We Beat the Streets & The First True Americans

Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary

Define audience.

• the intended reader or listener who is the recipient of the author’s message in a text.

• writers choose specific words for precise meaning or to convey a certain tone.

• a reader’s interpretation of the text’s deeper messages, themes, or ideas.

• expresses a writer’s attitude (or thoughts and feelings) toward his or her subject.

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CCSS.W.7.3A

Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary

Define tone.

• the intended reader or listener who is the recipient of the author’s message in a text.

• writers choose specific words for precise meaning or to convey a certain tone.

• a reader’s interpretation of the text’s deeper messages, themes, or ideas.

• expresses a writer’s attitude (or thoughts and feelings) toward his or her subject.

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CCSS.L.7.5D

Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary

Define word choice.

• the intended reader or listener who is the recipient of the author’s message in a text.

• writers choose specific words for precise meaning or to convey a certain tone.

• a reader’s interpretation of the text’s deeper messages, themes, or ideas.

• expresses a writer’s attitude (or thoughts and feelings) toward his or her subject.

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary

Define meaning.

• the intended reader or listener who is the recipient of the author’s message in a text.

• writers choose specific words for precise meaning or to convey a certain tone.

• a reader’s interpretation of the text’s deeper messages, themes, or ideas.

• expresses a writer’s attitude (or thoughts and feelings) toward his or her subject.

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"We Beat the Streets"

In this ______________ excerpt, Dr. George Jenkins describes how his 3rd grade teacher, Miss Johnson, helps him realize for the first time that _____________ is a real possibility.

• biography, fame

• nonfiction, freedom

• autobiography, going to college

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

"We Beat the Streets"

What information mainly does this passage convey?

The class listened, fascinated and entranced with her stories, which taught them history, literature, math, and science without them even being aware of it. She passed out a children’s version of Hamlet, full of pictures and explanations, and let them read the play and act out the fight scenes.

• Miss Johnson tries to make learning different subjects as interesting as possible.

• Shakespeare can be taught to classes in many different ways.

• Miss Johnson’s students enjoy going on field trips.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

"We Beat the Streets"

With which of the following statements would Miss Johnson most likely agree?

• Getting bad grades in school is a sign of laziness.

• William Shakespeare could not have written all of his thirty-seven plays without some help.

• Doing well in school can provide a path to a better future.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

"We Beat the Streets"

The following passage contributes (adds) to the development of the excerpt mainly by _________________.

“What private school do you children attend?” the woman asked.

Miss Johnson walked over to the woman and said proudly, “These are students from Louise Spencer Elementary, a public school in the Central Ward.”

“But they’re so well behaved,” the woman said with surprise. “Isn’t that school in the ghetto?”

• suggesting that children cannot behave themselves at a concert

• proving that old people don’t know what they are talking about

• showing that certain people think that kids from the inner city are trouble

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

Unit 3 Content Vocabulary

When people think of Tuscany, they __________ sprawling vineyards: rows of vines, sculpted cypress trees, rambling stone walls, winding dirt roads, weathered farmhouses, moss covered villas, blue skies and bright sun.

• accessible

• ambitious

• apartheid

• envision

• sacrifice

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Unit 3 Content Vocabulary

The ______________ was the reason for much of the racial tension in South Africa because this official policy kept white and nonwhite people separated.

• accessible

• ambitious

• Apartheid

• envision

• sacrifice

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4