Rosa Parks

1) Part A

What is the author’s perspective about the women who helped Rosa?

• The women were cleanly when they went home to cook and put the kids into bed.

• The women were courageous since they were willing to take risks.

• The women were organized because they assigned groups for reach task.

• The women who helped Rosa made a lot of mistakes and could not concentrate.

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2. Part B

What two details support your answer.

• “If they were caught at the college, they could all be arrested for trespassing.”

• “She rushed home to put dinner on the table, cleaned up the kitchen, and put the kids to bed.”

• “The women quickly formed groups to carry out each task.”

• “If a mistake was made, the whole page had to be thrown out; it took a lot of concentration.”

• “But they were working to undermine a vicious law.”

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3. How is the author’s purpose developed in the text?

•  The author provides their opinion on the Supreme court ruling and and gives reasons and evidence why the ruling was best.

•  The author informs the reader about all the ways people can get involved with the bus protest.

• The author informs the reader on other injustices after the Supreme Court ruling and agrees it was time to take a stand.

• The author provides their opinion  on the injustices after the Supreme Court ruling and agrees it was time to take a stand against them.

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4. Which sentences from the text show the author’s perspective about the change to the law about segregation?

• “On November 13th, 1956, almost a year after the arrest of Rosa Parks, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that segregation…. was illegal.”

• “The integrity, the dignity, the quiet strength of Rosa Parks, turned her no into a YES for change.”

• “Rosa Parks said no so that the Supreme Court could remind the nation that the Constitution of the United States makes no provision for second-class citizenship.”

• “We are all equal under the law and are entitled to its protection.”

• “Everyone was proud of their nonviolent movement.”

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5. What words or phrases does the author use to show their purpose?

• “Men take up more space, she was thinking as she tried to squish her packages closer.”

• “She sighed as she realized she was tired… tired of putting white people first.”

• “As was the evil custom, she then got off the bus and went to the back door to enter the bus from the rear.”

• “They decided they would stand under the umbrella of courage Rosa Parks had offered…”

• “She thought about her mother and her grandmother and knew that they would want her to be strong.”

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