Newsie

In Scene 1, SD1 says, "Newsies swarm the wagon like ants on a frankfurter." The playwright uses this simile to express the idea that___________.

• The wagon is carrying hot dogs

• The newsies are moving in a busy, focused way

• The newsies are very small

• The newsies eagerly crowd around the wagon

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Why does Ani decide to become a newsie?

• All her friends are newsies

• She needs to make money to help her family

• It seems like an exciting job

• She wants to be a journalist when she grows up

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the end goal of the newsies strike?

• For the publishers to charge the newsies a faired price for the papers

• For the newspapers to publish better articles

• To put the newspaper publishers out of business

• To stop people form reading newspapers

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of the following is NOT an action the newsies took to protest the newspapers rising price?

• Asking the public not to buy newspapers

• Trying to sell more papers by acting pitiful

• Refusing to sell newspapers

• Holding protests

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the most important thing that you learn in Scene 7

• Hearst has a car

• The war increased Hearst's costs.

• The newsies' strike is working": it's affecting the newspaper owners' business

• The newsies used to pay one cent for two newspapers

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which are themes of the play "Newsies"?

Choose TWO

• There is power in working together.

• Children have rights, just like adults do.

• Money can't buy happiness.

• Today, it's illegal for American children to work more than 18 hours per week.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

The______________ of the newspapers decreased when the newsies went on strike.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

Students were distracted by the ____________ students changing classes and opening lockers in the hallway.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

My mother was ____________ when I left for college. My dad said she moped around the house for days.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

Angry workers formed a _________________ outside of the grocery store to protest the price of bananas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4