Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.One of her grandmothers assured her, "You'll be fine."Which point of view does Audrey’s grandmother use in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.[The Peace Ponies] soon figured out what they could do. In addition to attending the weekday mass meetings, they would participate in Saturday-morning training sessions where young activists were taught the two fundamental precepts of the civil rights movement. The first of these consisted of using "direct action" strategies to confront injustice, such as picketing stores targeted by the Selective Buying Campaign and holding sit-ins at segregated lunch counters. The other related precept was nonviolence – that is, carrying out these actions quietly and respectfully without resorting to violence, regardless of how white people, including the police, reacted.How does the author use third-person narration in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Occasionally, he would get a special treat. "If you were really, really good at church on Sunday," Wash recalled, "and Momma had some extra money, and after you took your church clothes off, and if everything was just right, we would walk down to Ragland's [Drug Store] sometime and get a scoop of hand-packed ice cream. That was the high point of my life."Which words from the excerpt best convey the tone?
Read this paragraph.When the speaker concluded her presentation, the students began to stir. I heard papers rustle, and I saw a hand go up across the room. I was glad to see that others were interested, too. The speaker was the owner of an Internet-based hobby store, and I wanted to hear the secrets of her success. The first question the speaker fielded was about how to secure a patent. After she offered a detailed response, I raised my hand.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read the excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala.”Malala wondered on her blog if she should adopt a pen name – Gul Makai.Meaning corn flower in Urdu, the native language of the region, Gul Makai is a name taken from a character in a Pashtun folk story. It's not well known, but Pashtun experts say the story is a kind of Romeo and Juliet tale. It's a sweet love story laced with tragedy.Based on this excerpt, writing a blog about her experiences allowed Malala to
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.During the fifteen minutes after the bus arrived, racists assaulted not only the Freedom Riders but also other passengers – both black and white – who happened to be on the same bus, as well as bystanders waiting in the station to welcome their friends and family to Birmingham. The assailants also went after local white reporters, destroying cameras, film, and a microphone.Which words from the excerpt best convey the tone?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Mr. Streeter was a barber and owned his own shop. Orphaned as a teenager, he had raised his five younger siblings by cutting hair, stopping only for Army duty and two years of study at Miles College. Mrs. Streeter had graduated from Tuskegee University, just like both of her parents and five of her seven siblings. She worked as the youth director at the black YWCA.The excerpt uses third-person narration, because
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job."There was one particular bear," Audrey said. "It was white. I was in love with it."Her mother told her, "You aren't needy. The people who sent these trusted me to give these things to people who are needy."Audrey was desolate as she watched her mother wrap the soft, white bear in Christmas paper and ribbons for another child. "I had to give it up. It was tough for me. I had to learn the lesson of giving."Which word best describes Audrey in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.Finally, in early 1963, Shuttlesworth called on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Andrew Young—civil rights leaders with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta, Georgia—for help. King and Young met with local black leaders, including Mrs. Hendricks, to plan new strategies for ending segregation in Birmingham. Sometimes they gathered in Audrey's house, where she got to know these leaders on a nickname basis."Mike (that's what we called Martin), Andy, Fred—they'd stand in the kitchen while my mother made dinner," she said. "Mike would lift the top off a pot and say, ‘What's cookin', Lola?’”Based on the excerpt, which adjectives best describe the Hendrickses’ relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.She also hugged all four grandparents goodbye.One of her grandmothers assured her, "You'll be fine."Based on this excerpt, which word best describes Audrey’s grandmother?
Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March.All of the students at St. Mary's were black, as required by law. But unlike the staff at black public schools, the teachers – all of whom were nuns – were white. So, Arnetta grew up mingling comfortably with white people. In fact, had she wanted to, she could have "passed" for white herself.The excerpt uses third-person narration, because
Based on “Pakistan’s Malala,” which best reflects the overall purpose of Malala’s blog?
Which best describes author Ashley Fantz’s view of Malala’s blog in "Pakistan’s Malala”?
Based on the information in "Pakistan’s Malala,” how did the Taliban attempt to carry out their formal decree about education?
Which of these student responses to We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March is an example of a text-to-self connection?
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