#23 Language Dive

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14 questions

Language Dive with Chapter 12

Part 1:


Directions:
Listen and follow along with the audio recording of chapter 12.
Please make sure you are following along on the screen, or in your book as they are reading!

Chapter 12 Vocabulary:

  • marveled (98): filled with wonder
  • elated (99): extremely happy
  • keenly (100): with a focused and strong attention
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Text dependent question on page 96:
What does “unusually capable” mean?

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Text dependent question on page 96:
How do we know that Katherine was unusually capable?

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Text dependent question on page 100:
How was the social dynamic different at Langley than in the city Langley was located?

Part 2: Language Dive


Directions:
Please play the video (below), and answer the questions when the video asks you to.
If you have any questions, you can "comment" here, or send Ms. Brewer or Ms. Josie a Zoom or Jupiter message

Focus Sentence:
“He wanted her to succeed and he feared that, as one of the school’s first black students, she might have trouble accessing the books she needed at the white school’s library.”
If the above link doesn't work, you can click on this one.

Recording:
https://ousd.zoom.us/rec/share/F73xOXl-g7DeX4K5C5ilC-nM-6OomKNadXq0BIvgxgIPjPGnuMVsUj5mV_qSRNEk.VtXc73EyrVuCyMFR
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What are other ways this sentence can be rearranged, to still be a meaningful sentence? Drag the sentence chunks around to see what words, and what doesn't.

THEN: Sketch out - what is this sentence talking about?

  1. He wanted her to succeed and he feared that
  2. she might have trouble accessing the books she needed at the white school’s library.
  3. , as one of the school’s first black students,
5

Circle all of the pronouns in the sentence.
(hint - there are 5 pronouns)

Pronoun = A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Examples: he, she, it, they, someone, who.

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Chunk:
"He wanted her to succeed and he feared that"

Question:
What was Katherine about to do? Why might it have been challenging for her to succeed in that?

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Chunk:
"she might have trouble accessing the books she needed at the white school’s library."

Question:
Why did the author describe West Virginia University as the white school in this chunk?
Can you figure out why she did not refer to the college by its name instead?

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Chunk:
"she might have trouble accessing the books she needed at the white school’s library."

Question:
How does this chunk add to your understanding of Katherine’s character?

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Chunk:
", as one of the school’s first black students,"

Question:
What do you notice about this chunk?

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Chunk:
", as one of the school’s first black students,"

Question:
What do these commas tell us about where this chunk belongs in the sentence?

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Chunk:
", as one of the school’s first black students,"

Question:
What is the purpose of this chunk in the sentence?
Can you figure out why the author used this chunk in the sentence, if it provides information that the reader already knew?

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Question:
Fill in the blank.
My teacher told me that, as _________________, I should read aloud to my friend.

2

Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Sentence:
"He wanted her to succeed and he feared that, as one of the school’s first black students, she might have trouble accessing the books she needed at the white school’s library."

Chunk:
" as one of the school’s first black students, "

Question:
Why did the author put the chunk in the middle of the sentence, and not at the beginning?

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Listen to the video, and wait for me to ask the question below. Then answer the question.

Question:
Fill in the blanks
It is remarkable that Dorothy Vaughan was promoted to a management position at NACA. As __________, she __________.