Vocabulary+Activities

= __ **VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES** __  =

**Crossword Puzzle For //Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges:// ** Students will use vocabulary words from the text to solve the crossword puzzle. They will have to know the definitions of each word in order to accurately solve the puzzle. Each of the words chosen as a vocabulary word is used in //Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges.// Students will have to use their context clues and dictionaries to solve the crossword puzzle.

**Vocabulary List For //Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges//: ** Strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty. To join with others in refusing to deal with a person, organization, or country. Bringing people of different groups (usually races) together as equals. An individual or group showing disapproval of something. A group of people of common background and / or common characteristics. Giving up something for the sake of someone or something else. To keep a race, class, or group separate from others. Treating others as equal, based on race, color, age, gender, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability. The rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress.
 * Courage ** (noun)
 * Boycott **(noun)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Integration **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(noun)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Protest **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(noun)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Race **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(noun)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sacrifice **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(noun)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Segregation **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(noun)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Equal opportunity **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(noun)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Civil rights **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(noun)

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Star Words Activity For ****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dear Mrs. Parks a Dialogue with Today’s Youth //****//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: //** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> For this activity, students will have to define their vocabulary words, as well as find a synonym and an antonym for every word. They will have to write a sentence using each vocabulary word, along with writing their own personal clue to help them remember to meaning of the word. The students will also write down the example of where the vocabulary word can be found in //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dear Mrs. Parks a Dialogue with Today’s Youth //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. All of these steps will be constructed on a paper in a star like arrangement, hence making them STAR words for ALL- STAR students! **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Vocabulary List For ****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dear Mrs. Parks a Dialogue with Today’s Youth //****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Ridiculed **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- made fun of
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dignity **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- proud, calm, and controlled behavior
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Counsel **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- to give advice and support
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Potential **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- qualities that make the development of a talent, power, or skill possible or likely
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Inspire **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- to make someone want to do something and feel excited about doing it
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Correspondence **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- letter writing or letters written
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mentor **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- a wise, caring advisor

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Vocabulary Overview Guide For ****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A Dream of Freedom the Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1968 //****//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: //**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> In order to complete this activity, students must define the vocabulary word using a dictionary and then writing the sentence where the vocabulary word was found in the text. The student will also write a definition of the word in their own words with personal clues to help them remember the meaning of the word. The students will draw an illustration of the word’s meaning to help the student recall the word’s meaning.

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Vocabulary List For ****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A Dream of Freedom the Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1968 //****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Emancipate **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate. To release (a child) from

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">the control of parents or a guardian.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Accommodate **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- To make suitable; adapt


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Separate- **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">To set or keep apart; disunite


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">NAACP **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- e


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Conscience **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">­- The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong: //Let your conscience be your guide.//


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reconstruction- **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(1) The act or result of reconstructing.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (2) The period (1865-1877) during which the states that had seceded to the

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Confederacy were controlled by the federal government before being

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> readmitted to the Union.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Overcome **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- To defeat (another) in competition or conflict; conquer.

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