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2.4: Chapter 2

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    Learning Goals

    In this chapter, you will learn to:

    • Read sight words and functional words
    • Read words with blends
    • Read simple texts
    • Use context clues to figure out words
    • Identify main ideas, characters, and events from a reading
    • Use end punctuation
    • Write complete sentences

    Talk About It

    • Have you seen any movies about slavery?
    • What do you know about what life was like for a slave?
    • How do you think Langston’s family got free from slavery? Make a guess.

    Picture Dictionary

    slave-300x290.jpg long.jpg female-822215_640-300x202.jpg
    slave long wrote
    construction-659898_640-300x199.jpg children-585730_640-300x218.jpg gentleman-152768_640-216x300.png
    labor children husband
    house-435618_640-300x225.jpg helmet-158268_640-300x252.png hand-861275_640-300x185.jpg
    sold safety respect
    bride-312158_640-300x256.png
    marry
    Put the above words in alphabetical order.

    ___________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________

    Check your work with the Answer Key at the end of this chapter.
    Make a sentence using one of the above words.

    ___________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________

    Ask your instructor to check your work.

    Word Skills

    Word Patterns

    A consonant is any letter that is not a vowel. For example, the letters b, c, d, f, g, h, and j are consonants. A blend is when two consonants go together and each consonant makes a sound.

    The letters dr in drip are a blend.

    water-90781_640-300x218.jpg

    Practice reading these words.
    club

    sled

    swim

    stop

    drill

    belt

    gift

    list

    mask

    jump

    milk

    nest

    Match each word to a picture.
    box-25203_640-206x300.png gift-575400_640-300x285.png basketball-147657_640-151x300.png
    1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________
    belt-139757_640-300x200.jpg card-157402_640-300x300.png mask-308328_640-300x277.png
    4. _____________ 5. _____________ 6. _____________
    sledge-145993_640-300x150.png drill-309997_640-241x300.png swimmer-309596_640-300x160.png
    7. _____________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________
    birds-nest-788680_640-300x249.jpg clipboard-311168_640-206x300.png stop-sign-37020_640-2-293x300.png
    10. _____________ 11. _____________ 12. _____________
    Check your work with the Answer Key at the end of this chapter.
    Read each sentence. Then cover it up. Try to write it. Use upper case letters correctly. Use periods and question marks correctly.

    a. The gift was a big sled.
    _______________________________________________

    b. There is a nest in the tree.
    _______________________________________________

    c. Milk is on my list.
    _______________________________________________

    d. Do not jump on the bed.
    _______________________________________________

    e. Stop the car.
    _______________________________________________

    You will see these words in the story. They all have a blend.

    Langston from long black
    work slaves part sold
    respect great grandmother free

    Use Your Reading Skills

    Listen to Chapter 2. Then read Chapter 2 in BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Reader 2. As you read each sentence, ask yourself, “Does that make sense?” Go back and read the sentence again if it does not make sense.

    An audio element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can listen to it online here: https://opentextbc.ca/abealf2/?p=21

    Check Your Understanding

    1. Are these sentences true or false? Circle true or false.
    a. Langston Hughes was from Canada.

    b. Langston Hughes was a slave.

    c. Lucy Langston was a slave.

    d. Lucy Langston was set free by her owner.

    e. Lucy Langston married the white man who was her owner.

    true false

    true false

    true false

    true false

    true false

    2. Read the first line of the poem, “I am the one who labored as a slave.” What do you think “labored” means?

    a. sang

    b. worked

    c. played

    Check your work with the Answer Key at the end of this chapter.

    Writing

    Grammar Rule

    A sentence can be a question or a statement.

    A question asks for information. It ends with a question mark.

    Do you like my shoes? – YES

    Do you like my shoes – NO

    Do you like my shoes. – NO

    Questions can begin with words like do, did, can, are, is, and will.

    An order tells someone what to do. An order ends with a period.

    Make your bed. – YES

    Make your bed – NO

    Is each sentence a question or an order? Put a question mark at the end of the questions. Put a period at the end of the orders.

    1. Pass the milk

    2. Did you get me a gift

    3. Will you join our club

    4. Can I use your drill

    5. Do you have a sled

    6. Make a list before you shop

    7. Stop yelling at me

    8. Is this her belt

    9. Are we there yet

    10. Swim to the end of the pool

    Check your work with the Answer Key at the end of this chapter.

    Writing Task

    Your instructor will read you a poem called “The Dream Keeper.” Think of the dreams you have. You may have dreams for:

    • Your job
    • Your body
    • Your mind
    • Your family
    • Your friends
    • The world

    Write a sentence about each dream. Begin each sentence with an upper case letter. End each sentence with a period or question mark.

    Answer Key

    Picture Dictionary
    children husband labor
    long marry respect
    safety slave sold
    wrote
    Word Skills
    QUESTION ANSWER
    1 milk
    2 gift
    3 jump
    4 belt
    5 club
    6 mask
    7 sled
    8 drill
    9 swim
    10 nest
    11 list
    12 stop
    Check Your Understanding
    QUESTION ANSWER
    1a false
    1b false
    1c true
    1d true
    1e false
    2 b. worked
    Writing
    QUESTION ANSWER
    1 Pass the milk.
    2 Did you get me a gift?
    3 Will you join our club?
    4 Can I use your drill?
    5 Do you have a sled?
    6 Make a list before you shop.
    7 Stop yelling at me.
    8 Is this her belt?
    9 Are we there yet?
    10 Swim to the end of the pool.

    Attributions

    See the Attributions page near the end of this book.


    This page titled 2.4: Chapter 2 is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Shantel Ivits (BCCampus) .

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