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Using the chart I have provided you, highlight examples of each signpost as we read through as much of chapter 4 as possible as a class.
At the end of class, we will stop and give you time to discuss in groups what you have come up with.
Ask yourself, "Why does the author feel the need to repeat this word/phrase/name over and over?"
For example, why is it important that MLK repeatedly mentions the mass meetings that he spoke at?
When identifying an example in an informational text, ask yourself, "What particular idea/concept does the author spend time talking in depth about and what makes that idea/concept so important?"
For example, MLK stresses the importance of the freedom songs to the movement and then proceeds to give examples of titles and lines from the songs.
When identifying a number in an informational text, ask yourself, "What about this particular number is so important that the author felt the need to include it?"
For example, MLK includes the date April 3, 1963 in his opening line from chapter 4. How is this date significant to the nonviolent movement?
Contrasts show a striking difference between two things that are not usually similar.
Ask yourself, "Why does the author think it's important for me to see the differences between these two ideas/concepts/people?"
For example, think of how MLK contrasts the nonviolence of those involved in the movement with the responses of the police. (See pages 66-67)