Just Black or White

Hi-Lo: Not Just Black or White

By Lisa Siewert

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​​Check Your Understanding

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​ On the following slides, select the best choice to answer the reading comprehension questions.

Multiple Choice

According to the article, being multiracial means

• enjoying the best of both worlds

• being a member of more than race

• not wanting to change who you are

• confusing friends and strangers

Multiple Choice

The main idea of this article is that

• multiracial people face great difficulties

• being multiracial is nothing special.

• more people in the United States now consider

  themselves multiracial.

• many celebrities are of mixed heritage.

Multiple Choice

Which detail does not support the main idea

of this article?

• There are millions of multiracial people in the

  United States today.

• Derek Jeter is both African American and Irish.

• Devon Sutherland is in middle school.

• Attitudes about racial identity are changing.

Multiple Choice

Why might people identify themselves as

multiracial?

• They are proud of their ancestry.

• There aren't enough multiracial people

  living in the United States.

• The law requires them to do so.

• They don't know who their ancestors ore.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to express an opinion

• all of the above

​Vocabulary

​​Find each vocabulary word in the selection. The words and sentences around it will help you to figure out its meaning.

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Choose the answer with the best definition of the underlined word in the following slides. ​

Multiple Choice

Are you of Hispanic, Asian, or Native

American heritage?

• Latin American

• Japanese

• Greek

• Canadian

Multiple Choice

Multiracial means that more than one ethnic

group is part of a person's heritage.

• Relating tell group of people with the same race or country of origin

• Relating to a group of athletes

• Relating to a group of students

• Relating to a group of famous people

Multiple Choice

The idea of a single heritage is being

surpassed by the multiracial concept

• Intimidated

• Overtaken

• Left out

• Repeat it

Multiple Choice

People should identify themselves as they

perceive themselves, not as others do.

• respect

• see

• write about

• present

Multiple Choice

Most people give credence ta the idea that

people can be multiracial.

• grief

• comfort

• acceptance

• lip service

​Word Work

​ Number prefixes come at the beginning of a word. They give clues about the meaning of the word. The prefix bi- means two the prefix multi-means many.

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​ A biracial Commission is composed of people representing two races.

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A multiracial neighborhood is composed of people of many races. ​

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1. ​Read the words with the number prefixes bi- or multi-.

2. Select the word that best completes each sentence. ​

Multiple Choice

To honor the many diverse cultures and this country is to respect________.

• Multiple

• Multilingual

• Multiculturalism

• Biannual

• Bilingual

Multiple Choice

There are ________ benefits to being a member of more than one ethnic group.

• Multiple

• Multilingual

• Multiculturalism

• Biannual

• Bilingual

Multiple Choice

If people grow up speaking two languages they are __________.

• Multiple

• Multilingual

• Multiculturalism

• Biannual

• Bilingual

Multiple Choice

A _______ report is one that comes out every two years.

• Multiple

• Multilingual

• Multiculturalism

• Biannual

• Bilingual

Multiple Choice

If a person is fluent in many languages, he or she is considered _______.

• Multiple

• Multilingual

• Multiculturalism

• Biannual

• Bilingual

​The long /i/ sound can be spelled several different ways.​

unite​

idea

might

try​

​Write the word from the sentence that has the long-i sound.

Fill in the Blank

Derek Jeter high school classmates asked about his heritage.

Fill in the Blank

What is MariahCarey's family background?

Fill in the Blank

She has a white mother and a black father

Fill in the Blank

A lot of people identify themselves as multiracial.

Fill in the Blank

Tiger Woods and Keanu Reeves are both multiracial.