Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor (A-Ch 2)

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• Subject-Verb agreement with Linking Verbs

Multiple Choice

Jacob Riis _____ a reporter.

• were

• was

• are

• am

Multiple Choice

He ________ very upset about how the immigrants ______ living.

• seemed

  was

• seems

  was

• seemed

  were

Multiple Choice

Jacob Riis's book ______ what life was like living in the slums of New York.

• shows

• showing

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Open Ended

What were some of the terrible conditions the immigrants lived in?

List 2.

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Multiple Choice

Based on the text, wat does "poverty" mean?

• Having an abundance of material possessions
• Living in a mansion with luxury cars
• Being surrounded by nature and beauty
• Lack of material possessions or resources

Multiple Choice

Authors sometimes italicize a word in order to make it stand out in a sentence.

Why might the author have italicized really?

• To follow a grammar rule about writting certain words.

• She wants to show how

  important it was for his photographs to show the real conditions of

  the slums.

• To make it look fancy so that it will stand out to thhe reader.

Word Cloud

What were the slums really like?

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Open Ended

How did flash photography help Jacob Riis?

Draw

​Review the steps listed on page 11.


The steps are ordered with numbers as well as with time-order words.

What are some of the

words that show the order of the steps.