1. Grade 4.6 Reading Street Student Edition pgs. 328-341
My Brother Martin
By Author & Illustrator:
Christine King Farris
Grade 4.6
Reading Street
Student Edition pgs

2. How can words change people’s lives?
Words Changing Lives
Try
brainstorming using a
Circle Map!

3. Did you think of any of these?
lonely
Words Changing Lives
sad
upset
angry

4. Now, that you’ve had some time to reflect…let me introduce you to some new vocabulary.

5. Selection Vocabulary:
ancestors avoided
generations minister
numerous pulpit
shielding

6. VKR: Vocabulary Knowledge Rating
Directions: Rate each word 1-4.
WORD
I’ve never heard of it.
I’ve seen or heard it.
I know it a bit.
I know it & can use it correctly.
ancestors 1 2 3 4
avoided
generations
minister
numerous
pulpit
shielding
Teachers: For the VKR, have individual rating scales for the students. Students can either circle or highlight the number as a pre-assessment. When it is time for the post-assessment, have them circle or highlight using a different color.

7. Before we begin… Let’s read these words in context
Before we begin… Let’s read these words in context. Open your book to page 327, Out of Slavery. Determine the vocabulary meanings by the surrounding context clues.

8. People from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents.
ancestors
People from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents.

9. Vocabulary used in the text
Page 334 Paragraph 1
Back in time when certain places in our country had unfair laws that said it was right to keep black people separate because our skin was darker and our ancestors had been captured in far –off Africa and brought to America as slaves.

10. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
ancestors
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

11. Kept away from; kept out of the way of.
avoided
Kept away from; kept out of the way of.

12. Vocabulary used in the text
Page 337 Paragraph 1
Her words explained the streetcars our family avoided and the WHITES ONLY sign that kept us off the elevator at City Hall.

13. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
avoided
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

14. Team Talk
When have you avoided someone or something? Was it the right thing to do?
Turn and talk to your partner/group member. Be prepared to discuss with the class.

15. generations
Periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation.

16. Vocabulary used in text
Page 336 Paragraph 3
Looking back, I realize that it was only a matter of time before the generations of cruelty and injustice that Daddy and Mother Dear and Mama and Aunt Ida had been shielding us from finally broke through.

17. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
generations
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

18. Member of the clergy; spiritual guide; pastor.
minister
Member of the clergy; spiritual guide; pastor.

19. Vocabulary used in text
Page 331 Paragraph 3
And although Daddy, who was an important minister, and Mother Dear, who was known far and wide as a musician, often had work that took them away from home, our grandmother was always there to take care of us.

20. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
minister
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

21. numerous
Very many.

22. Vocabulary used in text
Page 339 Paragraph 3
There would be numerous speeches and marches and prizes.

23. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
numerous
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

24. pulpit
Platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches.

25. Vocabulary used in text
Page 338 Paragraph 1
And after losing our playmates, when M.L., A.D., and I heard our father speak from his pulpit, his words held new meaning.

26. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
pulpit
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

27. Protecting; defending.
shielding
Protecting; defending.

28. Vocabulary used in text
Page 336 Paragraph 3
Looking back, I realize that it was only a matter of time before the generations of cruelty and injustice that Daddy and Mother Dear and Mama and Aunt Ida had been shielding us from finally broke through.

29. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
shielding
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

30. Now…let’s see what you’ve learned!
Read the statement below and give a “high five” to the (vocabulary word) that best fits.
We ___________ the crowd, by taking a different route to the building.
ancestors
avoided
numerous

31. High five for a job well done!
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33. My parents informed me that our _________ came here from Europe.
Read the statement below and give a “high five” to the (vocabulary word) that best fits.
My parents informed me that our _________ came here from Europe.
ancestors
generations
numerous

34. High five for a job well done!
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35. There were many ____________ of people at the family reunion.
Read the statement below and give a “high five” to the (vocabulary word) that best fits.
There were many ____________ of people at the family reunion.
minister
generations
numerous

36. High five for a job well done!
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37. Our pastor uses a __________ when he’s preaching.
Read the statement below and give a “high five” to the (vocabulary word) that best fits.
Our pastor uses a __________ when he’s preaching.
minister
pulpit
numerous

38. High five for a job well done!
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39. ____________ amounts of people gathered to hear the important speech.
Read the statement below and give a “high five” to the (vocabulary word) that best fits.
____________ amounts of people gathered to hear the important speech.
minister
generations
numerous

40. High five for a job well done!
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41. Read the statement below and give a “high five” to the (vocabulary word) that best fits.
Fathers and mothers were __________ their loved ones from the horrible noise.
numerous
shielding
avoided

42. High five for a job well done!
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43. We witnessed a famous speech given by our ___________.
Read the statement below and give a “high five” to the (vocabulary word) that best fits.
We witnessed a famous speech given by our ___________.
minister
ancestors
pulpit

44. High five for a job well done!
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45. I hope you enjoy reading…