Text dependent question on page 96:

What does “unusually capable” mean?

Text dependent question on page 96:

How do we know that Katherine was unusually capable?

Text dependent question on page 100:

How were things different at Langley than in the city Langley was located?

Things at Langley are different because...

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

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.

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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?

Sentence Starter:

Katherine was about to...

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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?

Sentence Starter:

The author described West Virginis University as a "white school" because...

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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?

Sentence Starter:

This chunk adds to my understanding of Katherine as a person because...

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Chunk:

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

Question:

What do you notice about this chunk?

Sentence Starter:

I notice...

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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?

Sentence Starter:

The commas tell us...

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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?

Sentence Starter:

The purpose of the chunk is...

The author put it in the sentence because...

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Question:

Fill in the blank.

My teacher told me that, as _________________, I should read aloud to my friend.

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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?

Sentence Starter:

The author put the chunk in the middle of the sentence because...

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Question:

Fill in the blanks

It is remarkable that Dorothy Vaughan was promoted to a management position at NACA. As __________, she __________.