Lesson 1 Mysteries and Investigation

What is the name of the story we read today?

• The Secret of the Yellow Death

• The Bubonic Plague

• Deadly Fever

• Yellow means Death

What is the definition of delirium as used in the chapter?

• Hilarious

• Confusion or madness

• Sick and cold

• A blazing hot fever

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What group of people did Yellow Fever target?

• The Wealthy

• The Middle Class

• The poor

• All of the above

Between 1800 and 1900. Yellow Fever killed about _____________ people

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 1,000,000

According to chapter 1, what caused Yellow Fever?

• Mosquitoes

• Poor nutrition

• Doctors did not know

• Rats

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CCSS.RI.6.1

Which writing technique is displayed in this passage from the text: “Yellow fever [is] . . . an enemy which imperils life and cripples commerce and industry,” Surgeon General John Woodworth told the U.S. Congress in 1879.

• Descriptive and sensory details that create an image in the reader’s mind

• A story that captures the reader’s attention

• Facts and numbers that make a strong impression

• Quotations that make an impact

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which writing technique is displayed in this passage from the text: George Clymer, who’d signed the Declaration of Independence, watched helplessly as the sickness struck his wife and family.

• Descriptive and sensory details that create an image in the reader’s mind

• A story that captures the reader’s attention

• Facts and numbers that make a strong impression

• Quotations that make an impact

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CCSS.W.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.3D

Which writing technique is displayed in this passage from the text: First, there was the chill: an icy, bone-freezing chill in the middle of a warm summer evening.

• Descriptive and sensory details that create an image in the reader’s mind

• A story that captures the reader’s attention

• Facts and numbers that make a strong impression

• Quotations that make an impact

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CCSS.W.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.3D

Which writing technique is displayed in this passage from the text: In 1793, 4,044 people in Philadelphia died during a plague of yellow fever.

• Descriptive and sensory details that create an image in the reader’s mind

• A story that captures the reader’s attention

• Facts and numbers that make a strong impression

• Quotations that make an impact

Consider the following quote from paragraph 2: “His skin turned yellow. The whites of his eyes looked like lemons.”

To present the topic of yellow fever, in this quote the author uses

• Descriptive and sensory details

• anecdote

• facts and numbers

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D