Pg 14. – How did having to live in separate areas challenge life for them?

Pg 22 – I wonder why the store owner’s boys had to stop playing with the Kings.

Elicit questions from students after page 34.

Use sticky notes to jot questions down in the text. This will allow us to be able to look back and see if our questions were answered, or if we need to read more on the question.

After reading the prologue asks readers, “Why is the author writing?” Who does the author want to teach us about?

Read the text. Ask students to prove why they think that the author was writing to inform. Point out to students that she is telling the story of her childhood. Use text references. “What is your evidence?”