In Cynthia Levinson’s We’ve Got a Job, students began to receive cues to leave schools. Which statement best describes how this event affected others?
Which idea should be included in a summary of We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson?
Read the two excerpts from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Audrey talked quietly with her mother and father. As far as she could tell, she was the youngest child there, and she didn’t know anyone else. "My girlfriend . . . was to demonstrate, too, that day,” she said. "I had expected to see her. But she wasn’t there.” Nevertheless, Audrey said, "I didn’t have any fear.”*****Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—Which statement best represents how the march affected Audrey and Wash?
Read the two excerpts from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Arnetta didn’t go to the mass meeting that night. She was disappointed she hadn’t been arrested. Somehow, she had gotten separated from the rest of the Peace Ponies, many of whom did get arrested and jailed. Instead, she went home and talked with her parents about the excitement of marching. They repeated their advice: "You’ve done your part. You need to leave this alone.”*****Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—as Arnetta discovered the next day.How did Arnetta’s and Wash’s opinions about being arrested differ?
Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—as Arnetta discovered the next day.What does the author’s use of Wash’s quotes help readers understand?
Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Most mornings, young people who set their radio dial on WENN might wake up to the popular black DJ Shelley Stewart warbling, "Good goobly woobly!” Or, maybe they’d hear him cry, "Timberrrr, let it fall!” as he dropped a needle onto a spinning James Brown or Sam Cooke platter. On the morning of Thursday, May 2, however, his teenaged listeners heard, "Kids, there’s gonna be a party at the park. Bring your toothbrushes because lunch will be served.”Stewart’s white fans must have wondered what he meant. The black ones got it. This was the signal to launch demonstrations in Kelly Ingram Park, down the street from the station’s offices. They knew there was no more chance of getting lunch in the park than there was of being served a banana split at the counter at J. J. Newberry’s. But they needed their toothbrushes because, after demonstrating, they would probably be going to jail—possibly for days.The use of Shelley Stewart’s direct quotes in the first paragraph helps readers understand that
Which statement should be included in a summary of We've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson?
Which is the best list of categories for an idea web about Cynthia Levinson’s We’ve Got a Job?
Read the following excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.[Arnetta] was joyful at “seeing all those children coming out to participate in the Movement.”In this excerpt, the reader is presented with
Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Teachers who were concerned about students’ safety or who disapproved of their playing hooky tried to bar classroom doors. "A number of teachers told us we were wrong,” Arnetta said, "that we were breaking laws, and we were putting our parents’ jobs in jeopardy.” But, her favorite teachers, Miss Woolfolk and Mrs. Cleopatra Goree, turned around and looked at the blackboard as if they didn’t notice the students leaving their classrooms.The direct quote is included to help readers understand
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