A Duet for Home - 15-20

Five in the morning was the middle of the night, not the time to wake up and get ready for school.

Why did June have to get up so early?

• Because the bus left at 5:00.

• They were homeless.

• Their school was nearby.

• The bus went to many places before their school.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

This girl was pretty, movie pretty, magazine pretty.

• Lulu

• June

• Tyrell

• Maybelle

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When June heard the name Lulu Vega, she said that her name had 4 letters in each, but 8 in total. June is quite...

• interesting

• clever

• superstitious

• excited

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Put these people in the right places.

Groups:

(a) Good mothers

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(b) Bad mothers

• Maybelle's mother

• Jeremiah's mother

• Lulu's mother

• Tyrell's mother

• June's mother

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

We need to move families out within 90 days for the shelter to be eligible for the cash incentive.

What is a cash incentive?

• TVs and computers

• money

• gold

• happiness

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Put the following in order.

• The girls meet Lulu Vega

• Ms. G meets with Jeremiah

• Tyrell talks to Marcus about the new rules.

• June gets up for school on the first day.

• Ms. G meets with June.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The name of the bus company June takes is

• Happy Days Transportation

• Good Life Bus

• Great Bus Journey

• Transport Kids Now

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Match the following sentences to the character traits

• tired

• June was exhausted and fell asleep.

• embarrassed

• I wish every family had this great opportunity to leave!

• dedicated

• If Marcus said he'd take care of it, he will.

• responsible

• June didn't want to explain why she bought a school lunch.

• excited.

• Lisa studied hard for her exams and passed with flying colors.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why did Jeremiah want to tell Tyrell he was leaving, but did not want his mother to tell Tyrell?

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why did Tyrell's mother argue with Ms. MacMillan?

• She was a bad mother.

• She had her music too loud.

• She didn't like the food.

• Tyrell was in trouble.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1