J. P. Miller - Shirley Chisholm

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BY J. P . MILL ER ILLUS TR A T ED BY M ARKI A J ENAI

LEADERS LIKE US

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SCHOOL to HOME

C ONNECTIONS

Bef ore Reading: Building Back ground Knowledge and V oc abulary Building back ground knowledge can help childr en proce ss new information and build upon what they already know . Before r eading a book, it is important to tap into what childr en already know about the topi c. This will help them deve lop their vocabulary and incre ase their reading compre hension.

BEFORE AND DURING READING A CTIVITIES

Questions and Activities to Build Back ground Knowledge: L ook at the front cov er of the book and re ad the title. What do you think this book will be about?

2. W hat do you already kno w about this topic?

3. T ak e a book walk and skim the page s. Look at the table of contents, photographs, captions, and bold words. Did these text feature s give you any inf ormation or pre dictions about what you will read in th is book?

During Reading: Reading f or Meaning and Understanding T o achieve dee p comprehension of a book, childr en are e ncouraged to use close re ading strategies. During re ading, it is important to have childre n stop and make connections. These connections result in deeper analysis and unders tanding of a book.

Close Reading a T ext During r eading, have childre n stop and talk about the following: Any confusing parts A ny unknown word s T ex t to text, text to self, text to world connections The main idea in each chapter or heading

Encourage childre n to use context clues to determine the meaning of any unknown wor ds. These strategies will help childr en learn to analyze the text mor e thoro ughly as they read.

When you are fi nished reading this book, turn to the next-to-last page fo r Tex t-Dependent Questions and an Extension Activity .

V ocabulary Wo rds:

Voc abulary: Voc abulary Is Ke y to Reading Comprehension Use the f ollowing directions to pr ompt a conve rsation about each wor d.

R ead the vocabulary wor ds.

W hat comes to mind when you see each word ? W hat do you think each word means?

candidate C ongressperson debate election

political party politics slogan terms

R UNNING FOR PRESIDENT ...................

FIGHTING SHIRLEY ...............................

LEAV ING A L EGACY ..............................

TIME LINE ............................................

GLOSSARY............................................

INDEX ..................................................

TEXT-DEPENDEN T QUEST IONS ...........

EXTENSION ACTIVITY .........................

AND ILLUST RATOR ..............................

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able of Cont ents

S hirley wanted to keep learning. She went to college and studied education. She worke d in a school while she was a student. Once she nished college, she ke pt working in education. That was where she got int erested in politics . How could she make education bett er for children? How could she help families?

Making Things F air

Shirley starte d working right a way in the New York stat e gov er nment. She w as aga inst a test tha t required peopl e to use English to show that they could read. She thought that it was unfair to peopl e who l earned another langua ge rst.

She decided to work for the gov ernment. She could make changes happen there. In 1965, she won an election . She became a lawmake r for the state of New Yor k. In just a couple of years , she made impor tant s teps toward her goal of impr oving people s lives.

S hirley decided to run fo r Congress. In 1968, she became the rst black U.S. congressperson. N ow, she wo uld help make laws f or the entire countr y.